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Supply of Wastewater Sampling Support Services

Sewer survey services
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency: "Supply of Wastewater Sampling Support Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security AgencyScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
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Published history for Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
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Competition Density
3.1Bids / Report
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Coverage: 134 active published awards; 82 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySecretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
Last source update26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSewer survey services
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-033039
What is being bought
supplier will provide wastewater sampling activities at a number of locations within the region in which the supplier operates. The two primary locations are manholes in urban or community locations an treatment centres, typically at primary inlet points
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
  3. Buyer information updated
    26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    Supplier will provide wastewater sampling activities at a number of locations within the region in which the supplier operates. The two primary locations are manholes in urban or community locations an treatment centres, typically at primary inlet points
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    26 Apr 2022, 08:42 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 4 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
Not published · signed 4 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
highestValidBidValue: 931308.79 (lot 1)
lowestValidBidValue: 931308.79 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency

Contracting authority GB-FTS-34582
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  • Secretary of State for Health and Social Care acting as part of the Crown through UK Health Security Agency
    buyer

    Nobel House, 17 Smith Square, London, UKI32, SW1P 3JR
    procurement.operations@dhsc.gov.uk

  • High Court of England and Wales
    mediationBody
    reviewBody

    Strand, London, WC2A 2LL
    website.enquiries@judiciary.gsi.gov.uk

  • UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
    supplier

    02366678
    Haweswater House, Lingley Mere Business Park, Lingley Green Avenue Great, Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LP, Warrington, UK, WA5 3LP
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationale1. On 11 March 2020 the World Health Organisation declared a COVID-19 pandemic with the associated serious risk posed to life. The UK Government’s response to the national emergency posed by COVID-19 includes the putting in place by it of arrangements for large-scale wastewater testing in respect of COVID-19.<br/><br/>2. A key element of ensuring an effective response to the pandemic is ensuring that there is a disease monitoring framework. Subsequently ensuring presence in key areas of interest (locally, regionally and nationally) and to have the ability to quickly respond to hotspots and new variants is crucial. The programme has engaged with 9 Water Companies in England to undertake the sampling across many of these locations. These contracts will cover the services associated with the sampling across England at both Treatment Centre locations and Network Locations across the geographic region of each water company.<br/><br/>3. UKHSA is satisfied the tests permitting use of the Negotiated procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii)) are met:<br/><br/>A. The works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights: United Utilities has exclusive proprietary rights over and in respect of its own water network infrastructure, plants etc. United Utilities must in all circumstances provide consent before access is permitted to their plant or network infrastructure to undertake this sampling. In relation to the sampling being undertaken by the UK Government, United Utilities has advised that only they (or their own authorised subcontractors under direct water company control) will undertake this sampling as it is their property and their risk.<br/><br/>B. No reasonable alternative or substitute exists – The samples can only be sourced from United Utilities infrastructure; therefore, no reasonable alternative exists.<br/><br/>C. the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement – this procurement is part of a procurement strategy by the UK government to implement disease monitoring framework due to the Covid-19 pandemic