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Published 6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK public contract notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreement2 lotsWorksNegotiated procedure with prior call for competitionSME suitableMax 2 lots per supplier
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: South East (UKJ)
Framework ceiling (notional)£700,000,000initial estimate £500,000,000 · framework ceiling, not attributable revenue · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 5 Jun 2023awarded 1 Sept 2024
Lots 2max 2 per supplier

What is being bought2 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

Southern Water Services (SWS) is anticipating that AMP8 will be the largest investment programme it has ever undertaken, given its plans for WINEP and WRMP, and the service it is seeking to deliver for customers. SWS now wishes to secure a range of supply chain partners for the delivery of its AMP8 capital programme. The AMP8 regulatory period will run from April 2025 to March 2030. The current frameworks used for engineering, design and construction services have been in place for almost 10 years and expire on 31st March 2025. In procuring new frameworks, we are seeking to build on positive changes made in AMP7, but also to look beyond AMP8 and take important steps to reflect supplier feedback, moving towards excellence in all that we do. The new arrangements will offer the option of running for AMP9.

In parallel to this procurement process, Southern Water is working up its plans for PR24 – including working with our regulators and stakeholders to confirm the investment that will be available, and the capital delivery projects that will need to be undertaken. The PR24 process will benefit from having the AMP8 supply chain in place to assist with ongoing planning and transition to AMP8.

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A collaborative framework will be established to deliver low complexity infrastructure design and build schemes. The framework will have 2 lots one for water and wastewater.

A framework for Non-Infrastructure works has already been established for the remainder of AMP 7 and 8.

The Partner shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to: Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems.

CPV: Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 6 suppliers · 5 bids received (0.8 per place) · 5 appointed

Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure

2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of them · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Capital Infrastructure WaterCancelledRenewalPublished value£294,000,000
This is intended to be used for routine asset replacement works which require limited design, and can be readily packaged and allocated by the Client. The Contractor shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to: Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems. Achieve the required asset performance or customer outcomes by identifying: low build or no-build solutions. sustainable including low carbon, catchment, and nature-based solutions. lowest Totex or Best Value …
Delivery: South East · Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Extensions
Extensions options available for 3 x 1 year
Second stage
3–6 candidates invited to tender
Variant bids
not allowed
45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Lot #2Capital Infrastructure WastewaterCancelledRenewalPublished value£406,000,000
This is intended to be used for routine asset replacement works which require limited design, and can be readily packaged and allocated by the Client. The Contractor shall work with the Client to provide engineering capability and expertise to: Identify and develop options in accordance with the Client’s technical and engineering standards for all aspects of Water and Wastewater systems. Achieve the required asset performance or customer outcomes by identifying: low build or no-build solutions. sustainable including low carbon, catchment, and nature-based solutions. lowest Totex or Best Value …
Delivery: South East · Sussex, Kent, Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Extensions
Extensions options available for 3 x 1 year
Second stage
3–6 candidates invited to tender
Variant bids
not allowed
45200000 Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored · same split on all 2 lots
Quality: 70Price: 60
Published sub-criteria (3)
  • Technical — 70
  • Commercial — 30
  • price — 30
Published award criteria (3)
  • Technical — 70
  • Commercial — 30
  • price — 30
There are no limitations to being awarded both lots. It is intended to have up to 6 Contractors appointed on the framework.
Conditions of participation1
  • Suitability
    Qualification requirements are detailed within the sourcing portal including: Southern Water will use the Achilles Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB) to provide confirmation of certain capabilities and standards – including Health and Safety, Environmental and more…Corporate Social Responsibility. Further information on the UVDB is available at https://www.achilles.com/community/uvdb/ Southern Water is required by its investors to ensure that any key supplier has good economic and financial standing. A CreditSafe check will be used for this purpose, together with other background checks if needed, at the discretion of the Client. A Tenderer may be rejected if the recommended annual contract value for their company on CreditSafe is below the proposed annual value of the contract. The annual value of the contract is calculated by dividing the estimated total value by the initial period. Where a framework is tendered, the annual value would also be divided by the number of Service Providers expected to be appointed; this would not always be an equal division, as different lots may have different values. If a bidder fails this test, and only publishes abridged accounts, Southern Water may allow the bidder to proceed. This would be on the basis of providing turnover data that satisfies the annual contract value accounting for less than a half of their annual turnover; and do not have an adverse risk score on CreditSafe. Alternatively, a Parent Company Guarantee or bank G…
Legal form for consortia
Consortium proposed legal structure if the group of economic operators intends to form a named single legal entity prior to signing a contract, if awarded. If you do not propose to form a single legal entity, please explain the legal structure. Southern Water may require the consortium to assume a specific legal form if awarded the contract, to the extent that it is necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
Shortlisting
Tenderers’ response to the PQQ will be scored in the order as outlined in the sourcing portal, with those sections marked as Pass/Fail where the Tenderer will either meet or fail to meet the minimum criteria. All prospective Tenderers are required to pass each question within the SWS PQQ response forms. A full response to Qualification Envelope is required, except where indicated. Failure to respond fully to any more…required question in this section or not being able to meet the minimum requirement will result in the submission being non-compliant and being excluded from the process, except where the SWS Commercial Head determines that a genuine error has been made, and a correction may then be permitted.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
Last source update
6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
Authority reference
prj_4065
Classification (CPV)
Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03aea5
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Performance terms
As stated in the procurement documents aligned with SWS balanced scorecard

Publisher note: Framework will not exceed 8 years Initial term AMP 7 and 8 5 Years Extension term up to 3 years x 1 year extension options (estimation only £700M) Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the Jaggaer One e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the Jaggaer One e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ii) Once registered, candidates must express their interest as follows: a) login to the portal; b) select ‘View current opportunities and notices’; c) access the listing related to this framework d) click on Express Interest button; iii) Once you have expressed interest, please complete the PQQ. You must then publish your reply using the publish button; iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or [email protected] https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=55889 CLOSING DATE FOR PQQ IS 05/06/2023

How it was run

Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail

Tender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ↗

Appointment period ends
5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

4 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Next notice expected
    4 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    14 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST
  4. Notice published
    6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 5admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 51 from SMEs
Contracts signed 5latest 1 Sept 2024

5 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates — see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • LCDR Infrastructure - Clancy Docwra

    Signed
    1 Sept 2024
    Value
    £96,700,000
    Status
    active

  • LCDR Infrastructure - Barhale

    Signed
    1 Sept 2024
    Value
    £70,000,000
    Status
    active

  • LCDR Infrastructure United Living

    Signed
    1 Sept 2024
    Value
    £70,000,000
    Status
    active

  • LCDR Infrastructure J Browne

    Signed
    1 Sept 2024
    Value
    £96,000,000
    Status
    active

  • LCDR Infrastructure MWS

    Signed
    1 Sept 2024
    Value
    £96,000,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

LotBidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1 · Capital Infrastructure Water5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad1——
2 · Capital Infrastructure Wastewater4bids · 4 electronic · 4 from abroad———
Whole notice5bids · 5 electronic · 5 from abroad1——

Notice history

8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Apr 2023
  1. Published value updated
    6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BSTwas £700,000,000
  2. Status changed to complete
    6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
  3. Deadline withdrawn
    6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    6 Sept 2024, 16:34 BST
  5. Published value updated to £700,000,000
    27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BSTwas £500,000,000
  6. Status changed to active
    27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST
  7. Procurement method changed
    27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST
  8. Deadline published: 5 Jun 2023, 16:00 BST
    27 Apr 2023, 13:52 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

Southern Water Services Ltd.

Contracting authorityPublic bodyWater 02366670 Southern House, Worthing, South East, BN13 3NX +44 1903264444

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Southern Water ServicesReview body Worthing

Framework contractors & participating bidders

5 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria