Official UK procurement notice
YPO 001181 - Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services
Authority: YPO (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionFramework Agreement for the supply of potable water, wastewater services and related ancillary services primarily for use in the local authority sector, education sector and emergency services sector. This Framework is designed to meet the needs of both YPO and Other Contracting Authorities by establishing an agreement where the end customer will place the order with the Supplier and the Supplier will deliver direct to the end customer.
- Recurrence: There is a possibility that this framework will be renewed after 3.5 years from the commencement date.
CPV: Public utilities · Water distribution and related services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 3 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Sept 2023
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The resulting Framework Agreement shall be deemed to cover any item that can be suppliedAwardedRenewal
The resulting Framework Agreement shall be deemed to cover any item that can be supplied
by the successful Tenderer(s) over the life of the Framework within the scope of potable
water, wastewater services and ancillary services. These ancillary products and services may
include but are not limited to:
- Automated Meter Reading;
- Contingency planning;
- High Consumption Alerts;
- Leak detection and repair;
- Water audit site surveys;
- Water Footprint assessment;
- Tariff optimisation and benchmarking;
- Cost Recovery;
- Legionella Risk Assessments
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (7)
- Management Approach: 10
- Managing Invoices and Payments: 20
- Data Management: 10
- Emergency Planning: 5
- Service Development and Innovation: 5
- Ancillary Services: 10
- price: 20
Published award criteria (7)
- Management Approach: 10%
- Managing Invoices and Payments: 20%
- Data Management: 10%
- Emergency Planning: 5%
- Service Development and Innovation: 5%
- Ancillary Services: 10%
- Price: 20%
- Suitability
Organisations must ensure that they are not in breach of any of the mandatory or discretionary exclusions contained in Regulation 57 of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Please refer to the
Tender Documentation/ Online Tender located on our E-Procurement system. The web address can be found under ‘Procurement Documents’ in ‘Communication’ section in this notice.
- Price carries 20 of 80 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “YPO 001181 - Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · There is a possibility that this framework will be renewed after 3.5 years from the commencement date.
- First published
- 16 May 2023, 14:25 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Apr 2024, 09:32 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 20 Jun 2023 – …
- Authority reference
001181- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-012095- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c92aFind a Tender
- Performance terms
Please refer to the Framework Agreement Terms and Conditions located on our E-Procurement system. The web address can be found under Procurement Documents in ‘Communication’ Section in this notice.
Publisher note: YPO are purchasing on the behalf of other contracting authorities. Please see the below link for details: https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/permissible-users . YPO will incorporate a standstill period at the point of notification of the award of the contract is provided to all bidders. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 20 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 20 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
20 Jun 2023 → 15 Apr 2024 · 4 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown20 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened20 Jun 2023, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Sept 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published15 Apr 2024, 09:32 BST
Notice history
1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete27 Jul 2023, 15:10 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextAward criteria · II.2.5 | Quality criterion - Name: Management Approach / Weighting: 10% Quality criterion - Name: Managing Invoices and Payments / Weighting: 20% Quality criterion - Name: Data Management / Weighting: 10% Quality criterion - Name: Emergency Planning / Weighting: 5% Quality criterion - Name: Service Development and Innovation / Weighting: 5% Quality criterion - Name: Ancillary Services / Weighting: 10% Pric… | Quality criterion - Name: Management Approach / Weighting: 10% Quality criterion - Name: Managing Invoices and Payments / Weighting: 20% Quality criterion - Name: Data Management / Weighting: 10% Quality criterion - Name: Emergency Planning / Weighting: 5% Quality criterion - Name: Service Development and Innovation / Weighting: 5% Quality criterion - Name: Ancillary Services / Weighting: 10% Qual… |
Sustainability and Social Value Criterion was missed in the original award notice in error.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
YPO 001181 - Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services
- Signed
- 19 Jul 2023
- Value
- £1,000,000,000
- Period
- … – 31 Aug 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- ESPOContracting authority
- West Mercia EnergyContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED t/a Wave UtilitiesFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria