Planning

C1170 -- Water and Wastewater Network Maintenance Services and Associated Services

NI WATER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES

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Planning

04 May 2023 at 10:57

Summary of the contracting process

The Northern Ireland Water and its subsidiaries are planning a procurement process for the contract titled "C1170 — Water and Wastewater Network Maintenance Services and Associated Services" within the public utilities industry category. The anticipated value ranges between 200,000,00 - 400,000,00 GBP. The procurement will follow the Negotiated Procedure, incorporating PQQ, Tender, and BAFO Stages. The tender period ends on January 31, 2024, with further communication planned for January 26, 2024.

This tender by NI Water presents an opportunity for businesses interested in delivering water and sewer network services. Suppliers engaging in the RFI sessions and supplier engagement meetings will help shape the procurement strategy. Companies involved in public utilities, sewage services, engineering works, and construction projects would be well-suited to compete. Business growth prospects lie in providing maintenance, repair, and improvement services across Northern Ireland's water and wastewater network in the upcoming PC21 and PC27 Price Control periods.

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Notice Title

C1170 -- Water and Wastewater Network Maintenance Services and Associated Services

Notice Description

Northern Ireland Water and its subsidiaries will be procuring a Contract for its Network Maintenance Programme with capacity to deliver improvement, repair and maintenance works across their water and wastewater network for the PC21 and PC27 Price Control periods. NI Water has in place a contract for these services until 2025. Procurement for the new Contract is anticipated to commence in early 2024. As part of the process NI Water will issue a Request for Information (RFI) market enquiry to engage with suppliers who either currently deliver water and sewer network services or who are interested in delivering these services in the future to NI Water. In addition to the RFI, NI Water also plan to hold supplier engagement meetings in mid 2023. The purpose of the RFI and supplier engagement sessions will be to assess the interest, capacity and capability of the market in providing this type of service. NI Water are also interested in receiving feedback and developing our understanding from the market on the different experiences, approaches and models used in other sectors / utilities for Network Maintenance services to help NI Water select the best procurement strategy to deliver these services going forward. NI Water will publish a separate notice to seek expressions of interest and suppliers will have the opportunity at that stage to complete and return a RFI Questionnaire and register interest in the supplier engagement meetings. Following the receipt of expressions of interest, NI Water will be in contact with suppliers to set out details of the supplier engagement sessions. The tender may be split into Lots following the outcome of the supplier engagement sessions and once NI Water have finalised the procurement and contract strategy. The subsequent Contract Notice will provide more details on Lots, Contract duration and value once confirmed. Procurement for this new Contract will be the Negotiated Procedure to include PQQ, Tender and BAFO Stages.

Lot Information

Lot 1

An analysis of any subsequent RFI Questionnaire responses and supplier engagement meetings may be used to select the best procurement strategy to deliver this service in the future. The tender may be split into Lots following the outcome of the supplier engagement sessions and once NI Water have finalised the procurement and contract strategy. The subsequent Contract Notice will provide more details on Lots, Contract duration and value once confirmed. Procurement for this new Contract will be the Negotiated Procedure to include PQQ, Tender and BAFO Stages. Anticipated indicative value range will be between 200,000,00 - 400,000,00. Additional information: The tender may be split into Lots following the outcome of the supplier engagement sessions and once NI Water have finalised the procurement and contract strategy. The subsequent Contract Notice will provide more details on Lots, Contract duration and value once confirmed. Procurement for this new Contract will be the Negotiated Procedure to include PQQ, Tender and BAFO Stages.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c645
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012775-2023
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

45 - Construction work

50 - Repair and maintenance services

65 - Public utilities

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services


CPV Codes

45000000 - Construction work

45200000 - Works for complete or part construction and civil engineering work

45220000 - Engineering works and construction works

45232150 - Works related to water-distribution pipelines

45232400 - Sewer construction work

45232410 - Sewerage work

45233142 - Road-repair works

50000000 - Repair and maintenance services

50411100 - Repair and maintenance services of water meters

65000000 - Public utilities

90000000 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90460000 - Cesspool or septic tank emptying services

90470000 - Sewer cleaning services

90491000 - Sewer survey services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£400,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
31 Jan 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
26 Jan 2024Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NI WATER AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
Contact Name
Manus O'Kane
Contact Email
sourcing@niwater.com
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BELFAST
Postcode
BT14 6TE
Post Town
Northern Ireland
Country
Northern Ireland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLN Northern Ireland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLN0 Northern Ireland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLN06 Belfast
Delivery Location
TLN Northern Ireland

Local Authority
Belfast
Electoral Ward
Chichester Park
Westminster Constituency
Belfast North

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