Supply of Smart Water Meters; Goods & Services

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    "date": "2024-11-04T11:53:03Z",
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    "description": "**** Please note - this is a Contract Award Notice ****",
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            "id": "32014L0025",
            "scheme": "CELEX"
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        "title": "Supply of Smart Water Meters; Goods & Services",
        "status": "complete",
        "classification": {
            "scheme": "CPV",
            "id": "38421100",
            "description": "Water meters"
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        "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
        "description": "The supply of Smart Water Meters (SWM) including Local Communication Equipment (LCE) and Head End Systems (HES) to support collection of measurement data and meter events over LPWA networks employing NB-IoT (Narrow Band Internet of Things) for eventual submission to Thames Water applications. The estimated gross value of this contract is PS181.8 million broken down by each lot : Lot Gross Value over 8 Year Term (ex-Vat) Lot 1 (a) PS133,346,309 Lot 1 (b) PS48,499,826",
        "lotDetails": {
            "maximumLotsAwardedPerSupplier": 2,
            "awardCriteriaDetails": "The Framework is divided into two Lots, Lot 1a and Lot 1b, each Lot shall have a separate Primary Supplier. A tenderer that applies for both Lots and ranks top on both will be awarded a Framework for only one of the Lots, that being at the discretion of Thames Water and/or based on the tenderer's preference, the overall scores in each Lot and Thames Water business needs under that Lot. Contracts will be awarded based on the award criteria stated in the contract documents. Where a Tenderer that applies for both Lots and is awarded a Framework as a Primary Supplier in one of the lots, that Primary Supplier may also be awarded a Framework as a Reserve supplier to the second Lot. Where a Reserve Supplier is awarded a Framework Agreement, they may be awarded contracts in cases where the Primary Supplier is unable to deliver or satisfy Thames Waters business needs."
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                "id": "1a",
                "title": "Supply of Concentric Smart Meters, NB-Iot Radio Modules (LCE) and associated Head End System",
                "description": "The supply of Concentric Smart Water Meters (SWM) including Local Communication Equipment (LCE) and Head End System (HES) to support collection of meter data information (AMR/AMI) into Thames Waters Meter Data Management System (MDMS) enabling on going operational management of meters and LCE deployed over a NB-IoT LPWA network. It is estimated that during the initial term up to 177,500 concentric meters of various sizes with an associated LCE (NB-IoT) and Head End service may be purchased at an estimated contract value of PS18.5million over the initial three-year term and over the maximum term of the framework this could exceed PS133.3 million. Additional information: The business objective of this agreement during the initial term is defined by Green Economic Recovery (GER) funding made available to the Purchaser by Ofwat whose scope is for supply of 204,700 meters that are capable of connecting via Vodafone UK NB-IoT Network. All meters have to be installed and operational by March 2025. Additional meters may be funded through other Purchaser programs and asset management plans (AMP)",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 133000000,
                    "currency": "GBP"
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                "contractPeriod": {
                    "durationInDays": 2880
                },
                "hasRenewal": true,
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                    "description": "Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years with options to extend either on 1, 2 ,3, 4 or 5 year increments"
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                "secondStage": {
                    "minimumCandidates": 6,
                    "maximumCandidates": 6
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                "selectionCriteria": {
                    "description": "To be able to undertake a competitive tender when determining the award of a supplier to each lot and to achieve contract award by December 2023"
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                "hasOptions": true,
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                    "description": "Any agreement awarded would be for an initial duration of 3 years, with options to extend either on 1,2,3,4 or 5 year increments up to a maximum overall term of 8 years. Any Call off contracts for services related to the Head End System (HES) to support collection of meter data information (AMR/AMI) into the Thames Water Meter Data Management System (MDMS) is required for the life time of the Smart Water Meters (SWM), which are estimated at between 10 and 12 years, this being the life of the Smart Water Meters. The call off contracts may therefore be required for the lifetime duration of assets following installation of the last SWM at the end of the 8-year framework term."
                },
                "status": "cancelled"
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            {
                "id": "1b",
                "title": "Supply of In-Line Meters, NB-Iot Radio Modules (LCE) and associated Head End System",
                "description": "The supply of In-Line Smart Water Meters (SWM) including Local Communication Equipment (LCE) and Head End System (HES) to support collection of meter data information (AMR/AMI) into Thames Waters Meter Data Management System (MDMS) enabling on going operational management of meters and LCE deployed over a LPWA network employing NB-IoT. It is estimated that during the initial term up to 26,500 in-line meters of various sizes with an associated LCE (NB-IoT) Head End service may be purchased at an estimated contract value of PS6.7million over the initial contract term and over the maximum term of the framework this could exceed PS48.5 million. Additional information: The business objective of this agreement during the initial term is defined by Green Economic Recovery (GER) funding made available to the Purchaser by Ofwat whose scope is for supply of 204,700 meters that are capable of connecting via Vodafone UK NB-IoT Network. All meters have to be installed and operational by March 2025. Additional meters may be funded through other Purchaser programs and Asset Management Plans (AMP).",
                "value": {
                    "amount": 48500000,
                    "currency": "GBP"
                },
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                    "durationInDays": 2880
                },
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                    "description": "Any agreement awarded would be for an initial duration of 3 years, with options to extend either on 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5 year increments up to a maximum overall term of 8 years. Any Call off contracts for services related to the Head End System (HES) to support collection of meter data information (AMR/AMI) into the Thames Water Meter Data Management System (MDMS) is required for the life time of the Smart Water Meters (SWM), which are estimated at between 10 and 12 years, this being the life of the Smart Water Meters. The call off contracts may therefore be required for the lifetime duration of assets following installation of the last SWM at the end of the 8-year framework term."
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                "status": "cancelled"
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            "performanceTerms": "As detailed in the ITN",
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                "periodRationale": "Any agreement awarded would be for an initial duration of 3 years, with options to extend either on 1,2,3,4 or 5 year increments up to a maximum overall term of 8 years. Any Call off contracts for services related to the Head End System (HES) to support collection of meter data information (AMR/AMI) into the Thames Water Meter Data Management System (MDMS) is required for the life time of the Smart Water Meters (SWM), which are estimated at between 10 and 12 years, this being the life of the Smart Water Meters. The call off contracts may therefore be required for the lifetime duration of assets following installation of the last SWM at the end of the 8-year framework term"
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        "tenderPeriod": {
            "endDate": "2023-07-28T12:00:00+01:00"
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        "reviewDetails": "Thames Water Utilities Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 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).",
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