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Digital Twin of Water Treatment Works

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

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01 May 2024 at 14:48

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Summary of the contracting process

Thames Water Utilities Limited has issued an active tender titled "Digital Twin of Water Treatment Works" under the services category. The procurement process involves developing a Water Treatment Works Digital Twin solution as a proof-of-concept, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency and productivity across key facilities within Thames Water's estate. The tender has a contract value of £2,000,000 and a contract period of 1800 days with potential renewals up to a maximum of five years. The procurement method is selective, utilizing a negotiated procedure with prior call for competition. The tender period ends on 17th May 2024, with potential business opportunities for firms in IT services providing consulting, software development, Internet, and support.

The procurement stage is currently in the tender phase, with interested bidders required to request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) from Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre. The tender allows for a minimum of 5 and a maximum of 5 second-stage candidates, with options for renewal and a standstill period post-award decision. Businesses specialising in industry-specific software packages, software programming, and consultancy services could be well-suited to compete for this tender. The opportunity presents potential for business growth by enabling firms to showcase innovation in the development of a digital twin solution tailored to address site-specific challenges, drive cost efficiencies, and deliver measurable returns on investment for Thames Water's water treatment operations.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Digital Twin of Water Treatment Works

Notice Description

Thames Water (TW) are seeking a qualified bidder to provide a Water Treatment Works Digital Twin (WTW DT) solution as a proof-of-concept. It is expected that the solution will enhance our organisation's operational efficiency, streamline processes, and improve overall productivity allowing it to be implement at key facilities across the estate. The DT will identify gaps in efficiencies and recommend process interventions to reduce these gaps, with an aim of delivering an ROI for the proof-of-concept of

Lot Information

Lot 1

Development of a digital twin, as a proof-of-concept project, at Chingford WTW: - Optimise efficiency across the whole site - source to pumps. Optimisation will be in the form of recommendations for operators to conduct on a day-to-day basis, driving down costs in areas such as power and consumeables - The digital twin solution will mimic the physical asset to allow what-if analysis, running hypothetical scenarios to understand how the physical treatment work will operate under certain conditions - The tool should integrate advances in innovation and machine learning to help Thames in becoming more proactive: identifying changing trends that wouldn't be possible manually and outputting a preventative response to mitigate emerging events - The digital twin should be adaptable so that it can be tailored to help solve site-specific challenges, example at Chingford algae and pH control - The product should be able to assist in the quantification of benefits it delivers enabling ROI calculations to be drawn which will inform scalability

Options: Any Agreement awarded for an initial duration of three years (within which break clauses may apply after the proof of concept phase and at any roll out phase) and then with the option to extend annually to a maximum of overall duration of five years.

Renewal: Any Agreement awarded for an initial duration of three years (within which break clauses may apply after the proof of concept phase and at any roll out phase) and then with the option to extend annually to a maximum of overall duration of five years.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-045695
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014079-2024
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

48100000 - Industry specific software package

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 May 20242 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 May 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
READING
Postcode
RG1 8DB
Postcode Area
Reading
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ16 Berkshire West
Delivery Location
TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Reading
Electoral Ward
Thames
Westminster Constituency
Reading Central

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