{ "tag": [ "compiled" ], "id": "ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0-2023-12-19T16:39:09Z", "date": "2023-12-19T16:39:09Z", "ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0426f0", "description": "All suppliers who wish to respond to this contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 (www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement) From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system (i.e. IASTA Smartsource). To complete the PQQ you will need to login to IASTA Smartsource. If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection. Note - The client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.", "initiationType": "tender", "tender": { "id": "FA1674", "legalBasis": { "id": "32014L0025", "scheme": "CELEX" }, "title": "Sample Courier and Internal Post Distribution Services", "status": "active", "classification": { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "64120000", "description": "Courier services" }, "mainProcurementCategory": "services", "description": "Delivery of clean and waste water samples under refrigerated conditions and distribution of post.", "value": { "amount": 6700000, "currency": "GBP" }, "lots": [ { "id": "1", "description": "Thames Water Utilities Ltd is seeking to award a contract to a sole supplier with the capabilities to provide refrigerated collection and delivery of clean water and sewage samples from company sites throughout the Thames Water operating area delivering to the dedicated laboratory in Reading, Berkshire, UK. Included within this service is the collection, sorting and delivery of internal post and parcels to the Thames Water sites. There are approximately 51 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 6 sites are to be visited for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays. The full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents. Samples need to be transported under secure refrigerated (between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius ) conditions, with a clear chain of custody, to the Thames Water laboratory in Reading, Berkshire, UK. The capability for Ad-Hoc collections from a list of up to 15 sites and delivery to Thames Water laboratory in Reading, at any time is required. There is also a requirement to make pre-booked deliveries to or from anywhere in the UK following notification by 13:00 the day before.", "value": { "amount": 6700000, "currency": "GBP" }, "contractPeriod": { "durationInDays": 2880 }, "hasRenewal": true, "renewal": { "description": "TWUL envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years" }, "secondStage": { "minimumCandidates": 6, "maximumCandidates": 6 }, "submissionTerms": { "variantPolicy": "allowed" }, "hasOptions": true, "options": { "description": "TWUL envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 4 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years" }, "status": "active" } ], "items": [ { "id": "1", "additionalClassifications": [ { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "64100000", "description": "Post and courier services" }, { "scheme": "CPV", "id": "71900000", "description": "Laboratory services" } ], "deliveryAddresses": [ { "region": "UKI" }, { "region": "UKJ" } ], "deliveryLocation": { "description": "Whole of the Thames Water Region" }, "relatedLot": "1" } ], "participationFees": [ { "id": "1", "type": [ "document" ] } ], "submissionMethod": [ "electronicSubmission" ], "submissionMethodDetails": "https://www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement", "selectionCriteria": { "criteria": [ { "type": "suitability", "description": "As detailed in the PQQ", "appliesTo": [ "supplier" ] }, { "type": "economic", "description": "Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents", "appliesTo": [ "supplier" ] } ] }, "documents": [ { "id": "technical", "documentType": "technicalSelectionCriteria" } ], "otherRequirements": { "reductionCriteria": "As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ" }, "submissionTerms": { "depositsGuarantees": "Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be require", "languages": [ "en" ] }, "contractTerms": { "financialTerms": "Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document", "tendererLegalForm": "Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award", "hasElectronicOrdering": true, "electronicInvoicingPolicy": "allowed", "hasElectronicPayment": true }, "procurementMethod": "selective", "procurementMethodDetails": "Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition", "tenderPeriod": { "endDate": "2024-01-12T12:00:00Z" }, "hasRecurrence": true, "reviewDetails": "Thames Water Utilities Limited 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 (SI 2016 No 274) 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).", "amendments": [ { "id": "1", "unstructuredChanges": [ { "oldValue": { "text": "There are approximately 51 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 6 sites are to be visited for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays. The full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents." }, "newValue": { "text": "There are approximately 43 sites requiring visitation, these being sample collection points, post collection and delivery points. 14 sites require visitation for sample collection only at weekends and Bank Holidays. These numbers are subject to change and the full schedule of visitation times will be made available in the tender documents." }, "where": { "section": "II.2.4" } } ] } ] }, "parties": [ { "id": "GB-COH-02366661", "name": "THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED", "identifier": { "legalName": "THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED", "id": "02366661", "scheme": "GB-COH" }, "address": { "locality": "Reading", "region": "UKJ11", "postalCode": "RG18DB", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "name": "Thames Water", "email": "procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk", "url": "https://www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement" }, "roles": [ "buyer" ], "details": { "url": "https://www.thameswater.co.uk", "classifications": [ { "scheme": "TED_CE_ACTIVITY", "id": "WATER", "description": "Water" } ] } }, { "id": "GB-FTS-3199", "name": "Thames Water Utilities Limited", "identifier": { "legalName": "Thames Water Utilities Limited" }, "address": { "locality": "Reading", "countryName": "United Kingdom" }, "contactPoint": { "email": "procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk" }, "roles": [ "reviewBody" ] } ], "buyer": { "id": "GB-COH-02366661", "name": "THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED" }, "language": "en" }