--- title: "Enhanced Water Treatment Capacity for Existing Borehole" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "MET OFFICE" published: "2019-12-03" --- # Enhanced Water Treatment Capacity for Existing Borehole Buyer: MET OFFICE Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-316cc92c-b002-41bd-9de4-afa1d4025ec4.json) ## Summary The Met Office is conducting a tender for the project titled "Enhanced Water Treatment Capacity for Existing Borehole," located at their Exeter headquarters in the South West of the United Kingdom. This procurement falls under the public utilities industry category and is currently in the tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 10th January 2020. The expected value of the contract is £70,000, and the successful bidder will oversee the design and installation of an upgraded water softening system, enhancing capacity to 8m3/hr. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the engineering, plumbing, and water treatment sectors to expand their portfolios. Companies experienced in installation and commissioning of water treatment systems are particularly well-suited to compete, as they will be tasked with delivering a comprehensive solution that meets the outlined specifications. Participating in this project could lead to substantial business growth and the chance to establish a long-term partnership with a prominent organisation like the Met Office. ## Notice This project covers the undertaking of works to upgrade to the water softening capacity associated to a pre-existing borehole operated at our Exeter headquarters site. The enhanced system shall deliver water softening capacity of 8m3/hr, and shall include the following functionality; * A bulk salt saturator * Increased water softening capacity to a maximum of 8m3/hr * New more resilient pumping system * New kiosk Whereby, the successful contractor will be required to; * design, * manufacture, * test (offsite), * deliver, * install (including associated ground works, electrical, and plumbing services) * test and * commissioning of a fully functional solution, suitable for retrofit within the confines of the existing system, and performance requirements detailed within the tender documentation.. Additional information: The tender documents are available via the Met Office's eTendering Solution; ProContract. Whereby, interested parties can search for the opportunity on ProContract via the following link; https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?tabName=opportunities&resetFilter=True . The Opportunity is listed as; "Enhanced Water Treatment Capacity for Existing Borehole" (Tender Ref : DN449743) under the "Met Office" Portal or Organisation drop down menus. Selecting the tender by clicking on the Title in blue, will bring up brief details of the requirement and timescales, and a link top right to "Login and register Interest in this opportunity". For existing register users of ProContract you can follow the instructions and Login and register interest. For new users of ProContract you first need to "Register free" to create your supplier profile system, and can do this by the "Register free" link under the "New to ProContract?" header. Once you have logged into the system, you will need to click the 'Register Interest' button for the opportunity (tender) itself. This should result in a pop up window, whereby, within this pop you will find a direct link to go straight to the tender page, or alternatively should wish to log back into the ProContract system at a later point in time, you can get to the same tender page via the "My Activities" area of the portal, which lists all your current live opportunities, and is accessible from the portal homepage (once logged in).On the tender page to access the tender documents themselves you will need to click "Open" to access the tender detail page,where you will find the tender documentation attached in pdf. word. and excel formats. In addition to the Background information around the Existing Power Management System, as presented in Annex A of this tender, we are proposing to hold a site visit here in Exeter, on Thursday 12th December 2019, so that interested parties can review the current infrastructure, in addition to the document provided. Should bidders wish to attend the Site Visit on Thursday 12th December, please can you email procurement.enquiries@metoffice.gov.uk no later than 17:00 hours on Monday 9th December 2019, confirming their interest in attending, and the name (first name / surname), and nationality of proposed attendee. Note: No more than two (2) attendees per bidder can attend the site visit. Further details of the visit schedule, will be provided to those parties interested in attending. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ecb7dac-e884-43c1-85c2-62c8e0c706a4 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Works | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 3 Dec 2019 | | Submission deadline | 10 Jan 2020 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 28 Jan 2020 - 20 Mar 2020 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £70,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MET OFFICE | | Locality | EXETER | | Post town | Exeter | | Postcode | EX1 3PB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLK4 Devon | | ITL 3 | TLK43 Devon CC | | Local authority | Exeter | | Electoral ward | Pinhoe | | Westminster constituency | Exmouth and Exeter East | | Delivery location | TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 65 - Public utilities ### Codes - 65000000 - Public utilities ## Release History - 3 Dec 2019 at 09:23 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ecb7dac-e884-43c1-85c2-62c8e0c706a4 - 26 Nov 2019 at 23:22 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb0c4b95-57e4-4e89-bd0a-d9c2e4ae279b ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9ecb7dac-e884-43c1-85c2-62c8e0c706a4 3rd December 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/cb0c4b95-57e4-4e89-bd0a-d9c2e4ae279b 26th November 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder ## Notice URLs - http://www.metoffice.gov.uk - https://procontract.due-north.com/Opportunities/Index?tabName=opportunities&resetFilter=True ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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