Planning

Strategic Waste Management

  • Southern Water Services Ltd.

F04: Periodic indicative notice – utilities (periodic indicative notice only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-002237

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-0433b6

Published 23 January 2024, 12:25pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Southern Water Services Ltd.

Southern House

Worthing

BN13 3NX

Email

rishabh.misra@southernwater.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1903264444

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.southernwater.co.uk

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.6) Main activity

Water


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Strategic Waste Management

Reference number

prj_4923

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Southern Water are seeking suppliers for the provision of planned and reactive intersite liquid sludge tankering, planned and reactive intersite raw sludge cake transfer, and onsite tankering services such as wet well cleaning, tank cleaning, tank emptying, jetting, lagoon cleaning, hazardous waste disposal, chemical disposal, and emergency incident response including street works.

Other services include General waste collection and disposal, planned and reactive grit and screenings collection and disposal, fly tipping & hazardous waste collection and disposal, reactive response to and management of pollution events etc.

Additionally, the marketing, sale, transport and, disposal of digested sewage sludge cake (Biosolids) is included.

Elements of the services are required 24 hours, 7 days a week.

Southern Water has sites across Sussex, Hampshire, Kent and the Isle of Wight.

Note, the exact lots are TBC

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £640,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Planned and Reactive Tankering & Waste Services

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 44611420 - Sludge-storage tanks
  • 45232410 - Sewerage work
  • 90410000 - Sewage removal services
  • 90420000 - Sewage treatment services
  • 90430000 - Sewage disposal services
  • 90450000 - Treatment services of septic tanks
  • 90460000 - Cesspool or septic tank emptying services
  • 90480000 - Sewerage management services
  • 90513600 - Sludge removal services
  • 90513700 - Sludge transport services
  • 90513800 - Sludge treatment services
  • 90513900 - Sludge disposal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

The Southern Water region covers Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Activities include Liquid waste management arising from water and wastewater operational processes such as:

-Planned Intersite Sludge Tankering- collection, transportation and disposal of Liquid waste between SW facilities, and where necessary to third party facilities

-Planned Non-Routine Tankering- Additional tankering requirements for scheduled works on a semi-regular basis e.g. wet well cleaning, sludge line jetting, tank cleans etc.

-Reactive tankering in the case of emergencies 24 hours per day, 365 days per year

-Other services: Use of Skips and Roros (e.g. for transport of dewatered sludge cake), General waste, Grit and Screenings (collection and transport), Fly tipping, hazardous waste collection and other activities related to the management of waste, e.g. traffic management, sandbags, welfare units, in response to pollution events

Note some of the above activities may be separated into a different lot at the time of the final tender pack release

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Digested Cake Biosolids Offsite

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45232410 - Sewerage work
  • 90410000 - Sewage removal services
  • 90420000 - Sewage treatment services
  • 90430000 - Sewage disposal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

The Southern Water region covers Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Activities conducted comprise of:

Planned haulage of up to 300,000 tonnes/yr of Biosolids and up to 10,000 tones/yr of water clarification sludges to suitable agricultural outlets

Marketing, sales, in-field operations (e.g. stockpiling, spreading, civilization, soil sampling, and onsite operations (e.g. container management)

Some services may have a reactive 24/7 requirement

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Novel Waste Disposal/Brokerage

Lot No

3

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 45232410 - Sewerage work
  • 90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services
  • 90513600 - Sludge removal services
  • 90513700 - Sludge transport services
  • 90513800 - Sludge treatment services
  • 90513900 - Sludge disposal services
  • 90520000 - Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

The Southern Water region covers Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Requirement for waste brokers or specialist waste disposers to manage the disposal of "novel wastes" arising from the water and wastewater treatment operation e.g. sewage waste mixed with petrochemicals, spent chemical containers, asbestos waste, out of specification sludge waste.

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Waste Ancillary Services

Lot No

4

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 34928310 - Safety fencing
  • 44613700 - Refuse skips
  • 44613800 - Containers for waste material
  • 90480000 - Sewerage management services
  • 90500000 - Refuse and waste related services
  • 90512000 - Refuse transport services
  • 90513000 - Non-hazardous refuse and waste treatment and disposal services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

The Southern Water region covers Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Southern Water may require ancillary services to support the deployment of tankers and for other core waste services.

These services are referenced in previous lots. It is to be determined whether any or all services in this lot will be combined with a previous lot at the time of the final tender pack release.

Service include: Use of Skips and Roros (e.g. for transport of cake), General waste, Grit and Screenings (collection and transport), Fly tipping, hazardous waste collection, and includes activities used to manage pollution events such as traffic management, sandbags, welfare units, lighting towers, portaloos, scaffolding, road sweepers etc.

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

30 April 2024


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

Submission of expression of interest and procurement specific information: This procurement exercise will be conducted on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ Candidates wishing to be considered for this contract must register their expression of interest and provide additional procurement specific information through the portal as follows: i) Candidates should register on the BravoSolution e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ ii) Once registered, candidates must express their interest as follows: a) login to the portal; b) select 'View current opportunities and notices'; c) access the listing related to this framework d) click on Express Interest button; iii) Once you have expressed interest, please complete the PQQ. You must then publish your reply using the publish button; iv) For any support in submitting your expression of interest please contact the eTendering help desk at. 0800 368 4850 or help@bravosolution.co.uk