Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
United Utilities Water Limited
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
Contact
Reena Grewal
Telephone
+44 7534577906
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD - North West (England)
National registration number
02366678
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.unitedutilities.com
Buyer's address
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984
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
PRO004729-Contract-Goods-Innovation Labs 5
Reference number
PRO004729
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
United Utilities want to tackle our key business challenges so we can provide better, more cost effective services for customers. That means building relationships with businesses who share our vision, ambition and appetite for innovation.
We will run a 14 week Innovation programme which in run in collaboration with corporate innovation specialist L Marks and successful candidates will be mentored by senior United Utilities business leaders and get access to test and demonstrate your product/service in live customer environments businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas: Better Rivers, low carbon construction, water efficiency, dynamic network management, wildcard. See below for detail of key areas.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 34152000 - Training simulators
- 35113000 - Safety equipment
- 35113100 - Site-safety equipment
- 35125100 - Sensors
- 38421100 - Water meters
- 48326000 - Mapping software package
- 48326100 - Digital mapping system
- 48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48920000 - Office automation software package
- 48931000 - Training software package
- 71353200 - Dimensional surveying services
- 71631430 - Leak-testing services
- 71631440 - Flow-monitoring services
- 71700000 - Monitoring and control services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72212326 - Mapping software development services
- 72212460 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services
- 72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 79342320 - Customer-care services
- 98330000 - Physical well-being services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Better Rivers
United Utilities’ Better Rivers Better North West plan sets out a series of commitments to progressively reduce impact to river health and create more opportunities for everyone to enjoy rivers and waterways. This category aims to use innovation and cutting-edge environmental science to protect and treat rivers in a sustainable and scalable way. United Utilities is looking for ways to enhance monitoring, nature-based purification processes, wetland solutions and innovative ways to engage communities.
Low Carbon Construction
United Utilities is set to deliver its most comprehensive large-scale construction programme and is keen to explore ways to reduce the carbon footprint of these projects. The company is looking for advanced ways to accurately calculate the carbon emissions associated with construction projects, utilise low carbon, sustainable materials, create ‘greener’ construction sites, and innovative rainwater management solutions.
Water Efficiency
There is a growing demand to save water through technologies that reuse and recycle water, enable intelligent irrigation and conserve water in homes and businesses. This category aims to discover new technologies and solutions to enable United Utilities to facilitate the reduction of water consumption for both domestic and business customers. The company is looking for technology that can be used in homes or businesses to reduce water usage but doesn’t rely on customers changing their behaviour as well as ways to raise awareness of water as a scarce resource and encourage customers to change behaviour through visualisation, better use of data or gamification
Dynamic Network Management
United Utilities has already implemented a pioneering ‘Dynamic Network Management’ (DNM) initiative to monitor its wastewater network. It wants to expand on the success of this by improving their asset condition monitoring capabilities with the aim of using data to control assets via remote communication. The company is interested in solutions that monitor asset condition, predict potential failures and apply collated data to automate decisions that prevent asset failure in both clean and wastewater environments.
Wildcard: This category is truly open. The company is open to learning and being surprised by what new technologies and different approaches can do for them and their customers, employees and stakeholders.
As in previous years, United Utilities will deliver its Innovation Lab programme with corporate innovation specialist, L Marks.
Applications for the latest 14-week programme open on Monday May 8 and interested companies have until July 3rd to submit their ideas. For more information about the programme and the challenge areas, please visit the Innovation Lab website and the LMarks Bridge (where you apply) https://bridge.lmarks.com/programmes/uulab5/sign_up
two.2.14) Additional information
More information about this opportunity can be found at the following address www.unitedutilities.com/corporate/about-us/innovation/innovation-lab/
See bridge application portal. Please note a contract notice will not be published, if you are interested in this opportunity please see detail above.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
3 July 2023
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
See bridge application portal.
Response deadline is 03.07.23 at 15.00