Tender

Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance for vehicles over 3.5 Tons

  • Southern Water Services Ltd.

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-016857

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-028e57

Published 17 July 2021, 10:45pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Southern Water Services Ltd.

Southern House

Worthing

BN13 3NX

Email

kirsty.lodge@southernwater.co.uk

Telephone

+44 1903264444

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ - South East (England)

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.southernwater.co.uk

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

http://southernwater.bravosolutions.co.uk

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

http://southernwater.bravosolutions.co.uk

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.6) Main activity

Water


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance for vehicles over 3.5 Tons

Reference number

Prj_2164

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Provision of Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance for 6 Potable Water Tanker vehicles over 3.5 tons with an anticipated term of 2 years with an option to extend up to 2 years (1+1).

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £160,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 50110000 - Repair and maintenance services of motor vehicles and associated equipment
  • 50111000 - Fleet management, repair and maintenance services
  • 50111100 - Vehicle-fleet management services
  • 50111110 - Vehicle-fleet-support services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ - South East (England)

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Southern Water propose to engage the service of a Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance provider for the provision of Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance for 6 Potable Water Tanker vehicles over 3.5 tons with an anticipated term of 2 years with an option to extend up to 2 years (1+1).

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £1,600,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

24

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

UP TO 12 months + 12 months

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

Pre-Qualification stage will be issued on 23rd July 2021. Bidders must

submit their response to the PQQ, SWS will rank suppliers as per the criteria setout in the Instruction and Invitation To Tender (IITT).

PQQ must be submitted via SWS portal https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk by 23/08/21

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions

As detailed within the procurement documents

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria

The PQQ will be concluded by the 23/08/21 after which only successful tenderers will be invited to the ITT stage as detailed in the procurement documents. SWS will take from between 2 to 6 tenderers to ITT

three.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them

As stated within the procurement documents

three.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

The successful partners, whether being a single contractor, prime contractor (which may be an existing company or special purpose vehicle) or consortium, will be required to be a single legal entity

three.2) Conditions related to the contract

three.2.2) Contract performance conditions

As stated within the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2021/S 000-001793

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

23 August 2021

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

13 September 2021

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.3) Additional 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

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Southern Water Services Limited

Worthing

Country

United Kingdom