Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Water
6 Buchanan Gate
Glasgow
G33 6FB
andrew.mulvay@scottishwater.co.uk
Telephone
+44 1414830345
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.scottishwater.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-IT-software-package./TH7U9GQ8FG
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-title/TH7U9GQ8FG
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
Enterprise Asset Management Solution
Reference number
SW21/TI&T/1360
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48517000 - IT software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Scottish Water seeks a new Enterprise Asset Management solution as we embark on a long-term transformation programme to enhance our capability in Asset Management. Our network of assets is nationwide, serving 2.5 million households and 152,000 businesses nearly 1.4 billion litres of water; - the management of these assets is strategically critical. Replacing our legacy ABB Ellipse solution of 17 years, you could have the opportunity to provide the foundational system for this transformative journey. We invite specialist software suppliers who offer the latest and best Enterprise Asset Management tooling to respond to this PQQ.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £20,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
SCOTLAND
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Scottish Water seeks a new Enterprise Asset Management solution as we embark on a long-term transformation programme to enhance our capability in Asset Management. Our network of assets is nationwide, serving 2.5 million households and 152,000 businesses nearly 1.4 billion litres of water; - the management of these assets is strategically critical. Replacing our legacy ABB Ellipse solution of 17 years, you could have the opportunity to provide the foundational system for this transformative journey.
We invite specialist software suppliers who offer the latest and best Enterprise Asset Management tooling to respond to this PQQ.
Key requirement highlights
As a bidder your solution must provide strong capability in core Enterprise Asset Management, including:
-Being a single asset registry; capturing linear and non-linear asset information, designs and configurations, in defined data hierarchies, linking this information with supporting documentation, and governance and controls for data updates/refreshes
-Operational planning including systemised scheduling, resource planning/tracking and management and recording of planned and unplanned works
-Asset operations, works and maintenance, including real time data stream capture, alerting, reliability analysis, maintenance forecasting and cost optimisation of interventions
-Mapping and visualisation of asset data, including reporting
-Tracking the connectivity and criticality of individual asset elements
Your solution must be capable of integrating to our key line of business systems and cloud platforms, and be able to empower our operatives and managers through role-specific interface views, workflows, rich reporting capability and visibility of decisions actioned in-system.
As a company you will be required to demonstrate experience in infrastructure or a comparable industry, with strong capabilities in transition project management, data migration, and client partnering. You may also provide implementation services.
Further desirable capability includes:
- Strategic investment and systems planning; including business case, full life cost, risk and demand modelling, scenario analysis
- Project and construction management for creation/upgrade/disposal of assets including tracking construction delivery, requirements management, commissioning outputs and design tools/digital twin models
- Risk management including dynamic risk assessment, live risk reporting and forecasting, scenario modelling and failure mode analysis
Please refer to Schedule 1 for an aide-memoire of capability and requirement sets.
Model:
Subject to the commercial offering a contract will be awarded with an initial term of five (5) years with five (5) years of extension options.
The total spend over the framework period for the Enterprise Asset Management Solution is forecasted between £10 - £20 million. These figures may vary depending on the additional options Scottish Water may adopt.
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: £20,000,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months
120
This contract is subject to renewal
Yes
Description of renewals
The contract will be awarded for an initial term of five (5) years with a further five (5) years of extension options thereafter at the sole discretion of Scottish Water.
two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
Envisaged minimum number: 6
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
two.2.14) Additional information
The PQQ documents can be also accessed by logging in through the Scottish Water Delta E-Sourcing webpage https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com and through the Response Manager section using the following Access Code: TH7U9GQ8FG
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required
Applicants will be expected to be of sufficient financial and economic standing to support the anticipated contract value. All applicants must complete the financial questions within the pre-qualification questionnaire and tender documents. Financial standing relevant to the anticipated contract value will be determined by Scottish Water based on the response to the pre-qualification questionnaire and any further financial checks deemed necessary.
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required
Scottish Water reserves the right to require deposits, guarantees, bonds or other forms of appropriate security.
three.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them
All prices quoted shall be in Sterling (UK) and all payments shall be made in Sterling (UK). Payment shall be made on the basis of completed services in accordance with the agreed contract rates, schedules and conditions of contract.
three.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded
In the event of a group of companies submitting an accepted offer it will be necessary for each member of the group to sign an undertaking that each company in the group will be jointly and severally liable for the satisfactory performance of the contract.
three.2) Conditions related to the contract
three.2.2) Contract performance conditions
Bidders must comply with modern slavery act and operate an ethical supply chain.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
In the case of framework agreements, provide justification for any duration exceeding 8 years:
10 years is the anticipated maximum life span of this system.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
6 September 2021
Local time
12:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
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
Scottish Water will not accept the SPD. We will only accept a completed Scottish Water PQQ document. This Notice does not preclude Scottish Water from issuing other notices for specific requirements. Responses to the FTS Notice will be evaluated and only successful applicants following PQQ evaluation will be invited to submit a tender. Scottish Water reserves the right to divide the scope of the contract into lots at tender and contract award stages as it deems appropriate. Applicants who fail to supply all of the information requested in response to this Notice or any resulting tender exercise may risk elimination.
For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at:
https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-Glasgow:-IT-software-package./TH7U9GQ8FG
To respond to this opportunity, please click here:
https://scottishwater.delta-esourcing.com/respond/TH7U9GQ8FG
GO Reference: GO-202184-PRO-18682879
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Glasgow Sheriff Court
1 Carlton Pl
Glasgow
G5 9TW
Telephone
+44 1414298888
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Scottish Water
6 Buchanan Gate
Glasgow
G33 6FB
andrew.mulvay@scottishwater.co.uk
Telephone
+44 7768545959
Country
United Kingdom