Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
YPO
41 Industrial Park
Wakefield
WF2 0XE
Contact
Contracts Team
Telephone
+44 1924664685
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKE45 - Wakefield
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.1) Name and addresses
ESPO
Grove Park, Barnsdale Way
Leicester
LE19 1ES
Contact
Rowena Reid
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF21 - Leicester
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.1) Name and addresses
West Mercia Energy
5 Abbey Lawn, Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
SY2 5DE
Contact
Julie Wassal
jwassall@westmerciaenergy.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKG2 - Shropshire and Staffordshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.westmerciaenergy.co.uk/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
YPO 001181 - Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services
Reference number
001181
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65000000 - Public utilities
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
YPO are looking for a sole supplier to be appointed onto a Framework Agreement for the
supply of potable water, wastewater services and related ancillary services primarily for use
in the local authority sector, education sector and emergency services sector. This
Framework is designed to meet the needs of both YPO and Other Contracting Authorities by
establishing an agreement where the end customer will place the order with the Supplier and
the Supplier will deliver direct to the end customer.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £1,000,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 65100000 - Water distribution and related services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The resulting Framework Agreement shall be deemed to cover any item that can be supplied
by the successful Tenderer(s) over the life of the Framework within the scope of potable
water, wastewater services and ancillary services. These ancillary products and services may
include but are not limited to:
- Automated Meter Reading;
- Contingency planning;
- High Consumption Alerts;
- Leak detection and repair;
- Water audit site surveys;
- Water Footprint assessment;
- Tariff optimisation and benchmarking;
- Cost Recovery;
- Legionella Risk Assessments
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Management Approach / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Managing Invoices and Payments / Weighting: 20%
Quality criterion - Name: Data Management / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Emergency Planning / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Service Development and Innovation / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Ancillary Services / Weighting: 10%
Price - Weighting: 20%
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 four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-013931
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
001182
Title
YPO 001181 - Water, Wastewater and Ancillary Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
19 July 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ANGLIAN WATER BUSINESS (NATIONAL) LIMITED t/a Wave Utilities
Durham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKC1 - Tees Valley and Durham
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,000,000,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
YPO are purchasing on the behalf of other contracting authorities. Please see the below link for
details: https://www.ypo.co.uk/about/customers/permissible-users .
YPO will incorporate a standstill period at the point of notification of the award of the contract is
provided to all bidders. The standstill period will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, and
provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is
entered into. The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been
harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England,
Wales and Northern Ireland).
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
Country
United Kingdom