Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
United Utilities Water Limited
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
Contact
Nicola Turner
Telephone
+44 7962477290
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
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
PRO004713 – Standpipes – Supply & Revenue Collection
Reference number
PRO004713
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 38421100 - Water meters
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
UU (United Utilities Water Limited) has a regulatory obligation to ensure the supply of clean water and water companies must have a process to manage appropriate network abstraction and have a duty to manage misuse under the Water Industry Act. Businesses may sometimes require an additional water supply outside of normal supply arrangements and to facilitate this, a comprehensive standpipe hire service is offered. These freestanding pipes are fitted with a tap and can be attached to a hydrant to provide a water supply where there isn’t currently one available, for example a construction site.
UU are currently managing this provision on an in-house basis but now wish to engage with a partner organisation to deliver the services on its behalf. The partner would hire the standpipes to customers and be responsible for the recovery of water revenue which would then be passed to UU.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 42131150 - Standpipe valves
- 45232150 - Works related to water-distribution pipelines
- 45332200 - Water plumbing work
- 51210000 - Installation services of measuring equipment
- 65100000 - Water distribution and related services
- 72318000 - Data transmission services
- 79311000 - Survey services
- 79940000 - Collection agency services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance
north west of england
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
UU (United Utilities Water Limited) has a regulatory obligation to ensure the supply of clean water and water companies must have a process to manage appropriate network abstraction and have a duty to manage misuse under the Water Industry Act. Businesses may sometimes require an additional water supply outside of normal supply arrangements and to facilitate this, a comprehensive standpipe hire service is offered. These freestanding pipes are fitted with a tap and can be attached to a hydrant to provide a water supply where there isn’t currently one available, for example a construction site.
UU are currently managing this provision on an in-house basis but now wish to engage with a partner organisation to deliver the services on its behalf. The partner would hire the standpipes to customers and be responsible for the recovery of water revenue which would then be passed to UU.
Please see specification document for further info.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 September 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
The purpose of this PIN is to engage with the supply base and request information relating to the existing solutions available in the market, specifically the services include the following:
• Provide live system access to see usage in progress.
• System support/training to support usage.
• Custom reports as required.
• All invoices and debt collection to be handled directly between the partner and customer. UU shall receive volumetric payments directly from the third party.
• Delivery/collection service for standpipe hire/off-hire/exchanges within defined SLAs/KPI’s.
• Defined SLAs/KPI’s for customer service
• Management of transition to new equipment for all existing customers.
• Adherence to KPIs negotiated annually.
• Annual price review in line with regulatory wholesale published charging requirements.
• Active policing of water network illegal usage to provide UU with appropriate evidence for legal processes to be followed.