Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
Reading
RG1 8DB
Contact
Thames Water
procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ11 - Berkshire
Companies House
02366661
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Small Project Work (Runway 0)
Reference number
QS1768
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 45000000 - Construction work
two.1.3) Type of contract
Works
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 45232421 - Sewage treatment works
- 45232422 - Sludge-treatment works
- 45232423 - Sewage pumping stations construction work
- 45232430 - Water-treatment work
- 45232431 - Wastewater pumping station
- 45232440 - Construction work for sewage pipes
- 45232450 - Drainage construction works
- 45232451 - Drainage and surface works
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
Main site or place of performance
Whole of Thames Water Region
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This qualification system has been established to provide the opportunity for contractors to express their interest in providing small project works for Thames Water Utilities Limited (Thames Water).
Small Project Work is defined as civils repairs and maintenance of Thames Water's water and wastewater sites. The intent is that the qualification system will be used primarily as a shortlist for below threshold contracting outside of the Utilities Contract Regulations regime and works contracts are expected to typically be below £250k in value. Thresholds remain subject to review.
Contractors are invited to apply for categories of works as identified against the category as "Works" as detailed within the system.
Thames Water will not be liable for the contractors' costs of responding to this Notice or to any subsequent qualification or tender document or other stages of any procurement process.
Thames Water does not permit duplicate organisation registrations within the portal used for the qualification system.
Although the register will be indefinitely open, to be included in the first phase of projects/works, you will need to have applied and submitted a completed survey response by noon on 2nd November 2022.
Thames Water gives no guarantee of tendering opportunities nor the volumes or value of works being awarded via the qualification system.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.8) Duration of the qualification system
Indefinite duration
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.9) Qualification for the system
Conditions to be fulfilled by economic operators in view of their qualification
Please see the Supplier Registration Requirement document held on the IASTA Smartsource portal for detail of conditions to be fulfilled
Only those contractors who fulfil the selection criteria shall be eligible to be invited to participate in the procurement activities.
Methods according to which each of those conditions will be verified
Please see the Supplier Registration Requirement document held on the IASTA Smartsource portal for the method of verification
Section four. Procedure
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
Section six. Complementary information
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
All suppliers who wish to respond to this notice must request access to the Supplier Registration Requirement document by using the web link in Section I.3
(www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement).
From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system (i.e. IASTA Smartsource). To complete the Supplier Registration Requirement document you will need to login to IASTA Smartsource.
Although the register will be indefinitely open, to be included in the first phase of projects/works, you will need to have applied and submitted a completed survey response by noon on 2nd November 2022.
If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Reading
RG1 8DB
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Reading
RG1 8DB
Country
United Kingdom
six.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures
Where required by Utilities Contract Regulations 2016, Thames Water will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of a contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into. For the award of contracts below the threshold values for the Utilities Contract Regulations 2016, or for which the regulations do not otherwise apply, standstill notices may not be issued.
Thames Water will notify suppliers if their application is successful and, if not successful they will also be provided a summary of the reasons within 15 days of the decision. Unsuccessful bidders have 30 days from the receipt of that summary to challenge that decision.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 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.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Thames Water Utilities Limited
Reading
RG1 8DB
Country
United Kingdom