Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Derby City Council
The Council House, Corporation Street
Derby
DE12FS
Contact
Andrew Grover
Telephone
+44 1332643270
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKF11 - Derby
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Park
Reference number
TD1821
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90700000 - Environmental services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The supply of services in respect of the operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment plant and associated environmental monitoring at Pride Park, Derby. This service is required to facilitate the maintenance of the Pride Park Water Treatment plant to meet the monitoring requirements of the Environment Agency Discharge Permit and enable the Water Treatment Unit to control and manage and avoid the discharge of polluted water from the brownfield site of Pride Park into the River Derwent.
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: £620,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 65120000 - Operation of a water-purification plant
- 90733300 - Surface water pollution protection services
- 90733700 - Groundwater pollution monitoring or control services
- 90733800 - Groundwater pollution drainage services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKF11 - Derby
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The supply of services in respect of the operation and maintenance of the groundwater treatment plant and associated environmental monitoring at Pride Park, Derby. This service is required to facilitate the maintenance of the Pride Park Water Treatment plant to meet the monitoring requirements of the Environment Agency Discharge Permit and enable the Water Treatment Unit to control and manage and avoid the discharge of polluted water from the brownfield site of Pride Park into the River Derwent.
This procurement is required to meet the Council's obligations as a duty holder under the following legislation and obligations. The Environmental Protection Act (1990) which requires the owner of any land where any contaminated substances are known to be, not permit those substances to be in, or on or under any other land to which they appear to have escaped. The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010: under which it is an offense to knowingly discharge poisonous, noxious or polluting matter or solid waste matter into inland freshwater. The successful management of the water treatment plant and waste repositories are an environmental requirement imposed by the Environment Agency.
The Contract also protects businesses on Pride Park who all pay a service charge to fund the reclamation infrastructure on Pride Park. In addition to running the water treatment plant the contract also includes the management of monitoring wells around the two waste repositories on Pride Park containing a combined total of 95,000m³ of contaminated gas works waste.
Service Provider already in use at Council for recent years. The Council has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract following a 10 day standstill period for this notice.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The contract start date will be length will be 2 years with the option to extend for 2 x 1 year periods. If all extensions are utilised, the total contract length with be 4 years.
two.2.14) Additional information
A change of provider at the current time would have a major impact on work activity, costs, and compliance with aforementioned requirements. It is proposed to directly award a contract without prior publication of a call for competition.
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The compliant route to market will be via VEAT Notice, because the nature of the service is highly specialised, and previous procurements have failed to identify suitably competitive alternative providers.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract/concession
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
16 December 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Alpheus Environmental Limited
Huntingdon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH1 - East Anglia
Internet address
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £620,000
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £620,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Council has published this VEAT notice and intends to award a contract following a 10 day standstill period for this notice. The Council will consider procurement options for a replacement longer term contract around 18-36 months into the proposed contract duration.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Derby City Council
Derby
Country
United Kingdom