Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Derby City Council
The Council House , Corporation Street
Derby
DE12FS
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF11 - Derby
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main 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
TD2229 - Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Par
Reference number
TD2229
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: £2,670,000
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
Main site or place of performance
Derby City
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 contaminated gas works waste.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The starting date of the contract will be 23rd June 2025. The contract duration will be 10 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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
Absence of competition for technical reasons. 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
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2025/S 000-005633
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
TD2229
Title
TD2229 - Water Treatment Maintenance Services for Pride Park
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
12 February 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Alpheus Environmental Ltd
Lancaster House, Lancaster Way, Ermine Business Park
Huntingdon
PE29 6XU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKH1 - East Anglia
Companies House
02499491
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £2,670,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Derby City Council
The Council House, Corporation Street
Derby
DE1 2FS
Country
United Kingdom