United Kingdom-DURHAM: NW2505 – Supply of Telemetry Outstations

Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2022/S 000-028306/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid required: Global bid

Contract notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED
National registration number: Company Registration Number: 2366703
Postal address: Northumbria House,Abbey Road, Pity Me
Town: DURHAM
Postal code: DH15FJ
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Stacey Dixon (to access procurement documents, please review section VI.3) Additional Information for instructions)
Email: expressions@nwl.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.nwl.co.uk

I.3)Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge,at:
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
electronically via:
I.6) Main activity:
Water

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: NW2505 – Supply of Telemetry Outstations
Reference number: NW2505
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 32000000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL), which includes Essex & Suffolk Water, is seeking to approve a manufacturer/supplier(s) onto a framework for the provision of a range of new telemetry outstation equipment required to replace NWL’s existing ageing and unsupportable / obsolete telemetry outstations, up to three suppliers in total.
NWL is carrying out a phased replacement of its obsolete telemetry outstation equipment and has commenced a project to replace up to a total of 1300 outstations over a 5 to 10 year period.
The framework duration is 5 years, with an option to extend for up to 5 years.
In order to access procurement documents, please review instructions provided in Section V1.3) Additional Information.

II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 2200000 Currency: GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots:no
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement:
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) is seeking to approve a manufacturer/supplier onto a framework for the provision of a range of new telemetry outstation equipment required to replace Northumbrian Water Limited’s existing ageing and unsupportable / obsolete telemetry outstations, up to three suppliers in total.
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) is carrying out a phased replacement of its obsolete telemetry outstation equipment and has commenced a project to replace up to a total of 1300 outstations over a 5-10 year period.
NWL have a range of asset and process types that will need to be accommodated by the replacement telemetry outstation. The unit must be scalable and modular in terms of the ability to expand its size to meet increasing I/O monitoring. In order to optimise its design, supportability and maintenance requirements, the unit should be based on a small range of devices.
The expectation is that the range of telemetry outstations required to cover NWL’s assets and process types will include micro, small, medium and large telemetry outstations. Together with various I/O types and sizes, communications mediums and protocols.
It should be noted that the migration of the existing outstation estate to the successful replacement outstations will carried out by NWL in a number of ways:
a) Pro-active phased replacement project using NWL’s framework system integrators, or
b) Reactive replacement by NWL’s internal maintenance department, or
c) Planned replacement as part of a larger project using NWL’s framework contractors
In each case the equipment will be based on a replacement criteria associated with the asset type, risk criteria and cost.
It is anticipated that the range of telemetry equipment shall have a product life of 15 Years and that the supplier shall maintain spares for this period.
The Manufacturer/supplier will need to be capable of providing support and maintenance facilities for the telemetry equipment throughout the product life. These shall include:
•Technical support on the configuration and programming of the units
•Software and firmware version updates
•Training on the installation, commissioning and diagnostics related to the Outstations
•Telemetry outstation fault diagnosis and repair facilities
•The provision of detailed technical installation, operation and maintenance manuals for the products.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 2200000 Currency: GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months:60
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: no

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:
Parent Company Guarantees and Performance Bonds may be requested as part of the award

III.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
This will be advised as part of the tender stage

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure:
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
Framework agreement with several operators
IV.1.4) Information about the reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue
Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:2022-10-26 Local time:12:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:no
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:Applicants are asked to note that this procurement process will be conducted electronically with all documents and communication being managed through the Northumbrian Water e-Sourcing Spend Management portal called “Ariba”.
Expressions of interest must be sent to the e-mail address expressions@nwl.co.uk, before the deadline date of 12 noon on Wednesday, 26 October 2022.
Once your expression of interest has been received (with the details as requested below), you will be given access to the Ariba portal within 48 hours from request (where possible) to complete a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ). The invitation will be sent to the email address provided and will contain a link to access the Ariba portal.
The deadline for completion of the PQQ is 12 noon on Wednesday, 09 November 2022.
When sending expression of interest, please provide the following information:
1) Full company name
2) Email address of the person you would want the Ariba portal link to be sent to
3) Details of the person responsible for this tender (Name, Job Title, Tel.)
Please note, only one user can access the event

VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: TBC
Town: TBC
Country: United Kingdom

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
2022-10-07