United Kingdom-Reading: Supply of Fleet Vehicles

Type of document: Contract award
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2023/S 000-000643/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Negotiated procedure
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Contract award notice
Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
National registration number: 02366661
Town: Reading
Postal code: RG1 8DB
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Thames Water
Email: procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.thameswater.co.uk

I.3)Communication
I.6) Main activity:
Water

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title: Supply of Fleet Vehicles

Reference number: FA1692
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 34100000
II.1.3) Type of contract : Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
Thames Water intends to award a Framework Agreement(s) for the provision of motor vehicles for our commercial fleet, which currently consists of c.2000 vehicles in total. The scope will cover all variations of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) and 4x4s. The aim of the agreement is to source suppliers to cover our current fleet requirements for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, and to cover our upcoming transition to Electric/Alternative fuel vehicles, therefore playing an integral role in our strategic priority of becoming carbon net zero by 2030.

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:
Thames Water intends to award a Framework Agreement(s) for the provision of motor vehicles for our commercial fleet, which currently consists of c.2000 vehicles in total. The scope will cover all variations of Light Commercial Vehicles (LCVs) and 4x4s. The aim of the agreement is to source suppliers to cover our current fleet requirements for Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) vehicles, and to cover our upcoming transition to Electric/Alternative fuel vehicles, therefore playing an integral role in our strategic priority of becoming carbon net zero by 2030.

II.2.11) Information about options
Options: yes
Description of options: Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum duration of 8 years

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 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
IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:no
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:2022/S 000-005576

Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: FA1692 Lot No: Lot 1 Title: Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) Vehicles

A contract/lot is awarded: yes
V.2) Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract:2022-12-12
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:no
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Official name: Ford Motor Company Ltd
National registration number: 00235446
Town: Laindon
Postal code: SS15 6EE
Country: United Kingdom
Nuts code:
The contractor is an SME: no

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information:
**** Please note – this is a Contract Award Notice ****
The original Contract notice stated it was in two lots – Thames Water have cancelled lot 2, and has not been awarded.
All suppliers who wish to respond to this notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the link in Section I.3 of this notice, i.e.
All bidders will receive an email from procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk containing their log on details into our Smartsource Portal in order to access the PQQ documents.
If the project requires it you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection.
Note that your client may be Thames Water Utilities Ltd or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.

VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Official name: Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Town: Reading
Country: United Kingdom
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Thames Water Utilities Ltd will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the 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.
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)

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2023-01-10