United Kingdom-Reading: Instrumentation and control equipment – Framework Lead

The current contract for Instrumentation and control equipment – Framework Lead is projected to end on 28-MAY-22 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:: FA1263 Trunk Main Monitoring Systems and related Services.

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Supplies
Purchase
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Thames Water Area.
NUTS code

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with several operators
maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 4
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 7
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 4 000 000 and 8 000 000 GBP

Short description of the contract or purchase(s):: Thames Water Utilities Ltd is the UK’s largest water and sewerage company, supplying 14 million customers across London and the Thames Valley.
To run its network efficiently, Thames needs to know what is going on and needs this information quickly enough to react on it.
Thames has approximately 4 700 km of trunk mains, located primarily in London and the Thames Valley. The objective of this notice is to source suppliers who can assist with the following areas supporting this trunk main network:
– Permanent, real time monitoring of trunk main performance;
– Constant monitoring for bursts. These devices shall automatically generate an immediate alarm;
– Constant monitoring for emergent leaks allowing time to repair the main before a major failure occurs;
In addition, Thames is looking to improve current burst prediction capabilities.
Alternatives to leakage detection will be considered.
Thames is intending on awarding framework agreement(s) to supplier(s) for:
– Provision of trunk mains monitoring systems for remote burst prediction and/or remote burst detection;
– Commissioning, calibration and ongoing support and maintenance of the instrumentation.
For the avoidance of doubt, please be advised that this contract notice is not an opportunity to PQQ (Pre-qualify), it is a direct to tender (ITN) opportunity.

Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: yes

Information about renewals: This contract is subject to renewal: no