United Kingdom-Reading: WRMP24 BAF

Type of document: Periodic indicative notice (PIN) without call for competition
Country: United Kingdom
OJEU Ref: (2020/S 054-129856/EN)
Nature of contract: Supply contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Periodic indicative notice without call for competition
Supplies
This notice is a periodic indicative notice only

Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Thames Water Utilities Ltd
Postal address: Procurement Support Centre — 6th Floor RBH, C/O Mail Room, Rose Kiln Court
Town: Reading
Postal code: RG2 0BY
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: Procurement Support Centre
Email: procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address: www.thameswater.co.uk

I.3)Communication
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.6) Main activity:
Water

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: WRMP24 BAF

Reference number: 1484

II.1.2) Main CPV code: 41100000
II.1.3) Type of contract Supplies
II.1.4) Short Description:
This PIN is issued to encourage third parties to submit proposals for solutions covering water resources, demand management or leakage services for Thames Water Utilities Ltd for consideration in the Water Resources Management Plan (WRMP24) process. These solutions will help us meet our future water needs and will be evaluated according to the bid assessment framework principles.

II.1.6) Information about lots
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 41100000
Main CPV code: 65100000
Main CPV code: 60000000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code: UKI, UKJ Main site or place of performance:Whole of Thames Water Region.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement :
This notice relates to an initial resources position statement (IRPS) issued by Water Resources South East (WRSE). This notice enables third parties who are interested in responding to the IRPS with solutions for Thames Water Utilities Ltd specifically. All third parties who express an interest to respond to this PIN will be treated in accordance with the principles within Thames Water Utilities Ltd’s Bid Assessment Framework (BAF); this is available openly on our website www.thameswater.co.uk/baf. The BAF provides clarity to third parties regarding how bids will be assessed in line with our key principles of transparency, equal treatment, non-discrimination and proportionality. Encouraging third parties to submit bids for solutions covering water resources, demand management and leakage services that create value for customers is very important to Thames Water Utilities Ltd.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd has provided further details about its future supply requirements in its revised draft Water Resources Management Plan 19 and associated Water Resources Market Information tables. This information is complemented by the initial resource position statement published by WRSE, which describes Thames Water Utilities Ltd’s future supply requirements as in WRMP19 with further forecasting concerning the effects of climate change and environmental requirements amongst other factors. This will be used to communicate Thames Water Utilities Ltd’s (and the South East region’s) supply requirements in advance of the regional WRMP24 planning process for the South East. Further details of Thames Water Utilities Ltd’s supply area, its existing water resources system, customers and the current and forecast water demand are given on its website at:
This notice should also be read in conjunction with our network access code and trading and procurement code.
Water supply proposals
We are open to proposals for supply options to fill our projected supply demand deficit as we plan for the future. We are under no obligation to contract as a result of this engagement. The process for how third parties will be assessed including evaluation questions and criteria can be found in our BAF referenced above. To register your interest, please visit For the Standard process third parties will need to register their interest by the 17 July 2020 for consideration within WRMP24.
Demand and leakage services proposals
The WRMP process is a strategic process to plan demand management and leakage solutions over an 80 year period to meet our future needs rather than a procurement exercise for these solution types. If a third party proposal for a demand management or leakage service is a product or service that we already deliver, we are open to being contacted to inform our market awareness, but to be considered for delivery, third parties should contact Thames Water Utilities Ltd when we next engage with the market for this specific need. If the proposal is not covered by our current activity, we would be open to hearing the proposal in response to this PIN – third parties should get in touch via For the Standard WRMP24 process you will need to register your interest by 17th July 2020 for consideration within WRMP24.
Please note that an approach made via this PIN will not result in a contract being awarded under any circumstances; a subsequent UCR16 tender process would need to be undertaken to award a contract for such a need. This PIN is, in the case of demand and leakage services, solely notice of a market engagement exercise as described in our BAF referenced above, and this remains the case even where third parties proposing demand management or leakage services participate in the WRMP Standard process.
II.2.5)Award criteria
II.2.7) Duration of the contract,framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
II.2.14) Additional information:
This notice will not result in a procurement or contract award for demand management or leakage services solutions at this stage of strategic planning as the processes described do not conform to the UCR16. Based on this, no contract notice will be issued following the issue of this PIN.

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
2020-03-16

Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
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.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted:EN

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.3) Additional information:
The Utilities Contracts Regulations do not apply to water supply options. Thames Water Utilities Ltd is keen however to ensure maximum publicity for its requirements and that the process is open to competition. Thames Water Utilities Ltd does not undertake by this PIN or otherwise that it will comply with the utilities contract regulation in relation to water supply options.
Any suppliers who wish to respond to this PIN must request an initial pre-qualification survey by using the contact details available at You will need to indicate whether you are interested in the standard or fast track process and whether you are proposing a water supply or demand management/leakage services solution.
Thames Water Utilities Ltd retains the right not to review any unrequested material. Failure of a bidder to provide the required information, make a satisfactory response to any question, or supply documentation referred to in its response to this survey or any clarification within the specified timescale may mean that the bidder will not be invited to participate further in this process. Third parties may choose to enter into the standard or fast track assessment process. In the standard process, third parties will need to register their interest at by the deadline of the 17 July 2020. If interest is registered after this date, the proposal may be considered within the WRMP24 process. In the fast track process, third parties may contact Thames Water Utilities Ltd at the above address at any time to register their interest; this route is intended for solutions offering a benefit of up to around 15 Ml/d.
At the qualification stage, registered applicants who are proposing water resources solutions may either qualify individually or as part of a consortium/joint venture with other registered applicants.
This notice does not preclude Thames Water Utilities Ltd or its associated companies (subsidiaries, sister, parent companies, etc.) from issuing other procurements within the scope of supply or services covered by this PIN from time to time.
Unless specifically stated otherwise, Thames Water Utilities Ltd shall not be responsible for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by applicants and does not accept liability for any costs, charges or expenses incurred by applicants, irrespective of the outcome of any process, or if any process is cancelled or postponed. Thames Water Utilities Ltd reserves the right to terminate any process (or part of it) at any time. Thames Water Utilities Ltd reserves the right to procure any of the services or supplies referred to in this PIN separately.
Note that your client may be Thames Water Utilities Ltd or another company within the Kemble Water group structure.

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2020-03-12