Construction Contract Leads
London
Category Services
Type
No. of Lots 2
Status Active
Published 12th Feb 2025
| Reference | ocds-h6vhtk-04de46 |
| Common Procurement Vocabulary | Environmental services |
| Procurement Method | Open procedure |
| Value | £10,000,000 |
London
Category Services
Type
No. of Lots 2
Status Active
Published 12th Feb 2025
| Reference | ocds-h6vhtk-04de46 |
| Common Procurement Vocabulary | Environmental services |
| Procurement Method | Open procedure |
| Value | £10,000,000 |
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1) Name and addresses
SOUTH WEST WATER LIMITED
Peninsula House,Rydon Lane
EXETER
EX27HR
Contact
Rachel Anthwal
ranthwal [at] southwestwater.co.uk
Telephone
+44 7741818054
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK43 - Devon CC
Companies House
02366640
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.southwestwater.co.uk/
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
https://pennon.esourcingportal.com/current_opportunities.cfm
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
https://pennon.esourcingportal.com/current_opportunities.cfm
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Upstream Thinking: Water Catchment Management Framework
II.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90700000 - Environmental services
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
South West Water Limited is seeking (as a centralised purchasing body on behalf of itself and other subsidiaries within the Pennon Group from time to time) to enter into a framework with multiple suppliers for the supply and management of water catchment services to both regulated utilities and other subsidiary entities within the Pennon Group for a five year period from May 2025 to 31 March 2030 with the possibility to extend the framework contract for a further three years.
Bidders should please note that it is anticipated that the management of the framework will be conducted for the Group by South West Water Limited, and this will also be expressly acknowledged and authorised by the Pennon Group contracting entities when entering into call-off contracts under the framework, including authorisation for South West Water Limited to make orders on behalf of the relevant contracting entity. It is then intended that the services will be implemented through call-offs with specific Pennon Group contracting entities.
South West Water Limited is running this procurement using the Open Procedure with prior call for competition under Regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
Upstream Thinking (UST) is Pennon Groups ambitious and innovative Natural Capital-based approach to investment in resilience. Since 2006 this evolving Catchment Management programme, has focused on protecting the rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers of the region from pollution and detrimental environmental landscape impacts, together with supporting flora and fauna. The inherent uncertainty of deriving drinking water for treatment from surface waters, and from the lower reaches of large and variable river systems, is the principal risk that UST seeks to address.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £10,000,000
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title
Water Catchment Management: Key Deliver Partners
Lot No
1
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI6 - Outer London – South
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
South West Water Limited is seeking (as a centralised purchasing body on behalf of itself and other subsidiaries within the Pennon Group from time to time) to enter into a framework with multiple suppliers for the supply and management of water catchment services to both regulated utilities and other subsidiary entities within the Pennon Group for a five year period from May 2025 to 31 March 2030 with the possibility to extend the framework contract for a further three years.
Bidders should please note that it is anticipated that the management of the framework will be conducted for the Group by South West Water Limited, and this will also be expressly acknowledged and authorised by the Pennon Group contracting entities when entering into call-off contracts under the framework, including authorisation for South West Water Limited to make orders on behalf of the relevant contracting entity. It is then intended that the services will be implemented through call-offs with specific Pennon Group contracting entities.
South West Water Limited is running this procurement using the Negotiated Procedure with prior call for competition under Regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
Upstream Thinking (UST) is Pennon Groups ambitious and innovative Natural Capital-based approach to investment in resilience. Since 2006 this evolving Catchment Management programme, has focused on protecting the rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers of the region from pollution and detrimental environmental landscape impacts, together with supporting flora and fauna. The inherent uncertainty of deriving drinking water for treatment from surface waters, and from the lower reaches of large and variable river systems, is the principal risk that UST seeks to address.
This work builds on the existing contracts / frameworks which were put in place for AMP7 for both Bristol Water and South West Water. The new framework seeks to combine these into one comprehensive framework which will allow for the whole of the business to utilise for catchment management partnership delivery including Upstream Thinking and Green First. It will also incorporate the new performance measures as outlined in WINEP requirements. Specifically for Upstream Thinking this includes expanding the programme into new drinking water catchments, to deliver against both WINEP outcomes and the new OFWAT Biodiversity performance commitment. The upstream Thinking programme also delivers against other AMP8 business plan outcomes including planting 300,000 trees, re-naturalising our waterways for wildlife, control invasive non-native species, and our 1,000 ponds initiative.
The focus of the framework will be to engage local partnership delivery specialists who have developed significant knowledge of the catchments while creating widespread support and trust from land owners and managers. The partnership element is a key part of this framework and the ability to bring match funding, co benefits and other in-kind contributions and support to the shared delivery outcomes will be a key factor.
For this delivery Farm advisers within the organisations act as honest brokers in the catchment and engage with farmers to provide advice, business planning, and grants for farm infrastructure and habitat restoration to bring about behaviour change and Natural Capital improvements. This increases the flow of Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) (e.g. clean raw water) from farms to deliver improved business performance in the following areas:
• Pro-active management of Drinking Water Protected Areas (DrWPA) at risk and increased raw water usability due to reduced pollutant loads with sustained and elevated base-flows,
• Drinking Water treatment works (DWTW) efficiency due to avoidance of shutdowns from pollution, taste, and odour failures, together with lower asset running costs,
• Downstream environmental protection for wastewater treatment and networks, with improved functionality due to reduced catchment peak-flows with impacts on Combined Sewer Outlet (CSO) discharge frequency and volumes,
• Long term business protection against future uncertainty (e.g. climate change and emerging catchment threats such as new chemicals which may enter the water environment), Statutory environmental protection and delivery of wider environmental responsibilities (e.g. the Environment Agency's Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP)).
Where applicable, these delivery partners will need to demonstrate past ability to use SWW funds to access and deliver 3rd party funding streams to support the SWW investments in these catchments (noting this approach was not previously undertaken in Bristol Water catchments). This could include Defra funds and other sources
This investment supports the stated customers' priorities of:
• A clean, safe and reliable supply of drinking water,
• Reliable wastewater service,
• Resilience,
• Protecting the Environment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £7,000,000
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.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The framework will be for a five year period from May 2025 (estimated) to 31 March 2030 with the possibility to extend for a further three years.
II.2) Description
II.2.1) Title
Water Catchment Management: Approved Providers
Lot No
2
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 77000000 - Agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKI6 - Outer London – South
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
South West Water Limited is seeking (as a centralised purchasing body on behalf of itself and other subsidiaries within the Pennon Group from time to time) to enter into a framework with multiple suppliers for the supply and management of water catchment services to both regulated utilities and other subsidiary entities within the Pennon Group for a five year period from May 2025 to 31 March 2030 with the possibility to extend the framework contract for a further three years.
Bidders should please note that it is anticipated that the management of the framework will be conducted for the Group by South West Water Limited, and this will also be expressly acknowledged and authorised by the Pennon Group contracting entities when entering into call-off contracts under the framework, including authorisation for South West Water Limited to make orders on behalf of the relevant contracting entity. It is then intended that the services will be implemented through call-offs with specific Pennon Group contracting entities.
South West Water Limited is running this procurement using the Negotiated Procedure with prior call for competition under Regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016.
Upstream Thinking (UST) is Pennon Groups ambitious and innovative Natural Capital-based approach to investment in resilience. Since 2006 this evolving Catchment Management programme, has focused on protecting the rivers, reservoirs, and aquifers of the region from pollution and detrimental environmental landscape impacts, together with supporting flora and fauna. The inherent uncertainty of deriving drinking water for treatment from surface waters, and from the lower reaches of large and variable river systems, is the principal risk that UST seeks to address.
This work builds on the existing contracts / frameworks which were put in place for AMP7 for both Bristol Water and South West Water. The new framework seeks to combine these into one comprehensive framework which will allow for the whole of the business to utilise for catchment management partnership delivery including Upstream Thinking and Green First. It will also incorporate the new performance measures as outlined in WINEP requirements. Specifically for Upstream Thinking this includes expanding the programme into new drinking water catchments, to deliver against both WINEP outcomes and the new OFWAT Biodiversity performance commitment. The upstream Thinking programme also delivers against other AMP8 business plan outcomes including planting 300,000 trees, re-naturalising our waterways for wildlife, control invasive non-native species, and our 1,000 ponds initiative.
The focus of the framework will be to engage local partnership delivery specialists who have developed significant knowledge of the catchments while creating widespread support and trust from land owners and managers. The partnership element is a key part of this framework and the ability to bring match funding, co benefits and other in-kind contributions and support to the shared delivery outcomes will be a key factor.
For this delivery Farm advisers within the organisations act as honest brokers in the catchment and engage with farmers to provide advice, business planning, and grants for farm infrastructure and habitat restoration to bring about behaviour change and Natural Capital improvements. This increases the flow of Environmental Goods and Services (EGS) (e.g. clean raw water) from farms to deliver improved business performance in the following areas:
• Pro-active management of Drinking Water Protected Areas (DrWPA) at risk and increased raw water usability due to reduced pollutant loads with sustained and elevated base-flows,
• Drinking Water treatment works (DWTW) efficiency due to avoidance of shutdowns from pollution, taste, and odour failures, together with lower asset running costs,
• Downstream environmental protection for wastewater treatment and networks, with improved functionality due to reduced catchment peak-flows with impacts on Combined Sewer Outlet (CSO) discharge frequency and volumes,
• Long term business protection against future uncertainty (e.g. climate change and emerging catchment threats such as new chemicals which may enter the water environment), Statutory environmental protection and delivery of wider environmental responsibilities (e.g. the Environment Agency's Water Industry National Environment Programme (WINEP)).
Where applicable, these delivery partners will need to demonstrate past ability to use SWW funds to access and deliver 3rd party funding streams to support the SWW investments in these catchments (noting this approach was not previously undertaken in Bristol Water catchments). This could include Defra funds and other sources
This investment supports the stated customers' priorities of:
• A clean, safe and reliable supply of drinking water,
• Reliable wastewater service,
• Resilience,
• Protecting the Environment.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £3,000,000
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.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: Yes
II.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The framework will be for a five year period from May 2025 (estimated) to 31 March 2030 with the possibility to extend for a further three years.
Section IV. Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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.1.8) 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
19 March 2025
Local time
5:00pm
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 24 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
20 March 2025
Local time
4:00pm
Section VI. Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
VI.3) Additional information
This procurement is being conducted under regulation 47 of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, and will only be available through the Pennon Supplier Portal.
Interested parties should note that this procurement may not result in the award of any contract, and issue of this Contract Notice does not create any form of contract, implied or otherwise, between South West Water Limited and any other party, and that participation in procurement process is entirely at potential suppliers' own risk.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
London
EC4A 1NL
Country
United Kingdom