Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Thames Water Utilities Limited Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Thames Water Utilities Limited Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)Consolidation of PPE, Workwear, and Health & Safety Consumables Reference no:OCT493514 Published by:Thames Water Utilities Limited Published to:External Deadline date:05/11/2024 Notice Type:Contract notice OCID:ocds-h6vhtk-04afc1 Location: UK - All UK - All Value:- Summary OCID:ocds-h6vhtk-04afc1Published by:Thames Water Utilities LimitedAuthority ID:AA20727Publication date:22 October 2024Deadline date:05 November 2024Notice type:Contract NoticeHas documents:NoHas SPD:NoHas Carbon Reduction Plan:N/A Abstract Consolidation of PPE, Workwear, and Health & Safety Consumables Full notice text Contract notice – utilitiesSection I: Contracting entity I.1) Name and addressesTHAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED02366661ReadingRG18DBUK Contact person: Thames Water E-mail: procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.uk NUTS: UKJ11Internet address(es) Main address: https://www.thameswater.co.uk/I.3) CommunicationAccess to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:https://forms.office.com/e/GwjAwGp1WmAdditional information can be obtained from the abovementioned addressTenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:https://thameswater.sharepoint.com/sites/ProcurementSupportCentreBidProcessRepository/FA2164PPE/SitePages/FA2164-PPE-Bidder-Landing-Page.aspxI.6) Main activityWaterSection II: ObjectII.1) Scope of the procurementII.1.1) TitlePersonal Protective Equipment (PPE) Reference number: FA2164II.1.2) Main CPV code35113400 II.1.3) Type of contractSuppliesII.1.4) Short descriptionConsolidation of PPE, Workwear, and Health & Safety ConsumablesII.1.5) Estimated total valueValue excluding VAT: 12 000 000.00 GBPII.1.6) Information about lots This contract is divided into lots: No II.2) DescriptionII.2.3) Place of performanceNUTS code:UKIUKJMain site or place of performance:Whole of the Thames Water RegionII.2.4) Description of the procurementThames Water is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement with a single supplier for the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), everyday workwear, and health & safety consumables. This includes items such as trousers, jackets, shirts, t-shirts, polo shirts, overalls, and various protective gear for head, foot, eye, ear, and hand protection. The aim is to consolidate these categories to enhance commercial value, improve operational efficiencies, and standardise products. The procurement process will involve a two-stage approach, with the second stage being an E-Auction to drive additional value. The successful supplier will be expected to ensure on-time and in-full (OTIF) deliveries, provide inventory management solutions, and integrate ordering innovations such as webshops and SAP integrations.II.2.5) Award criteriaPrice is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documentsII.2.6) Estimated valueValue excluding VAT: 12 000 000.00 GBPII.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system Duration in months: 96 This contract is subject to renewal: Yes Description of renewals:Thames Water envisages that the contract will be awarded for an initial term of 3 years with option to extend annually up to a maximum term of 8 years.II.2.10) Information about variants Variants will be accepted: No II.2.11) Information about options Options: Yes Description of options:Any agreement awarded would be for a maximum initial period of 3 years, with options to extend for two further, one year periods.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 informationIII.1) Conditions for participationIII.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registersList and brief description of conditions:As detailed in the PQQIII.1.2) Economic and financial standingSelection criteria as stated in the procurement documentsIII.1.3) Technical and professional abilitySelection criteria as stated in the procurement documentsIII.1.4) Objective rules and criteria for participationAs detailed in section VI.3 & PQQ.III.1.6) Deposits and guarantees required:Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be requiredIII.1.7) Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:Specified in Invitation to Negotiate DocumentIII.1.8) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to awardIII.2) Conditions related to the contractIII.2.2) Contract performance conditionsAs detailed in the ITNSection IV: ProcedureIV.1) DescriptionIV.1.1) Type of procedureNegotiated with 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 with several operators. Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 8IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No IV.2) Administrative informationIV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate Date: 05/11/2024 Local time: 12:00IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submittedENIV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender) Section VI: Complementary informationVI.1) Information about recurrence This is a recurrent procurement: No VI.2) Information about electronic workflowsElectronic ordering will be usedElectronic invoicing will be acceptedElectronic payment will be usedVI.3) Additional informationAll suppliers who wish to respond to this contract notice must request a pre-qualification questionnaire (PQQ) by using the web link in Section I.3 (www.thameswater.co.uk/procurement).From your response to the link in Section I.3 or above, Thames Water's Procurement Support Centre will send you an email providing login details for our eSourcing system. To complete the PQQ you will need to login to the project SharePoint site.If the project requires it, you will receive an additional and separate survey to complete for Data Protection.Note - The client may be Thames Water Utilities Limited or another company within the Kemble Water group structureNote on Estimated Contract Values: All values shown are estimates only and have no binding on the total contract value that materialises under the provision of each service. Any bidder that passes the PQQ pass/fail questions will be taken through to ITN.VI.4) Procedures for reviewVI.4.1) Review bodyThames Water Utilities LimitedReadingUKVI.4.3) Review procedurePrecise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:Thames Water Utilities Limited 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 (SI 2016 No 274) 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 notice21/10/2024 Coding Commodity categories ID Title Parent category 35113400Protective and safety clothingSafety equipment Delivery locations ID Description 100UK - All Alert region restrictions The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions. ID Description There are no alert restrictions for this notice. About the buyer Main contact:procurement.support.centre@thameswater.co.ukAdmin contact:N/aTechnical contact:N/aOther contact:N/a Further information Date Details No further information has been uploaded.