Contract notice – utilities

Supplies

Directive 2014/25/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

United Utilities Water Limited

02366678

Lingley Mere Business Park

Warrington

WA5 3LP

Contact person: Paula Lonsdale

Telephone: +44 1925678071

E-mail: RegulatoryProcurementTeam@uuplc.co.uk

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.unitedutilities.com

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984

I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:

https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=33786&B=UNITEDUTILITIES

Additional information can be obtained from

the abovementioned address:

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted

electronically via: https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=33786&B=UNITEDUTILITIES

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted

to the abovementioned address

I.6)

Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Innovation Partnership - United Utilities Innovation Lab 3

Reference number: PRO004369

II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48000000 - Software package and information systems

II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4)

Short description

The procurement process will follow the Innovation Partnership procedure and is intended to encourage innovative businesses to help United Utilities tackle key efficiency, safety and customer challenges in innovative ways.
The United Utilities Innovation Lab will be a 12-week programme and successful candidates will be co-located and work closely with United Utilities to test, develop, improve and demonstrate their product/service in live customer environments. Leading to opportunities for contractual relationships
Businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas;
• Systems Thinking
• Circular Economy & Natural Solutions
• Future of Water ODI’s & More
• Wild Card
More information about this opportunity can be found at the following address www.unitedutilities.com/innovation

II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no

II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

34152000 - Training simulators

35113000 - Safety equipment

35113100 - Site-safety equipment

35125100 - Sensors

38421100 - Water meters

48326000 - Mapping software package

48326100 - Digital mapping system

48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package

48600000 - Database and operating software package

48920000 - Office automation software package

48931000 - Training software package

71353200 - Dimensional surveying services

71631430 - Leak-testing services

71631440 - Flow-monitoring services

71700000 - Monitoring and control services

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72212326 - Mapping software development services

72212460 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software development services

72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services

72222300 - Information technology services

79342320 - Customer-care services

98330000 - Physical well-being services

II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

United Utilities want to tackle our key business challenges so we can provide better, more cost effective services for customers. That means building relationships with businesses who share our vision, ambition and appetite for innovation.
The 12-week programme will be run in collaboration with corporate innovation specialist L Marks and successful candidates will be mentored by senior United Utilities business leaders and get access to test and demonstrate your product/service in live customer environments
Businesses will be invited to put forward proposals in the following key areas;
- Systems Thinking
- Circular Economy & Natural Solutions
- Future of Water ODI’s & More
- Wild Card
All proposals must be in line with our business principles.
More information about this opportunity can be found at the following address www.unitedutilities.com/innovation

II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 96

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 20

Objective criteria for choosing the limited number of candidates:

There will be 3 stages of down selection.
At Application Stage, candidates will only pass through to the Ideas Stage if they are of good standing and are willing to agree to 1 of 2 commercial relationship options detailed in the application form.
At Ideas stage, the top 20 highest scoring applicants will pass through to Pitch Day (providing their score is 40% or above).
At Pitch Day, the top 8 highest scoring applicants will be awarded a place in the Innovation Lab (providing their score is 75 % or above).
At both Ideas Stage and Pitch Day, applicants can be rejected if their idea has no innovative aspects to it, is not likely to be of benefit or relevance to UU, or it would not be possible to develop the idea substantially during the time available in the lab.

II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: yes

II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no

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 information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions: Interested economic operators must be of good standing to pass through to the Ideas Stage.

III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

List and brief description of selection criteria:

Interested economic operators must confirm in their application that they have the capacity to attend the Innovation Lab in order to pass through to the Ideas Stage

III.1.4)

Objective rules and criteria for participation

List and brief description of rules and criteria: The purpose of the lab is to co-create to enter into a supply agreement (minimum). In order to pass through to the Ideas Stage, applicants must confirm in their application that they are willing to enter into a supply agreement.
There are additional options as part of the programme that applicants should be able and willing to offer UU, should the Lab be considered by UU to be a success:
Applicants should be able to offer at least one of the following:
Share of Revenue
Equity Share

III.1.8)

Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded

UU may specify certain requirements as to the legal form of lab participants, for example successful economic operators may be required to form a limited company and/or to transfer their business (including any relevant intellectual property rights) into the limited company prior to entry into the Lab.

III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Innovation partnership

IV.1.4)

Information about reduction of the number of solutions or tenders during negotiation or dialogue

Recourse to staged procedure to gradually reduce the number of solutions to be discussed or tenders to be negotiated

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: 2020/S 109-265893

IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 17/08/2020

Local time: 11:00

IV.2.3)

Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 01/09/2020

IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.3)

Additional information

UU will be working with L Marks in the delivery of this procurement process. Documents including a step-by-step guide and how to use the Portal have been included within the documents folder and more information can be found on the website at www.unitedutilities.com/innovation.
Following the completion of the Innovation Lab, UU may enter into a supply agreement with 1 or more participants. The maximum price will be set at no more than demonstrable and approved costs + 50 % margin.
Alternatively, UU may take a license to manufacture from 1 or more participants. Final versions of the contract terms will be provided prior to Pitch Day. Drafts are made available at the applications stage for information, along with a draft procurement document for the Ideas Stage.
UU will not pay candidates for Lab participation alone, but will provide a fixed maximum level of participation support in consideration for which participants will be expected to carry out the relevant R&D activities. UU will pay each successful candidate up to 5 000 GBP for legal costs for participants to review and understand the contract terms before entering the Lab.

VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of England & Wales

City of Westminster

London

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