Periodic indicative Notice - Utilities

Information

Published

Expire date: 03/07/2023

External Reference: 2023-562552

FTS Reference: 2023-014000

Periodic indicative Notice - Utilities

Periodic indicative notice – utilities

This notice is a periodic indicative notice only

Supplies

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

United Utilities Water Limited
02366678
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
UK
Contact person: Reena Grewal
Telephone: +44 7534577906
NUTS code:  UKD -  NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Internet address(es):
I.3)

Communication

Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
I.6)

Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

PRO004729-Contract-Goods-Innovation Labs 5
Reference number:  PRO004729
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

48000000  -  Software package and information systems
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Supplies
II.1.4)

Short description

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.
We will run a 14 week Innovation programme which in 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: Better Rivers, low carbon construction, water efficiency, dynamic network management, wildcard. See below for detail of key areas.
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.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKD -  NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Better Rivers
United Utilities’ Better Rivers Better North West plan sets out a series of commitments to progressively reduce impact to river health and create more opportunities for everyone to enjoy rivers and waterways. This category aims to use innovation and cutting-edge environmental science to protect and treat rivers in a sustainable and scalable way. United Utilities is looking for ways to enhance monitoring, nature-based purification processes, wetland solutions and innovative ways to engage communities.
Low Carbon Construction
United Utilities is set to deliver its most comprehensive large-scale construction programme and is keen to explore ways to reduce the carbon footprint of these projects. The company is looking for advanced ways to accurately calculate the carbon emissions associated with construction projects, utilise low carbon, sustainable materials, create ‘greener’ construction sites, and innovative rainwater management solutions.
Water Efficiency
There is a growing demand to save water through technologies that reuse and recycle water, enable intelligent irrigation and conserve water in homes and businesses. This category aims to discover new technologies and solutions to enable United Utilities to facilitate the reduction of water consumption for both domestic and business customers. The company is looking for technology that can be used in homes or businesses to reduce water usage but doesn’t rely on customers changing their behaviour as well as ways to raise awareness of water as a scarce resource and encourage customers to change behaviour through visualisation, better use of data or gamification
Dynamic Network Management
United Utilities has already implemented a pioneering ‘Dynamic Network Management’ (DNM) initiative to monitor its wastewater network. It wants to expand on the success of this by improving their asset condition monitoring capabilities with the aim of using data to control assets via remote communication. The company is interested in solutions that monitor asset condition, predict potential failures and apply collated data to automate decisions that prevent asset failure in both clean and wastewater environments.
Wildcard: This category is truly open. The company is open to learning and being surprised by what new technologies and different approaches can do for them and their customers, employees and stakeholders.
As in previous years, United Utilities will deliver its Innovation Lab programme with corporate innovation specialist, L Marks.
Applications for the latest 14-week programme open on Monday May 8 and interested companies have until July 3rd to submit their ideas. For more information about the programme and the challenge areas, please visit the Innovation Lab website and the LMarks Bridge (where you apply) https://bridge.lmarks.com/programmes/uulab5/sign_up
II.2.14)

Additional information

More information about this opportunity can be found at the following address www.unitedutilities.com/corporate/about-us/innovation/innovation-lab/
See bridge application portal. Please note a contract notice will not be published, if you are interested in this opportunity please see detail above.
II.3)

Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

03/07/2023

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)

Additional information

See bridge application portal.
Response deadline is 03.07.23 at 15.00