Scottish Water has appointed seven companies to support its capital investment infrastructure programmes in Scotland’s water and waste water services worth more than an estimated £5 billion over 12 years.
The network of companies will form a new delivery vehicle to carry out one of Scotland’s biggest capital investment infrastructure programmes.
Known as Delivery Vehicle 2 (DV2), it will operate as a single entity to maximise collaboration, consistency and integration to help meet net zero emissions targets, efficiency and supply chain support as well as deliver excellence in service for customers and communities.
Scottish Water is forecast to spend £1 billion a year on thousands of miles of water pipes, sewer networks, treatment works and other assets.
The programme of work will help to deliver net zero emissions water and waste water services by 2040 and build capacity in the network to cope with changing weather patterns, deliver excellent quality water, protect the environment and support service excellence for customers.
The procurement will support construction, engineering and employment. There will also be a specific focus on delivering skills and development opportunities for young people.
The successful companies are:
- Clancy
- Galliford Try Infrastructure Ltd (Morrison Construction)
- George Leslie Ltd
- RWGM joint venture
- Ross-shire Engineering
- WGM Engineering & Boulting Ltd joint venture
- Morrison Water Services
The period of work spans the next six years followed by a six-year extension option.
The range of work covers repair, refurbishment and replacement works, covering mechanical, electrical, engineering, civil engineering, construction and maintenance services.
Mark Dickson, Scottish Water’s Director of Capital Investment, said:
“This represents a significant milestone in the delivery of our service and investment activity. The companies and joint ventures appointed to carry out this work on behalf of Scottish Water will play a vital role in ensuring customers have the most resilient network which brings them water and removes and treats waste water daily.
“The procurement itself has been a lengthy and rigorous process - the biggest we have ever undertaken. The team at Scottish Water is looking forward to working with our partners to progress our ambitious plans for the next decade and beyond.”
Douglas Millican, Scottish Water’s Chief Executive, commented:
“We set out our strategic ambitions for the future of the country’s water and waste water services in the face of unprecedented challenges from climate change and aging infrastructure in February 2020.
“Partners will play a critical role in helping us achieve the change needed, on the scale and speed required to meet the dual challenges of providing services the public can rely on and addressing the impact of a changing world climate on our infrastructure.”
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