Anglian Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 framework contract for the provision of constructability consultancy services worth an estimated £5 million.

The water company is looking to put in place a framework of up to 15 suppliers who can provide constructability advice for various projects within the Anglian Water business, including the Strategic Resource Options (SRO) Reservoir programme.

The framework will be made up of three Lots:

1) Civil engineering and earthworks

2) Pipelines

3) Water Treatment

Lot 1 Civil Engineering and Earthworks is for suppliers who can provide advice on civil engineering and earthworks defined by Anglian Water as follows:

All civils structures associated with the construction and operation of storage and service reservoirs for water supply - including dams, inlets, draw off facilities/outlet towers, pumping stations and emergency drawdowns

The construction of supporting infrastructure to enable the reservoir and wider development, including road construction, road improvements, rail heads, small ports and docks, aggregate/rock processing and handling facilities, quarrying, new service provision, existing service diversion and all construction logistics associated with the above.

This will include for the excavation, transport, placement, and compaction of fill materials to construct earth structures, associated earthworks to optimise cut and fill balances, cutting of new waterways, dredging of existing waterways and raising or construction of flood embankments within the reservoir site area and along open channel transfers (existing waterways).

Lot 2 Pipelines (Infrastructure) - described as:

All infrastructure for large diameter pipelines and long interconnectors, including the design, construction, commissioning, and operations of; open cut techniques, trenchless, drainage, welding, materials selection, production management, temporary commissioning infrastructure, water quality and process science including chlorine dosing, pumping stations and break tanks.

Lot 3 Water Treatment (Non-infrastructure) - described as:

All operations associated with the design, construction, commissioning, handover, and operation of 150-300 MLD water treatment facilities, including water treatment works, wastewater treatment, INNS treatment and conditioning.

While the scope of services may vary from project to project, anticipated services include:

• Critical review of design and assurance of constructability through to commissioning turnovers and to operations, including providing advice on buildability and construction sequence/ methodology and identification of temporary construction requirements.
• Input into the selection of the preferred options for the key construction and building systems - structures, Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP), facades, etc to suit the supply chain, including materials, plant and equipment and bulk material storage, movement/transfer, and disposal.
• Market-based estimating, construction planning and scheduling.
• Providing advice on opportunities for Modern Methods of Construction (MMC)/ off-site fabrication/ modular building, etc. and quality control, assurance, and oversight methods.
• Value management - provide advice on potential value engineering opportunities in the developing design.
• Providing market intelligence on UK construction supply-chain pipelines and advice on construction and supply-chain risks relating to the proposals, including inflation and material shortages / long-lead items and impacts of early procure vs warrantees. This information can then be captured and shared within the wider AW business to be able to understand the supply chain landscape in terms of potential issues that could affect Anglian Water and opportunities.
• Support with the identification of products, materials, methods, and initiatives to enable sustainability ambitions and targets to be realised, including zero carbon opportunities.
• Environmental mitigation validation and optioneering.
• Provide market intelligence and feedback on preferable contract types to adopt/use that will provide AW certainty and control over project constraints and outcomes.
• Provide critical friend support (industry peer review) to major projects throughout the life span of the project.

The framework will run for an initial two-year fixed period, after Anglian Water may elect to extend the framework in whole or in part by three further periods of one year each or for any alternative periods.

The water company is looking to appoint up to 15 participants to the framework agreement.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 22 March 2024 – click here to access the tender documentation.