Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for Asset, Capital and Engineering Professional Services worth an estimated £400 million.
The water company is looking to put a framework in place for the provision of Professional Services to support the delivery of Thames Water's Asset and Capital Delivery programmes, which will be sourced via service packages or secondment requests.
Scope of services covered by the framework include engineering, commercial, environmental, programme management and asset management consultancy.
The contract is being tendered in six separate Lots as follows:
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Lot 1 - Multi-Disciplinary Services - £133,000,000
To provide Thames Water with a combination of services from infrastructure and noninfrastructure engineering, environmental, commercial, assurance and programme management to support with the delivery of operational and regulated delivery targets.
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Lot 2 Engineering Services & Resources (Infrastructure) - £53,400,000
To provide Thames Water with service packages or secondees to the business, to support with infrastructural engineering technical design and solution development for the delivery of operational or regulatory delivery programmes.
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Lot 3 - Engineering Services & Resources (Non-Infrastructure) - £53,400,000
To provide Thames Water with service packages or secondees to the business, to support with non-infrastructural engineering technical design and solution development for the delivery of operational or regulatory delivery programmes.
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Lot 4 - Environmental Services & Resources - £53,400,000
To provide Thames Water with service packages or secondees to the business, to support with environmental services, such as (but not limited to) odour monitoring, ecological surveys, flow monitoring and drought planning for the delivery of operational or regulatory delivery programmes.
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Lot 5 Commercial and Assurance Services & Resources- £53,400,000
To provide Thames Water with service packages or secondees to the business, to support with (but not limited to) target setting, value-for-money assessments, quantity surveying services and development of commercial analyses for the delivery of operational or regulatory delivery programmes
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Lot 6 - Programme Management Office Services & Resources - £53,400,000
To provide Thames Water with service packages or secondees to the business, to support with (but not limited to) programme management solutions, benefits management, change control and transition plans for the delivery of operational or regulatory delivery programmesAny agreement awarded under the framework would be for an initial duration of 5 years, with options to extend annually up to a maximum overall term of 8 years
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 5 April 2024 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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