Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a major £800 million contract – the water company is looking to appoint a strategic partner(s) to deliver Ceramic Membrane plants as part of its Ceramic Membrane Capital Investment Programme.
UPDATE: Yesterday Scottish Water issued an updated notice cancelling this procurement. The notice says "The Ceramic Membranes Programme has been put on hold and the advert will be re-released in due course."
The framework(s) will be awarded for 2025 until March 2033, with further extension options up to March 2039. Estimated programme value is put at between £500 million to £800 million.
Scottish Water requires a range of supplier capabilities in order to deliver the programme, including MEICA, civil construction and ceramic membrane product suppliers.
The appointed partner(s) will be required to have capabilities in all these areas or be able to demonstrate how they will acquire these skillsets. The supplier will have pan Scotland capability to deliver the programme - it is expected that the supplier can act as both Principal Contractor and Principal Designer in the delivery of the Programme.
The Construction, Design and Management (CDM) 2015 Regulations will apply.
Phase 1 will consist of the construction, commissioning and hand-over of Turriff Ceramic Membrane Water Treatment Works.
For Phase 2 onwards, should the partners appointed in this Phase 1 Ceramic Membrane Programme Procurement also be successful in their bid in Scottish Waters SR27 Supply Chain Procurement, it is expected that this framework’s commitments from a design, delivery and commercial perspective would then transfer into the SR27 supply chain.
This may include:
- a Primary Designer, responsible in part for design activity;
- an Integrator, responsible for programme management and delivery of enterprise objectives;
- a procured supplier ecosystem which will form based on programme / project needs.
If Scottish Water choose to deliver Phase 2 through the supply chain for SR27, the successful tenderer may be required to transpose the requirements and commitments of this framework into an NEC Alliance agreement as part of the SR27 supply chain.
Once integrated into the SR27 supply chain the successful tenderer would be required to utilise the water company’s procured partners for any subcontracted activity.
The successful contractor(s) would also be required to comply with the mandatory use of Scottish Water's specialist frameworks including Infrastructure, Kits, Civils Materials and Hires. It is also Scottish Water's intention that all Capital Investment projects will be delivered using Scottish Water's Building Information Modelling (BIM) standards.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 13 December 2024 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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