Scottish Water has reissued a tender for 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.
The water company first issued the tender on 28 October 2024, follwed by an updated notice the next day cancelling the procurement stating:
"The Ceramic Membranes Programme has been put on hold and the advert will be re-released in due course."
The rei-issued tender published on 1st Novemberember now states that the envisaged maximum number of candidates to be invited will be 4 rather than 5, while the time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate has been put back to12.00pm on 18 December 2024 from 12.00pm on 13 December 2024.
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.
Click here to access the updated tender documentation.
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