The procurement contact named on the official notice.

Tenders must be submitted electronically via SAP Ariba, Yorkshire Water's e-procurement portal https://www.sap.com/products/spend-management/ariba-login.html Suppliers will not be able to view or access the tender in SAP Ariba unless they have been invited by Yorkshire Water through the portal. Organisations wishing to participate in this tender opportunity should express their interest by emailing temi.bakarey@yorkshirewater.co.uk . Interested suppliers will then be registered on SAP Ariba, Yorkshire Water's designated eSourcing platform, through which all tender documentation, communications and submissions will be managed. If you wish to participate but are not yet registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier, please email: Temi.bakarey@Yorkshirewater.co.uk and include the full legal company name, and the email address you wish to register. You will then be issued with a registration request and an invitation to the tender via SAP Ariba. If you are already registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier please email Temi.Bakarey@Yorkshirewater.co.uk and include your ANID number, your full company name, and your registered Ariba email address, so that an invitation to the tender can be issued. Tender submissions by email or post will not be accepted.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Yorkshire Water is seeking to establish a contract for the provision of Meter Verification Goods & Services to support its Clean Water Networks operations.

The scope includes the supply, hire, installation, deployment, verification, calibration, monitoring, maintenance and retrieval of portable flow metering equipment, together with associated technical services to support accurate flow measurement, network monitoring, leakage management and regulatory compliance.

The contract also includes data collection, validation and reporting, meter repair, equipment maintenance, battery management and management of Yorkshire Water-owned meter inventory.

The services will include, where required, site surveys, installation of clamp-on and insertion flow meters, insertion probe installations, including work on live water mains and the installation of saddles where required, work on operational water assets, confined space working, traffic management and associated specialist activities.

Suppliers will be expected to provide appropriately qualified personnel, equipment and resources to safely deliver the services across Yorkshire Water's operational area.

The contract will be awarded for an initial term of three (3) years with the option to extend for a further two (2) years (3 + 2).

Yorkshire Water intends to award the contract to up to two suppliers, with a primary supplier responsible for day-to-day service delivery and a secondary supplier providing additional capacity where required.