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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Association Of North East Councils

NEPO311 Water Retail Services

UtilitiesCPV 65000000
Value£300,000,000
Awarded2 Oct 2020
Published19 Jan 2021
RegionLondon

£300,000,000 — awarded.

Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£300.0mtotal contract value
median £302k
this tender£0£324.0m

This is a large award for Public Utilities — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 826 valued Public Utilities tenders in our corpus.

The brief

This is to replace the recent procurement exercise that was abandoned due to COVID19.

The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking tenders for water retail services.

At the time of submitting an SQ, and throughout the life of the Framework Agreement, tenderers must hold a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence with the appropriate retail authorisation, as issued by Ofwat.

Also included within the scope of the Framework Agreement is the provision of Automatic Meter Reading and associated services and systems.

The Framework Agreement will also include provisions for assisting in the reduction of consumption and supporting users efficiency schemes.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

At the time of submitting an SQ

At the time of submitting an SQ, and throughout the life of the Framework Agreement, tenderers must hold a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence with the appropriate retail authorisation, as issued by Ofwat.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named in obligation language, 1 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Framework agreement (any)says mustFrameworks & routes to market
At the time of submitting an SQ, and throughout the life of the Framework Agreement, tenderers must hold a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence with the appropriate retail authorisation, as issued by Ofwat.
Ofwatsays mustRegulator registrations
At the time of submitting an SQ, and throughout the life of the Framework Agreement, tenderers must hold a valid Water Supply and Sewerage Licence with the appropriate retail authorisation, as issued by Ofwat.
ESPO / YPO / NEPOFrameworks & routes to market
The Association of North East Councils Trading as the North East Procurement Organisation (NEPO) is seeking tenders for water retail services.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

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Source & provenance
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