UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

Portsmouth Water is procuring a Framework Agreement for the provision of a range of ecology surveys throughout their operational area in Portsmouth, Hampshire and West Sussex. The services will be divided into 3 lots covering: 1. Terrestrial Ecology 2. Aquatic Ecology. 3. Arboriculture Terrestrial services will comprise a range of desk and field surveys to establish the presence or absence of species including bats, the hazel dormouse, otter, water vole, badger, amphibians, reptiles, butterflies and moths. Aquatic services will comprise range of river and bankside surveys to provide habitat mapping and reporting. The surveys will include invertebrates, aquatic plants and fish. Arboriculture services to provide an arboriculture impact assessment, method statement and tree protection plan to record species, dimensions and quality of the trees on the various sites.

The supply of boundary boxes, lids and accessories for water meters (including smart meters), replacements undertaken during mains and communication pipe renewal programmes and for the replacement of existing defective apparatus.

The objective was to establish a key Framework Contract with a Delivery Partner that will support Portsmouth Water’s Regulatory Affairs, Assurance and Data Reporting needs for AMP8 and potentially AMP9. The intent is to have a contractor to whom we will allocate work. The requirement is for the provision of assurance services in relation to technical and non-financial regulatory data, in compliance with requirements set out by Ofwat and, where appropriate, other regulators.

The objective of this Procurement is to establish the key Framework Contracts with Delivery Partners that will support Portsmouth Water’s Non-Infrastructure (above ground) investment needs for AMP8 and potentially AMP9.

An NEC 4 based Framework Contract with a Delivery Partner that will support Portsmouth Water’s engineering design, asset management and professional services needs for AMP8 and potentially AMP9. We will allocate work, primarily to support our activities under Strategic Contract 3: Non-infrastructure (MEICA) Framework Contract, but also to provide support to any other PWL activity that needs this expertise.

Portsmouth Water Ltd (PWL) currently communicates with its T4 type RTUs using the existing telemetry protocol. As existing has reached end-of-life with limited support available, PWL needs to use the Geo SCADA DNP3 WITS driver to communicate with each of the existing T4 type RTUs following their conversion from running the Proteus firmware to running the T4 DNP WITS firmware. Following on from a detailed study of the PWL database, and investigation into options, Schneider Electric Systems UK (SESUL) have identified a tool that will allow a user to select any Outstation on the existing PWL database for automatic conversion of its associated database objects to supported standards (DNP3 T4 WITS database objects) except for logic Charts. The scope of this delivery covers the design, development and testing of software tools to support the database conversion process, as well as the creation of Method Statements that detail the steps to be undertaken by SESUL and PWL on their site system. The scope includes all 72 RTUs including addition RTUs (from critical sites) in the factory / testing phase and additional site engineering scope. • Simple complexity Outstation - point counts less than 100 - 42 RTUs in total. • Average complexity Outstation - point counts between 100 and 300 - 21 RTUs in total. • Complex Outstation - point counts greater than 300 - 9 RTUs in total. The new scope of work is to migrate all 72 of these RTU over to WITS protocol using the tools and methodologies developed..

Portsmouth Water Ltd (PWL) currently communicates with its T4 type RTUs using the existing telemetry protocol. As existing has reached end-of-life with limited support available, PWL needs to use the Geo SCADA DNP3 WITS driver to communicate with each of the existing T4 type RTUs following their conversion from running the Proteus firmware to running the T4 DNP WITS firmware. Following on from a detailed study of the PWL database, and investigation into options, Schneider Electric Systems UK (SESUL) have identified a tool that will allow a user to select any Outstation on the existing PWL database for automatic conversion of its associated database objects to supported standards (DNP3 T4 WITS database objects) except for logic Charts. The scope of this delivery covers the design, development and testing of software tools to support the database conversion process, as well as the creation of Method Statements that detail the steps to be undertaken by SESUL and PWL on their site system. The scope includes all 72 RTUs including addition RTUs (from critical sites) in the factory / testing phase and additional site engineering scope. • Simple complexity Outstation - point counts less than 100 - 42 RTUs in total. • Average complexity Outstation - point counts between 100 and 300 - 21 RTUs in total. • Complex Outstation - point counts greater than 300 - 9 RTUs in total. The new scope of work is to migrate all 72 of these RTU over to WITS protocol using the tools and methodologies developed..

To provide Portsmouth Water with Print Management, Bill Print and Send, Print on demand, Direct Mail Campaigns, Customer Letters, Incident Communication, Storage/Stock management.

1.2.1PWL wishes to let a Contract to improve and extend its Telephony & Resilience capability. 1.2.2This procurement is to provide Portsmouth Water with a Supplier capable of providing the goods and services required to satisfy PW’s move away from PSTN lines to a more secure and longer lasting solution. 1.2.3The initial work required under the contract must be complete by January 2027. 1.2.4PWL requires a robust and secure digital communication infrastructure that ensures reliable connectivity across all designated Portsmouth Water sites, providing the continuous and secure connectivity required for Critical National Infrastructure. 1.2.5The Goods and Services required will support PWL’s Operational and Information Technology needs at least until August 2030 and potentially to August 2035. A more detailed discussion on the needs of PWL is contained in the Scope document 1.2.6The Contractor will be expected to collaborate with existing suppliers, where required by PW and to work with PWL on establishing a single supply chain provider without any interruption to the existing service. 1.2.7Portsmouth Water and the Contractor will implement a Service Level Agreement. This comprehensive SLA will guarantee responsive support for any issues related to the communication network, safeguarding the continuity of Portsmouth Water’s core service delivery at all times. 1.2.8The provided communication network shall facilitate seamless point-to-point connectivity between all Portsmouth Water’s approximately 48 sites, as outlined in the Scope Document 1.2.9The network shall be capable of segregating, prioritising, and reliably supporting data traffic generated by critical systems, including but not limited to: Telemetry (GEOSCADA), CCTV, solar arrays, and inter-site operational process data.

To contract the delivery of our circa £500m regulated capital programme over the next 5 years, Portsmouth Water use a range of NEC contract types. To facilitate the ongoing deliver and management of these contracts, there is a requirement for a Construction Contract Management Software suite suitable for NEC3 and NEC4 contracts including ECC and PSC and all option types. Software is to be securely provided as a service (SAAS) with all hosting, licenses, and support included. Software must support the full lifecycle of NEC contract management including all contractor inactions.

Provide Portsmouth Water with meters and meter data securely and consistently. This is a mixed service and supply contract.

To carry out 8 different investigations during AMP8 to assess the potential effects of current and future predictions abstractions and develop catchment management options,

The procurement proposes appointing Wattserve Itchen Limited ("Supplier") to provide electricity to Portsmouth Water Limited ("PW"), integrating both new renewable generation and existing solar assets on PW's premises at River Itchen Water Treatment Works (the "PW Premises"). The Supplier will install, operate and own new solar PV and battery storage assets to supplement the electricity supplied to PW from the existing solar assets. Brockhampton Solutions Limited ("BSL") currently owns existing solar assets on PW's Premises and supplies electricity to PW under a power purchase agreement. In order to ensure the new arrangements align with BSL's existing supply arrangement, PW and the Supplier will coordinate with BSL to continue the supply of electricity from BSL's existing assets to PW under the existing power purchase agreement. The Supplier will supplement any shortfall of electricity needed by PW on the PW Premises. PW, as the occupier of the PW Premises, will consume the electricity supplied under this integrated arrangement and provide access for the installation and operation of the Supplier's assets. The combined approach ensures PW's electricity needs are met through a mix of the Supplier's new generation, BSL's existing solar assets, and grid supply where required. This arrangement establishes the roles and interactions between PW, BSL, and the Supplier, supporting an efficient, coordinated electricity supply while maintaining continuity with existing solar infrastructure.

The procurement proposes appointing Wattserve Itchen Limited ("Supplier") to provide electricity to Portsmouth Water Limited ("PW"), integrating both new renewable generation and existing solar assets on PW's premises at River Itchen Water Treatment Works (the "PW Premises"). The Supplier will install, operate and own new solar PV and battery storage assets to supplement the electricity supplied to PW from the existing solar assets. Brockhampton Solutions Limited ("BSL") currently owns existing solar assets on PW's Premises and supplies electricity to PW under a power purchase agreement. In order to ensure the new arrangements align with BSL's existing supply arrangement, PW and the Supplier will coordinate with BSL to continue the supply of electricity from BSL's existing assets to PW under the existing power purchase agreement. The Supplier will supplement any shortfall of electricity needed by PW on the PW Premises. PW, as the occupier of the PW Premises, will consume the electricity supplied under this integrated arrangement and provide access for the installation and operation of the Supplier's assets. The combined approach ensures PW's electricity needs are met through a mix of the Supplier's new generation, BSL's existing solar assets, and grid supply where required. This arrangement establishes the roles and interactions between PW, BSL, and the Supplier, supporting an efficient, coordinated electricity supply while maintaining continuity with existing solar infrastructure.

Portsmouth Water has an ongoing need for Asset Investment Planning software to plan, prioritise and deliver our regulated investment. This notice is for the renewal of our existing software.

Portsmouth Water has an ongoing need for Asset Investment Planning software to plan, prioritise and deliver our regulated investment. This notice is for the renewal of our existing software.

This represents a flagship project to construct the first new strategic water resource, and corresponding pipeline, in the South East for decades. Construction work is anticipated to start on the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project (the "Project") in 2024, for completion by 2029. The Project is the product of collaborative regional water planning particularly between Portsmouth Water and Southern Water, and forms a key step in increasing water resilience in the South East. The procurement of the main works contractor for pipeline construction works was carried out together with the procurement of the framework agreement for wider design services, together advertised in FTS Contract Notice 2021/S 000-000072. However, this award notice relates only to the award of the main pipeline works contract. It is anticipated that the framework agreement will be the subject of a separate award notice once the framework agreement has been completed.

This represents a flagship project to construct the first new strategic water resource, and corresponding pipeline, in the South East for decades. Construction work is anticipated to start on the Havant Thicket Reservoir Project (the "Project") in 2024, for completion by 2029. The Project is socially, economically and environmentally significant. It is the product of collaborative regional water planning particularly between Portsmouth Water and Southern Water, and forms a key step in increasing water resilience in the South East. The procurement of the main works contractor for the main reservoir works and additional elements (MRW+ Contract) was advertised in FTS Contract Notice 2021/S 000-000071. The main works pipeline contract and framework agreement are the subject of a separate procurement.

Provide works to cover Lot A Contract: Infrastructure Term Service Contract - includes water mains renewals and replacement, new water mains, service pipes and connections, water mains extensions and diversions, water mains repair and maintenance, and Smart Water Meter installation. Lot B Contract: Smart Water Meter Installation - includes Smart Water Meter installation and commissioning, including deployment planning and delivery, strategic planning, and Smart Water Meter installation and commissioning. Both lots will require the Contractor to provide programme planning, planning and scheduling of work, traffic management and street works compliance, and customer engagement, liaison and communication services throughout the life of the contract.