Kent County Council has gone out to tender on behalf of a number of public sector organisations with a contract for water and sewerage services potentially worth up to £208 million.
The Council’s Commercial Services is one of the largest trading organisations of its kind in the UK. Set up 70 years ago, since then it has grown organically since then to supply an ever-increasing range of best value goods and services to other publicly funded organisations, including local government, education establishments, the care sector and emergency services.
KCC’s LASER was established as part was established as part of Commercial Services in 1989, in response to the increasing competitiveness of the deregulated energy markets and now provides complete energy solutions to 160 Local Authorities and other Public Sector bodies throughout the UK.
Kent County Council, the Contracting Authority, is the largest local authority in England covering an area of 3 500 square kilometres. The Council operates in partnership with 12 district councils and 289 parish/town councils.
The contract is divided into two separate Lots:
Lot 1 Water and Sewerage - a National Framework Agreement is for the supply of water and sewerage services including Invoicing, account management and ancillary services.
Lot 2 Water and Sewerage — Competitive dialogue
Lot 2 is described as the innovation lot and an opportunity for Tenderers to offer innovative contracting structures aiming to link water efficiency and price savings into the supply arrangement. It is anticipated that offers under Lot 2 would run for multiple years and provide an opportunity for the supplier to deliver guaranteed savings delivered through a range of activities including:
- Reduced retail charges
- Capital investment in water efficiency (replacing water using kit with more efficient versions)
- Capital investment in finding and fixing leaks
- Wholesale tariff Optimisation (identifying and rectifying errors in wholesale tariffs or notional/physical meter downsizing)
The Council said:
“While simple in principle, it is likely that offers under this Lot will be complex and specific, and require significant levels of data relating to sites before a tenderer could provide a priced proposal.”
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participateis 17th March 2017 – click here to download the tender documentation
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