Thames Water has gone out to tender with an AMP7 contract for CHP engine and ancillary maintenance contract worth an estimated £44.4 million.
The water company intends to award a number of agreements for the repair and maintenance (R&M) and supply of parts & spares for CHP engines and ancillary equipment used on its waste water treatment sites.
Thames currently has 44 CHP engines across 23 waste water sites that require both planned and reactive maintenance.
The utility is looking to appoint multiple suppliers to the contract, which is being tendered in nine Lots:
- Lot 1 - Jenbacher Engine - Planned & reactive maintenance & parts
- Lot 2 - MWM Engine - Planned & reactive maintenance, Parts, & Technical Support
- Lot 3 - Cummins Engine - Planned & reactive maintenance & parts
- Lot 4 - Caterpillar & MAN Engines - Planned & reactive maintenance and parts
- Lot 5 - Turbo Chargers - Supply, R&M and Spares
- Lot 6 - Heat Exchangers - Supply, R&M inc. cleaning, Spares & replacement
- Lot 7 - CHP Ancillary Parts - Supply, Starter Motors, Batteries and Actuators
- Lot 8 - Gas Filtration - Supply, Parts, Service, gas analysis
- Lot 9 - Alternators - Supply, R&M and Spares
For each Lot Thames is looking for bidders able to offer parts from different procurement routes: OEM parts & equivalent universal parts that can meet the functional specification of their OEM parts.
Any agreements awarded will be for an initial duration of 4 years, with options to extend annually up to a maximum overall term of 8 years.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 14 March 2022 – click here to access the tender documentation.
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