Northumbrian Water Group, owners of Northumbrian Water and Essex and Suffolk Water, is seeking input from across the supply chain for its £4.5 billion AMP8 capital programme delivery.
Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) has issued a Periodic Indicative Notice inviting suppliers to register their interest and compete and return a questionnaire by 2pm on Monday 10th May.
In February 2023 NWG appointed five strategic technical partners to new frameworks for professional services contracts which lay the foundations for its new supply chain ecosystem. The frameworks are aimed at reshaping the way it delivers capital investment projects to support the delivery of future asset investment programmes.
The utility said that delivering its AMP8 programme will require a step change in how it collaborates, manages risk and co-ordinates its capital investment.
NWG sees the transformation as a collaborative process and now want to speaks with design and construction organisations to discuss its approach and plans for AMP8.
“We want to get feedback on how you can influence and shape our supply chain strategy to ensure our delivery process delivers maximum value,” the company says.
NWG would specifically like to speak to design and construct organisations who have experience of working in similar collaborative delivery models (with an embedded client) to discuss:
- how they deliver value at each handover stage;
- from needs to outcome delivery, the commercial models and incentives used, how you align delivery of cost/time/quality with low carbon (PAS2080 and creating a PAS2080 supply chain),
- biodiversity net gain and building a fit for purpose workforce with the right people with the right skillset and nature to deliver under a model of this type.
In addition, NWG says that in order to deal with the scale of its upcoming programme, its emerging delivery model aims to provide flexibility to work with partners at all levels of the supply chain, from multinationals to regional specialists.
The utility would like to hear from organisations who feel they could bring value to its AMP8 plan which is heavily focused around:
- Water Resources Management Plan (e.g. supply schemes, metering, water efficiency, leakage, reservoir safety)
- Water Industry National Environmental Plan (e.g Storm Overflows, Nutrient Neutrality, Chemical/Nutrient monitoring etc)
- Nature Based Solutions (blue/green engineering, catchment management etc)
NWG’s framework Lot structure has not yet ben defined – the company says this will be informed by the feedback it receives from the market, along with its PR24 plan content.
“As such, understanding suppliers' capabilities in different services across our operating regions will be a key part of these discussions”, the company says.
The supply chain engagement process will consist of the following elements:
- Questionnaire issued to all interested parties (deadline for completion 10th May 2023, 2pm)
- Further discussions with some organisations with specific experience in the areas detailed in the PIN
- Launch event setting out the plan and overarching procurement timescales
- Estimated launch of the formal procurement process is currently September /October 2023 – click here to access the Periodic Indicative Notice
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