Diving services

Description

Thames Water Utilities Ltd intends to award one framework agreement for the provision of underwater mechanical services to a primary supplier and a reserved supplier. This framework will cover all Thames Water regions. There is one lot for this framework agreement, services included in the lot are; underwater valve repairs and inspections, maintenance and metal fabrication works. The primary supplier will be the first go to supplier to deliver the works required for this framework agreement. If, however, the primary supplier cannot deliver the services required then Thames Water will use the reserved supplier to deliver the services instead. Thames Water reserves the right to make no award as a result of this procurement process, or may award in part or in whole. The initial term of the framework agreement will be 3 years with an option to extend up to a maximum of 8 years subject to assessed performance. Thames Water requires commercial diving services and metal fabrication works for its raw water reservoirs and service reservoirs. Diving services include asset inspection, repairs and maintenance. Metal fabrication works include manufacturing new metal products that need replacing in the water reservoirs.