Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System.

Internet address(es):

Main address: http://www.tideway.london

Address of the buyer profile: https://tideway.bravosolution.co.uk

Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System.

Tideway is seeking to appoint one provider to implement a cloud based solution that can deliver functionality in the following areas:

i. Health, Safety and Environmental Incident Reporting,

ii. Health, Safety and Environmental Incident Investigation,

iii. Health and Safety Key Performance Indicator (KPI) submissions,

iv. Recording Audit and Inspection outcomes,

v. Management of scheduled Audits and Inspections,

vi. Management of tasks and corrective actions related to Incidents, Investigations, Audits, Inspections and Checklists and other activities,

vii. Communication of Health, Safety and Environmental information relevant to the programme to all registered users of the solution,

viii. Reporting and analysis of all data held in the solution, including incidents data, investigation data, audit and inspection data, KPI data and user administration data,

ix. Data migration and transition from existing solution.

Applicants are referred to the PQP and accompanying documentation for more info.

Services to be delivered in London in relation to the Tideway Tunnel Project.

This procurement is for the establishment of a new Health, Safety, Environment and Quality Management System for use by the Tideway project. This includes the purchase of a software as a service (Saas) solution and associated support provisions. The term will be a minimum of three years and up to the remainder of the project (a potential 7 years).

Further information on the scope of the Contract and the procurement is included in the PQP and accompanying Procurement Documents.

Optional Extensions are included, see II.2.11 for details.

Applicants are referred to the PQP and Pre Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) for information on Tideway's criteria for choosing Applicants to be invited to tender for the Contract. Tideway expects to selects the top four Applicants to tender for the Contract. Tideway reserves the right in its absolute discretion to invite fewer than four Applicants or to invite 5 Applicants on the basis described in the PQP.

Four (4) x 12 month optional extensions are included.

Applicants should be aware that Tideway reserves the right to extend the Contract Period by period or periods of up to 4 years making a maximum aggregate Contract Period of 7 years.

Further, Applicants should also be aware that Tideway reserves the right to omit and/or vary the scope of the Contract and/ or require optional scope to be performed. Further information in relation to scope, value of the Contract and value of Tideway's options is included in the PQP.

Applicants are referred to VI.3) Additional Information in this Contract Notice below.

Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about conditions for participation.

Applicants are referred to the PQP and PQQ for information about Tideway's objective rules and criteria for participation in the Contract.

Tideway reserves the right to require guarantees, bonds, collateral warranties (potentially including the grant of step-in rights) and other forms of security as appropriate to be specified in the Procurement Documents to be made available at ITT stage. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.

The main financing conditions, payment mechanism, performance standards and incentive mechanism will be described in the Procurement Documents to be made available at ITT stage. Further details will be provided in the published ITT documentation. Applicants are referred to the PQP for relevant information available at this Contract Notice stage.

Tideway will accept expressions of interest and tenders from single entities or Consortia. Tideway does not require those Consortia who intend to form a single legal entity to do so at the PQQ stage. Tideway will consider contracting with a Consortium, providing always that the participants in any Consortium are jointly and severally liable for all of the obligations of the Contractor under the Contract.

1) Terms in this Contract Notice with initial capital letters have the meanings given in PQP Section 1.1.8 (Glossary).

2) To express interest in the Contract, Applicants must register and complete the PQQ on the Tideway portal: https://tideway.bravosolution.co.uk by the deadline for PQQs stated in the PQP. The PQQ Deadline is a precise time and Applicants must allow sufficient time to upload the PQQ.

3) Section I (Contracting entity): The contracting entity is Bazalgette Tunnel Limited (‘Tideway’), the organisation responsible for delivering the Thames Tideway Tunnel. Additional information relating to this Contract Notice is available in the Procurement Documents. Further information on Tideway and the Thames Tideway Tunnel is available at www.tideway.london

4) Section II.2.6 (Estimated value): The estimated value has been estimated on the based on the total maximum term of 7 years. This value is indicative and depends on business needs over the term.

5) Section II.2.7 (Duration of the Contract): time-scales in this Contract Notice are estimated based on the current Tideway programme but may be subject to change.

6) Section IV (Procedure): Tideway is not a utility for the purpose of the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (‘UCR 2016’) and accordingly the UCR 2016 do not apply to this procurement. However Tideway is required pursuant to the procurement regime in The Water Industry (Specified Infrastructure Projects) (English Undertakers) Regulations 2013 (‘SIP Regulations’) to tender certain contracts and certain categories of contracts in accordance with a modified regime set out in the SIP Regulations as amended by The Public Procurement (Amendments, Repeals and Revocations) Regulations 2016 (‘modified UCR 2016’). The procurement requirements set out in the modified UCR 2016 are broadly similar to the UCR 2016 save that certain procedures, exclusions and exemptions have been removed and Part 5 of UCR 2016 (Remedies) has been modified so that a different remedies regime applies to Tideway. Additional information in relation to the modified UCR 2016 is available at: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/uksi/2016/275/schedule/2/paragraph/48/made

7) Section VI.4 (Procedures for review): In accordance with the modified UCR 2016 regime, Tideway will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period before award from the point information on award is communicated to Tenderers. Any request for further information by Tenderers pursuant to the modified UCR 2016 regime must be made in writing to the address set out in section I.1 above. The modified UCR 2016 regime provides remedies for economic operators who, in consequence of a breach of the modified UCR 2016 regime, suffer, or risk suffering, loss or damage. Proceedings must be started in the High Court of England and Wales.

8) A response to this Contract Notice does not guarantee that an Applicant will be invited to tender. The award process may be terminated or suspended at any time without cost or liability to Tideway. Tideway does not bind itself to enter into any contract(s) arising out of the procedure envisaged by this Contract Notice. No contractual rights express or implied arise out of this Contract Notice or the procedures envisaged by it. Tideway reserves the right to vary its requirements and the procedure relating to the conduct of the award process. Tideway reserves the right to disqualify any Applicants on terms set out in the PQP.

9) Applicants/Tenderers shall be solely responsible for and liable for all costs associated with and arising out of or in connection with responding to this Contract Notice, any PQQ and with submitting any tender, howsoever incurred.