Water and Effluent Treatment Magazine
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18 WET NEWS MAY 2019 | wwtonline.co.uk • The Midlands-based company has created an in-house capital design department ahead of AMP7 to drive greater efficiencies in its capital projects ENERGY SERVICES Work: Supply of electricity to Sev- ern Trent and Hafren Dyfrdwy in AMP7 Partners: Out for tender Contract length: 5 years (until 2025) Contract value: £900m CAPITAL DELIVERY DESIGN AND BUILD Work: Design and build of water and wastewater assets above and below ground Partners: Amey, Costain, J. Murphy & Sons, Mott MacDonald Bentley, MWH Treatment, nmcn and VolkerStevin & Atkins JV Contract length: 5 years (until 2025) Contract value: £1.5bn CIVILS-LED CAPITAL DELIVERY BUILD ONLY Work: Civils work on build-only framework Pa r t n e rs : B a r h a l e L i m i te d & Doosan Enpure, Coffey Construc- tion, CPC Civils, Forkers, GEDA Construction, JN Bentley, Kier Integrated Services, MWH Treat- ment, nmcn and VolkerStevin Contract length: 5 years (until 2025) Contract value: £500m COMPUTER-RELATED MANAGEMENT SERVICES Work: Framework agreement for the provision of infrastructure as a service (Iaas), platform as a ser- vice (Paas), core, innovation and other cloud services Partners: Out for tender Contract length: 8 years (to 2027) Contract value: £13.5m DESIGN CONSULTANCY SERVICES Work: Design consultancy services for the AMP7 capital investment programme split across six lots: Capital projects with a construc- tion value above £4m; capital water treatment projects with a value less than £4m; capital waste treatment projects with a value less than £4m; capital water infra- structure projects with a construc- tion value less than £4m; capital waste infrastructure projects with a construction value less than £4m; ICA capital projects with a construction value less than £4m Partners: Out for tender with up to 18 partners sought Contract length: 4 years Contract value: £75m ICA-LED CAPITAL DELIVERY BUILD ONLY Work: Independent client adviser work on build-only framework Partners: Out for tender Contract length: 5 years Contract value: £150m LAB ANALYSIS SERVICES Work: Laboratory analytical sam- pling of wastewater, soil and sludge Partners: Out for tender Contract length: 3 years with options to extend for a further 4 years Contract value: £3.5m MEICA-LED CAPITAL DELIVERY BUILD ONLY Work: Mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control and auto- m a t i o n wo r k o n b u i l d - o n ly framework Partners: Out for tender Contract length: 5 years Contract value: £150m RESERVOIR REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE Work: Cleaning, minor and major repairs of potable water reservoirs and tanks Partners: To be decided (prior infor- mation notice published) Contract length: 5 years Contract value: £28m SMART REVENUE WATER METERING Work: Severn Trent has said it is exploring options for smart meter- ing and relevant infrastructure to identify an optimum solution that can help on numerous fronts, including reducing demand, improving the accuracy of con- sumption data, improving leak detection and enabling a smart network Partners: To be decided (prior infor- mation notice published) Contract length: Unknown Contract value: Up to £40m WASTEWATER PLANT REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE WORK Work: Asset maintenance on wastewater plants across Severn Trent network Partners: To be decided (prior infor- mation notice published) Contract length: Unknown Contract value: Unknown Contractor Factfile: Severn Trent Water THE BUSINESS SEVERN TRENT OPERATIONAL FACTS Area served: 17,700km2 Population served – water: 8.02m Population served – wastewater: 8.91m Annual turnover (2017/8): £1,694m Capital investment (2017/8): £627m Household connections – water: 3.6m Household connections - wastewater: 4.1m Water mains length: 47,000km Sewers length: 94,000km WHAT THEY SAY Severn Trent has said it is de-risking its supply chain for AMP7 by bringing more design activity in-house, which it expects to provide greater control over efficiency through "innovation and thoughtful design". To support those aims, the company has created a capital design department, which has been tasked with designing and supporting the delivery of the company's upgrade projects. As part of those plans, Severn Trent will work with a greater number of construction partners over the coming years. "To prepare for the future, it's essential we enhance our expert client capability and build a team of first-rate engineers and design specialists," Ian Kirkaldy said following his appointment as head of capital design last year. "By creating an in-house capital design function, we can provide more innovative, faster and cost-effective solutions for our customers." The company said it will continue to hold collaborative monthly meetings with the supply chain to strengthen relationships with contractors and identify opportunities to drive efficiencies and innovation. In its PR19 submission, the company added: "We're changing the way we work with the supply chain, so that we work with a combination of tier 1 and tier 2 suppliers. We believe this will allow us better access to innovation deep in the supply chain and the ability to contract directly with the experts we need. This is a more complex operating model but we believe that in addition to innovation benefits, it will also spread supply chain risk for us." To ensure resilience, the company is introducing extra contingency plans to determine when key risks – including contractors' financial instability – might affect performance, while the 'sustainable supply chain charter' encourages key suppliers to set ambitious targets to boost social value. THE CONTRACTS