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Procurement in NI Water28th September 2016

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NI Water’s Customer Promises

To be a valued and

trusted provider

of one of Northern

Ireland’s most

essential services;

an organisation

our customers and

staff are proud of

We provide you with customer service you value and expect

We provide you with clean, safe water to drink

We seek to give you value for money

We supply you with the water you need

We take care of your wastewater so it doesn't pollute your environment

We want to protect and enhance the natural environment

We adapt to deal with the effects of

climate change

We provide excellent serviceby having the right people doing the right thing for you

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NI Water - At a Glance

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Forecast expenditure~£135m Capital expenditure

Power

Materia

ls + Consumab

les

Hired + C

ontracte

d

Extern

al su

pport

EL/PL/I

nsurance

£0£5

£10£15£20£25£30£35£40

2016-17 Forecast £m

~£75m Operational expenditure

Capital Works Program

Mngt + General Operations Capital£0

£20

£40

£60

£80

£100

£120

2016-17 Forecast £m

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Finding opportunities• Tenders Electronic Daily

(TED)• eTendersNI• eTenders Ireland• Constructionline• Achilles

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Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)

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Competitive procedure with negotiation to establish partnership with one or more operators

Partner APhase 1: R&D Activities

Intermediate target and payment for R&D phase

Partner BPhase 1: R&D Activities

Intermediate target and payment for R&D phase

Phase II: PrototypingIntermediate target & payment

for prototype

Partner CPhase 1: R&D Activities

Intermediate target and payment for R&D phase

Phase II: Prototyping Intermediate target & payment

for prototype

Phase III: Test series or pilotIntermediate target & payment

for pilot

Purchase of resulting supplies, services or works

Innovation Partnership

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Standards• ISO 9001 Quality

Management• ISO 14001 Environmental

Management• ISO 18001 Health & Safety• ISO 17025 Laboratory

Competence & Calibration• Buildsafe NI• CDM certificate

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Market opportunities• Sample collection• Sample analysis• Chlorination equipment• High voltage

maintenance• Generator maintenance

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Common bidding errors• Questions not answered.

• Start uploading bid documents too late.

• Certificates not uploaded.

• Assume that because you work or worked for NI Water, that you don’t need to fully explain work you have done for us.

• Exceed page limit.

• Qualify our specification in answers.

• Making assumptions rather than asking for clarification.

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NI Water’s Supplier Day: 27th October• 20 min appointment• Learn about upcoming

opportunities relevant to you• Tell us about innovations

you think would support our customer promises• Meet InterTradeIreland• Tips on tendering• Register via NI Water’s

website

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Further reading & links• NI Water’s strategy + PC15 http://www.niwater.com/price-control/ • NI public procurement policy https://

www.finance-ni.gov.uk/topics/procurement • eTendersNI https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps/home.do • eTenders Ireland http://etenders.gov.ie/ • Achilles http://www.achilles.com/en?cont=uk • Constructionline http://www.constructionline.co.uk/static/ • BuildsafeNI https://

www.finance-ni.gov.uk/articles/introduction-buildsafe-ni-initiative• Tenders Electronic Daily (TED) http://

ted.europa.eu/TED/search/searchResult.do

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