Scottish Water seeks suppliers on £800M ceramic membrane framework | New Civil Engineer

Scottish Water is seeking to appoint strategic partners to deliver ceramic membrane plants in a framework worth £500M to £800M.

Ceramic membranes are a new technology being adopted in the water sector to improve water filtration.

Scottish Water’s framework will last for eight years between 2025 and 2033, with possible extensions based on business requirements up to March 2039.

The range of suppliers needed to deliver this programme include MEICA, civil construction and ceramic membrane product suppliers. Appointed suppliers must have capabilities in all of these areas or be able to demonstrate how they will acquire these skillsets. The supplier must be able to deliver this across Scotland.

It is expected that the supplier can act as both principal contractor and principal designer in the delivery of this programme.

Scope of programme

Phase 1 of Scottish Water’s ceramic membrane programme will consist of the construction, commissioning and hand-over of Turriff Ceramic Membrane Water Treatment Works in Aberdeenshire.

For phase 2 onwards, should the partners appointed in this Ceramic Membrane Programme Procurement also be successful in their bid in Scottish Water’s SR27 regulatory period (2027-2033) supply chain procurement, then it is expected, at Scottish Water’s discretion, that this framework’s commitments from a design, delivery and commercial perspective would then transfer into the SR27 supply chain.

This may include (but is not limited to) a primary designer, responsible in part for design activity; an integrator, responsible for programme management and delivery of enterprise objectives; and a procured supplier ecosystem which will form based on programme / project needs.

If Scottish Water chooses to deliver phase 2 through the supply chain for SR27, the successful tenderer may be required to transpose the requirements and commitments of this framework into an NEC Alliance agreement as part of the SR27 supply chain.

The successful contractor(s) must comply with the mandatory use of Scottish Water’s specialist frameworks including infrastructure, kits, civils materials and hires. It is Scottish Water’s intention that all capital investment projects will be delivered using Scottish Water's Building Information Modelling (BIM) standards.

Scottish Water also reserves the right to augment the supply chain during SR27 to support emerging SR33 needs.

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