Mace, Carillion, Morgan Sindall, Atkins and Balfour Beatty among the members of six consortia in the race

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Six consortia are in the running for two long-term contracts with Scottish Water totalling £1.5bn.

The water utility is seeking a waste water infrastructure alliance partner and a water infrastructure alliance partner to work with it from 2015 for up to 12 years.

Among the firms vying for the places are Mace, CH2M Hill, Balfour Beatty, Carillion and Morgan Sindall.

The winning bidders will be required to design and build new water and waste water facilities, maintain existing facilities and make modifications to facilities.

Waste water infrastructure alliance bidders

1. Aqua 4 - consisting of Graham Construction, Mace, Grontmij and Volker Stevin  
2. Black & Veatch with Byzak      
3. Galliford Try with Farrans, George Leslie and Atkins   
4. Morgan Sindall, Carillion and MWH
5. Uisge Alliance - consisting of Balfour Beatty with Barhale and CH2M Hill      

Water infrastructure alliance bidders

1. Aqua 4 - Graham Construction, Mace, Grontmij and Volker Stevin  
2. Galliford Try with Farrans, George Leslie and Atkins   
3. Morgan Sindall, Carillion and MWH  
4. Morrison Utility Services & AECOM       
5. Uisge Alliance - Balfour Beatty with Barhale and CH2M Hill 

In the OJEU documentation for the contracts Scottish Water said a significant portion of the waste water partners work would be “in connection with projects intended to remove properties from the flood register by addressing flooding resulting from overloaded sewers and also to address unsatisfactory intermittent discharges from the sewer network”.

While, it said the water partner’s work would centre around projects to “rehabilitate” the water mains to decrease risk of leaks and other problems.

The waste water partner contract is estimated to be worth £360m between 2015 and 2021, and would be worth the same again if extended for the next regulatory period.

The water infrastructure partner job is valued at £375m over the initial six year period and a further £375m if extended over the second period of six years.

Both partners will be expected to undertake some initial work ahead of the start of the first regulatory period in 2015.

 

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