Sant Quirze drinking water network maintenance, repair, renewal framework 2026 Tender

Original: L’objecte d’aquest contracte és l’Acord marc per la realització d’Obres de manteniment, reparació i renovació de la xarxa d’abastament i distribució d’aigua potable de Sant Quirze del Vallès gestionada per l’empresa municipal Serveis Municipals Sant Quirze SLU. – SQVaigua.

Serveis Municipals Sant Quirze, SL

About this tender

The buyer, Serveis Municipals Sant Quirze, SL (SQVaigua), is tendering a framework agreement for maintenance, repair and renewal works on the potable water supply and distribution network of Sant Quirze del Vallès, Catalonia, for the 2026-2029 period. The contract is classified as works (CPV 45000000-7, with secondary CPVs 45232150-8 and 45232151-5 for water-distribution pipeline and water-main refurbishment works). The framework covers both urgent interventions and planned works. For urgent interventions, the awarded contractor must have its homologated team on site within a maximum of three hours of the SQVaigua technical manager reporting the incident. Planned urgent works are scheduled with SQVaigua technicians within a maximum of one month and follow SQVaigua's protocol. The framework is expected to award up to 30 individual contracts at a rate of one per month, with a maximum of three operators participating. The contract is not divided into lots, with the buyer citing Article 99.3.b) of the Spanish public procurement law (LCSP) because coordinated execution would be technically compromised by splitting the scope. Pricing is unit-price based, using the price tables in Annex 4 of the technical specifications, with a 13% general expenses and 6% industrial profit already included. Bidders apply a single percentage discount to all unit prices, which also extends to Aigües de Barcelona 2023 price-base items where applicable. Price revision is not foreseen, and VAT is applied at 21%. Duration is three years (execution window 28/02/2027 to 28/02/2030), with one optional one-year extension. Modifications are not foreseen, and variants are not admitted. The offer validity period is six months. The procedure is open, ordinary, under the Spanish LCSP, with an electronic digital envelope and separate sealed envelopes for value-judgement criteria (B) and objectively assessable criteria (C).

Bidder eligibility

Economic and financial standing: annual business volume in the scope of this contract of at least EUR 200,000 in the best of the last three financial years (proof via annual accounts); professional civil liability insurance with a minimum insured amount of EUR 150,000 (proof via insurance policy or certificate). Technical standing: a list of works executed in the last five years, supported by good-execution certificates, with an average annual amount above EUR 150,000. Newly created companies (under five years old) are exempt from this requirement, with a responsible declaration accepted instead. Business classification: Group E (Hydraulic), Subgroup 1 (Supply and sanitation), Category 3 (contract amount between EUR 360,000 and EUR 840,000). Key personnel: the site manager (cap d'obra) must have at least 5 similar works in the past three years as a delegate or site manager, where similar works are potable water network works at low pressure (from municipal reservoirs to end users) or interventions with pipe diameters between 25 and 300 mm, each with a minimum value of EUR 25,000 excluding VAT. No restrictions apply regarding special employment centres, protected employment programmes or reserved professions. No social reservation applies.

How bids are scored

Total score: 100 points, split across three criteria groups. 1. Price (automatic, 45 points): Linear percentage discount applied to all unit prices in Annex 4. Score = 45 x Bi / Bm, where Bi is the bidder's discount and Bm is the highest discount offered. Zero points for bids with no discount. 2. Other automatic criteria (30 points): - Urgent intervention response time: 10 points (under 1.5 h = 10 pts; 1.5–2 h = 5 pts) - Warranty extension: 5 points (5 x extra months / 24, on top of the mandatory 12 months) - Site manager experience in similar works beyond the minimum 5: 5 points (0 pts for 5 works; 3 pts for 10+; 5 pts for 20+) - Food handler training accreditation among workers: 4 points (scaled from 0 for 1 worker to 4 for 5 or more) - Accredited workers for asbestos-cement (fibrocement) works under RD 396/2006: 4 points (same scale) - Low-emission vehicles: 2 points (1 point for at least one electric vehicle; 2 points if all service vehicles are fully electric) 3. Value-judgement criteria (25 points, evaluated in envelope B): - Urgent works action protocol: 7 points (stages of management, preventive staffing measures, team quality out of hours; 2-page limit) - Works control and management methodology: 7 points (traffic signage and safety, material storage areas, communication with SQVaigua; 2-page limit) - Waste management: 5 points (detailed list of waste managers and landfills, handling protocols; 1-page limit) - Quality, environment, health and safety methodologies:

Key requirements

• ✓Framework agreement for maintenance, repair and renewal of potable water network works
• ✓Estimated value approximately €1.77M, single municipal buyer in Catalonia
• ✓Submission deadline 7 December 2026

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