Oxygen

Tender description

Liquid Oxygen (LOX) is used within the Clean Water treatment process to produce Ozone. There are 9 operational ozone plants within Thames Water currently in operation within the London and Thames Valley regions. The 9 sites are located in Farmoor, Swinford, Fobney, Coppermills, Chingford, Walford, Ashford, Kempton and Hampton. This framework is split into two lots; Lot 1 - Supply of LOX. Lot 2 - Maintenance of LOX Tanks & Auxiliary Items. Thames Water reserves the right to make no award as a result of this procurement process, or may award in part or in whole. Suppliers can apply for one, some or all of the lots described above and may be awarded less lots than originally applied for. The initial term of the framework agreement will be 3 years with an option to extend up to a maximum of 8 years subject to assessed performance. For resilience, Thames Water will be investigating the option of a multiple supplier agreement. However, reserve the right to award single suppliers. Liquid Oxygen is to be supplied by road bulk tankers to 9 operational clean water treatment sites within the Thames Water region. Maintenance of the Thames Water owned Liquid Oxygen tanks and associated auxiliary items across 9 operational sites within the Thames Water region.