Outline of Requirements

Enquiry received from building consultants for pump station.

At this stage the consultant or his client has generally made the decision as to whether they wish to keep the pump station privately maintained or adopted by the local Authority.

The requirements from the consultant was for an Adoptable pump station to deal with the foul water discharge from 63 domestic dwellings.

Pims Pumps Proposal

The Sewers for Adoption document details the basic requirements for adoptable systems, which each Water Company has a tendency to add to, with its own individual specification and guidelines resulting in considerable confusion over the level of equipment actually required.

The standard manner in which quotations for pumping stations are generally obtained by developers utilising competitive tenders leaves them in the position of having to compare several alternative offers with differing levels of equipment, without knowing if the most ‘attractive’ quotation is actually fully compliant with the particular specification required.

The tendency is for the client to pick the lowest price irrespective of what is included.

We include equipment to meet the minimum requirements of the Water Authorities addendum to the Sewers for Adoption document and we quote all items that are potential requirements and steelwork as optional extras.

This allows Pims allows Pims to offer a competitive price whilst ensuring specification compliance.

Supporting information is provided with our quote such as typical performance curves and Sewers For Adoption drawing.

Benefits to Client

- As a company Pims meet the requirements of the specification. Others bidding may not and whilst the client may receive the lowest bid from others initially, in the long term they will pay more to bring the station up to a standard the Water Authority are prepared to adopt.

- Many of our Partnering clients have been caught in this scenario and therefore the benefits of the partnering process is more apparent to them.