Section one: Contracting entity
one.1) Name and addresses
United Utilities Water Limited
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
Contact
Samantha Mason
Telephone
+44 7990564146
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD - North West (England)
National registration number
02366678
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://www.unitedutilities.com
Buyer's address
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.6) Main activity
Water
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
PIN - Assurance Services
Reference number
Assurance Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72225000 - System quality assurance assessment and review services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Procurement process for regulatory programme and project assurance.
Lot 1 Assurance Aggregation
• Programme management
• Programme governance
• Programme Costs
• Assurance Approach
• Assurance findings
• Lessons Learned
Lot 2 Specialist Assurance
• Commercial Services
• Customer engagement
• Customer willingness to pay
• Customer affordability and vulnerability
• Outcomes and performance commitments
• Operational Resilience
• New markets
• Innovation and technology
• Environment
• Place based planning
• Partnerships
Lot 3 Cost and Financial Information Assurance
• Estimating
• Cost efficiency
• Risk and return/ WACC
• Financial model
• Cost build process e.g. retail/ wholesale opex/ capex/totex
• Tax
• Financial expenditure reconciliations
• Financeability
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD - North West (England)
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Procurement process for regulatory programme and project assurance.
Lot 1 Assurance Aggregation
• Programme management
• Programme governance
• Programme Costs
• Assurance Approach
• Assurance findings
• Lessons Learned
Lot 2 Specialist Assurance
• Commercial Services
• Customer engagement
• Customer willingness to pay
• Customer affordability and vulnerability
• Outcomes and performance commitments
• Operational Resilience
• New markets
• Innovation and technology
• Environment
• Place based planning
• Partnerships
Lot 3 Cost and Financial Information Assurance
• Estimating
• Cost efficiency
• Risk and return/ WACC
• Financial model
• Cost build process e.g. retail/ wholesale opex/ capex/totex
• Tax
• Financial expenditure reconciliations
• Financeability
two.2.14) Additional information
This PIN is a request for information only at this stage. A future procurement is planned and we estimate the Contract Notice will be published in November 2021
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
1 November 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Instructions for response can be found by selecting event ID 46507 from the list of events found at the link below:
https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/supplier/publictenders?B=UNITEDUTILITIES
If you are not registered on Mercell EU Supply, please refer to the New Supplier Registration guide which has been uploaded onto the event. Respondents are asked to complete and return the response sheets and direct all questions via Mercell EU Supply.
**Response deadline 02/11/2021 at 17:00**