Contract award notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Yorkshire Water Services
Bradford
BD6 2SZ
UK
Contact person: Naomi Randhawa
E-mail: naomi.a.randhawa@yorkshirewater.co.uk
NUTS: UKE41
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.yorkshirewater.com
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Co-source Internal Audit Agreement
Reference number: CM1316
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79212200
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd (‘YWS’) is one of the largest water utility companies in the UK, with a turnover of GBP 1 billion. YWS provides water and wastewater services to 5.2 million customers and receives up to 2 million calls from customers each year. YWS is regulated by the Office of Water Services (OFWAT); the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI); the Environment Agency (EA); Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
Yorkshire Water Services are tendering the services for a co-source partner who will assist the internal audit (‘IA’) team with the effective delivery of the IA plan. YWS envisage the agreement being awarded to a provider with experience and a proven track record in internal auditing.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
1 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKE41
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Yorkshire Water Services are tendering the services for a co-source partner who will assist the internal audit (‘IA’) team with the effective delivery of the IA plan. YWS envisage the agreement being awarded to a provider with experience and a proven track record in internal auditing.
Co-source IA support is known to be required in the following areas:
• IT (including robotics, artificial intelligence),
• tax and treasury,
• advanced data analytics,
• culture,
• sharing best practice from other large or similar companies.
The above list is not exhaustive. The IA plan is based on risk and over time there may be new or emerging risks that require assurance that is best provided by the co-source partner.
In addition, the co-source partner will provide a critical friend role to the in-house IA team and will work with the manager of internal audit to identify ways to utilise the in-house audit team on specific audit assignments being led by the co-source partner.
The scope of audit assignments will be agreed jointly between the business, the in-house IA team and the co-source partner. Audit assignments will be risk-based and planned as one of the following types of audit:
• controls audit,
• action plan audit,
• programme audit,
• compliance audit,
• investigation.
The audit brief and audit reports will be prepared by the co-source partner using IA templates. They will be reviewed by the IA team prior to being issued to the business.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 60
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated with call for competition
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement with a single operator.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2019/S 133-328261
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Co-source Internal Audit Agreement
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/04/2020
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Leeds
UK
NUTS: UKE42
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 1 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Yorkshire Water Services Ltd
Bradford
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/04/2020