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Prior Information Notice

PIN - Assurance Services

  • First published: 14 October 2021
  • Last modified: 14 October 2021

The buyer is not using this website to administer the notice.

To record your interest or obtain additional information or documents please find instructions within the Full Notice Text. (NOTE: Contract Award Notices and Prior Information Notices do not normally require a response)

Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
United Utilities Water Limited
Authority ID:
AA76770
Publication date:
14 October 2021
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Prior Information Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

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

Full notice text

Periodic indicative notice – utilities

This notice is a periodic indicative notice only

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

United Utilities Water Limited

02366678

Lingley Mere Business Park

Warrington

WA5 3LP

UK

Contact person: Samantha Mason

Telephone: +44 7990564146

E-mail: Samantha.mason@uuplc.co.uk

NUTS: UKD

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.unitedutilities.com

Address of the buyer profile: https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984

I.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address


I.6) Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

PIN - Assurance Services

Reference number: Assurance Services

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72225000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.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

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

72220000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKD

II.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

II.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

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:

01/11/2021

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.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**

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

13/10/2021

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72225000 System quality assurance assessment and review services Systems and technical consultancy services
72220000 Systems and technical consultancy services Software programming and consultancy services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Samantha.mason@uuplc.co.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

Further information

Date Details
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