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