Contract notice – utilities
Section I: Contracting 
        entity
      
I.1) Name and addresses
  SEVERN TRENT WATER LIMITED
  02366686
  2 St. Johns Street
  COVENTRY
  CV12LZ
  UK
  
            Contact person: Sarah Griffiths-Jones
  
            Telephone: +44 2477716919
  
            E-mail: sarah.griffiths-jones@severntrent.co.uk
  
            NUTS: UKG33
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: www.stwater.co.uk
 
I.1) Name and addresses
  Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig
  03527628
  Packsaddle Wrexham Road, Rhostyllen,
  Wrexham
  LL14 4EH
  UK
  
            E-mail: sarah-griffiths-jones@severntrent.co.uk
  
            NUTS: UKL
  Internet address(es)
  
              Main address: www.hdcymru.co.uk
 
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/20587063
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://discovery.ariba.com/rfx/20587063
I.6) Main activity
Water
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
  II.1.1) Title
Regulatory and Technical Assurance Services
            Reference number: WS2109008942
  II.1.2) Main CPV code
  79410000
 
  II.1.3) Type of contract
  Services
  II.1.4) Short description
  Severn Trent Water Limited, one of Britain's largest water and wastewater companies, and Hafren Dyfrdwy Cyfyngedig (together, "The Utilities") have obligations to prepare, submit and publish a wide range of information required by their stakeholders including Ofwat, the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI), the Environment Agency (EA) and Natural Resources Wales. The information disclosed must be well founded and accurate. Therefore, the Utilities wish to engage a professionally qualified technical auditor with an array of specialist expertise to cover the water industry.
  II.1.5) Estimated total value
  Value excluding VAT: 
			2 625 000.00 
			  GBP
  II.1.6) Information about lots
  
            This contract is divided into lots:
            
        No
      
 
II.2) Description
  
    II.2.3) Place of performance
    NUTS code:
    UK
    II.2.4) Description of the procurement
    The Utilities wish to engage an expert in the provision of services used by large, highly regulated businesses with significant operational undertakings such as the water sector. The Supplier must be capable of leveraging a high performing team of suitably qualified and technically skilled professionals.
    The Utilities require access to a range of specialist expertise and qualifications, for example carbon reporting, to be able to develop appropriate recommendations benefitting the quality of the final submission requirements. The Supplier must have access to an array of specialist expertise beyond the standard financial and business management disciplines.
    The Supplier will work closely with The Utilities during the development of submissions utilising appropriate skills and experience to provide independent challenge and recommendations. As requirements and understanding evolve, the Supplier must adopt a flexible approach to maintain quality. The Utilities and the Supplier shall jointly prepare adaptable annual assurance plans highlighting respective accountabilities, subject to agreement, with the possibility to make agile updates as submission requirements change.
    II.2.5) Award criteria
    Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
    II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
    
                Duration in months: 39
    
                  This contract is subject to renewal: No
                
    II.2.10) Information about variants
    
            Variants will be accepted:
            
              Yes
            
    II.2.11) Information about options
    
            Options:
            
              Yes
            
    Description of options:
    The agreement may be extended for a maximum of 24 months following the end of the initial term.
    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.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
  
                The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
                
        No
      
 
IV.2) Administrative information
  IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
  
              Date:
              18/10/2024
  IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
  EN
 
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
          This is a recurrent procurement:
          
        No
      
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4) Procedures for review
  VI.4.1) Review body
  
    Severn Trent Water Limited
    2 St John's Street
    Coventry
    CV1 2LZ
    UK
   
 
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
11/09/2024