Official UK procurement notice
PRO004392-Services-Contract-Independent Technical Adviser (HARP)
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities Water Limited (UU) is delivering a scheme titled Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) to provide long-term water supply resilience to Manchester and the Pennines. The project will utilise a Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP), which is currently being procured using Ofwat’s new Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) approach. Under the DPC approach, Ofwat requires the appointment of a Consultant to protect customers in relation to the DPC project. Ofwat requires this role to obtain assurance around the costs and delivery of a DPC project. UU views the role of the Consultant as crucial to ensure objective, independent oversight of costs that may be passed on to customers and to provide robust scrutiny and assessment of the CAP’s management of project costs and delivery. The Consultant will act as an independent party to UU, the CAP, and Ofwat, and will therefore owe a duty of care to all three parties.
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Certification services · Civil engineering consultancy services · Civil engineering support services · Construction project management services · Engineering-related scientific and technical services · Financial auditing services · Financial consultancy services · Financial management consultancy services · General management consultancy services · Geotechnical engineering services · Infrastructure works consultancy services · +10 more
The lotProcurement structure
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 60%
- Commercial: 40%
- Suitability
Please refer to procurement documents
- Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 31 Oct 2022, 15:22 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2025, 15:47 BST
- Authority reference
PRO004392- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050611- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-037dbbFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: If you have experience in this area please could you provide at a minimum the following information and submit to the United Utilities HARP mailbox by 11 November 2022 12 midday: [email protected] — company name; — contact details, including location telephone and e-mail address, main point of contact and position in Company. We would welcome feedback on the following: — Do you have any previous experience in undertaking a similar role on other projects? If so, what was/is the project and what was your role? — Do you have any previous experience within the regulated water industry? If so, what was it/what was your role? — Do you have any experience working within a multi-party agreement? The purpose of this PIN is to make any interested parties aware of this potential opportunity and enable them to express their interest in being part of UU’s ITA Pre-Market engagement list, UU intends to issue ITA materials to those interested parties for review, comment and feedback.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
19 Jul 2023 → 21 Aug 2025 · 3 dates- Next notice expected19 Jul 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Notice published21 Aug 2025, 15:47 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2024- Published value published: £50,000,00029 Apr 2024, 23:19 BST
- Status changed to active29 Apr 2024, 23:19 BST
- Procurement method changed29 Apr 2024, 23:19 BST
- Deadline published: 7 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST29 Apr 2024, 23:19 BST
- Status changed to complete21 Aug 2025, 15:47 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
PRO004392-Services-Contract-Independent Technical Adviser (HARP) · Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Turner & Townsend Infrastructure LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria