Official UK procurement notice
PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought2 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe purpose of this tender is to enter into a Framework Agreement with a number of Revenue Assurance Service providers. Working with the team at UUW, Suppliers will be responsible for providing data for Revenue Assurance Services, facilitating an industry leading solution design for processing customer data. The Revenue Assurance framework will principally enable UUW to work with a number of key Suppliers on Revenue Assurance projects. There are a number of current initiatives that would need to be supported along with any new ad-hoc initiatives that UUW wish to explore. Suppliers would also be requested to provide on a quarterly basis details on new initiatives and innovation that may be of interest to UUW within the scope of the Framework.
CPV: Data collection and collation services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers
Lots and requirements (2)Procurement structure
2 lots · all with a published value · win at most 2 of themEvery one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £5,830,844: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.
Lot #1PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance ServicesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Provide routine, Cleanse and Append and Residency Validation Services.
Provide up to date market innovation in the Cleanse and Append and Residency Validation area to enable continuously improving processing of data to optimise results.
- The processing of residential records to validate and improve the accuracy of core customer data. For individuals this includes correcting customer’s names, addresses, dates of birth, and contact information.
- Address matching using the providers own data sources to validate the customer address
- Return of enriched data for processing to the billing system to update customer accounts.
- Other applicable Cleanse and Append Services
Cleanse and Append General Assumptions
- Only domestic customers will be included in the data cleanse and append activities
- Only name and date of birth will be cleansed via the one off / cyclical cleanse and append solution
- We may require the de-duplicating of records in the processing
- Both ‘Primary’ and ‘Associate’ customers flagged as ‘show on bill’ will be subject to cleanse and append activities
- To mitigate any adverse customer service impacts as a result of enrichment to UUW core data supplier’s solutions must include sufficient logic to determine high confidence matches.
- Supplier solutions need to be configurable to reflect any specific UUW business rules where data conflicts may be presented as a result of matching routines
Lot #2PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance ServicesCancelledRenewalceiling above
Provide ad-hoc Occupier Identification (Void Management) Services as required.
Provide additional ad-hoc Revenue Assurance Services as required.
The processing of all void properties to establish an occupier, so that these occupants can be contacted and billed for the charges at that property. The provider should be able to accurately identify who is occupying a given address using a range of their own data sources. All potential occupiers should be scored with a single occupier returned to UUW along with a rating, so UUW has confidence to contact the customer.
As per published Scope of Services,
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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).
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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).
- Suitability
Please refer to procurement documents
- “PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
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
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 13 Oct 2021, 16:08 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Dec 2023, 12:20 GMT
- Authority reference
PRO004561- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-035918- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eb77Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Publisher note: Instructions for response can be found by selecting event ID 46493 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 sheet and direct all questions via Mercell EU Supply. Response deadline (UK time): 29/10/2021 17:00
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 23 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
8 Mar 2022 → 6 Dec 2023 · 3 dates- Next notice expected8 Mar 2022
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown23 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT
- Notice published6 Dec 2023, 12:20 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Nov 2022- Published value published: £11,661,66823 Nov 2022, 13:52 GMT
- Status changed to active23 Nov 2022, 13:52 GMT
- Procurement method changed23 Nov 2022, 13:52 GMT
- Deadline published: 23 Dec 2022, 15:00 GMT23 Nov 2022, 13:52 GMT
- Status changed to complete6 Dec 2023, 12:20 GMT
Published amendments (1)
Extension of Time at request of Applicant
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-10: 1 release · 13 Oct 2021
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast3 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates; the JSON mirror lists them.
Contracts
PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services - Lot 1
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services - Lot 2
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services - Lot 2
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2023
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England & WalesReview body
- United UtilitiesMediation bodyReview contact point
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria