Official UK procurement notice
PRO004569 - Services - Framework - Assurance Services
Authority: United Utilities Water Limited (Public body)
What is being bought3 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionUnited Utilities Water (UUW) seek to secure suppliers to provide assurance services. The nature of the assurance activity will vary depending on the nature and impact of the elements of the programmes, projects and submissions that are being assured.
CPV: Financial consultancy services · System quality assurance assessment and review services · Tax consultancy services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 6 suppliers
Lots and requirements (3)Procurement structure
3 lots · all with a published value · win at most 3 of themLot #1Assurance AggregationAwardedPublished value£3,500,000
The scope includes, but is not limited to:
- Development of an assurance plan/roadmap aligned to the UUW Assurance Framework, reviewing the adequacy of the planned scope of work and deliverables, together with the plan to deliver these activities
- Review of the programme/project management including governance and control
- Review of the application of the UUW Assurance Framework and associated risk based assessment
- Assuring any processes used are developed in a way which will provide reliable, accurate and complete data
- Where applicable a review of the requirement traceability matrix and alignment with regulatory requirements
- Provide the holistic view of UUW internal assurance and specialist third party assurance activity to ensure comprehensive coverage against the requirements and risk based assessment.
- Accurately assessing any risk exposure within the relevant submission
- Undertaking a robust process to ensure that the resultant outputs will be deliverable to the specified time and cost constraints
- Development of a consolidated assurance review and associated findings for UUW
- Confirming that the submission has been developed in a way which will provide reliable, accurate and complete data
- Confirming that the submission is good enough to be assessed as being high quality against relevant requirements with risks identified and described appropriately
- Confirming that the planned submissions and supporting documentation will be able to be delivered to the quality and time assumptions
- Providing sufficient evidential support for any UUW Board assurance statement (this could include evidential proof points, reports or attendance at board meetings)
- UUW may need to share the findings of the assurance findings/reports with its regulators, the Supplier will need to support this requirement
- Delivery of agreed outcomes as per assignment (assurance findings and recommendations)
- Where required, creation of programme/submissions lessons learned for UUW
Lot #2Specialist AssuranceAwardedPublished value£2,000,000
The scope includes, but is not limited to:
- Specialist, technical or expert assurance, deep dive assessments on topics to be specified by the Company
- Accurately assessing any risk exposure within the relevant submission
- Undertaking a robust process to ensure that the resultant outputs will be deliverable to the specified time and cost constraints
- Confirming that the deliverable has been developed in a way which will provide reliable, accurate and complete data
- Where required, creation of programme/submissions lessons learned for UUW
- Delivery of agreed outcomes as per assignment (Assurance, findings and recommendations)
Lot #3Cost and Financial Information AssuranceAwardedPublished value£1,000,000
The scope includes, but is not limited to:
- Specialist cost and financial and information assurance, deep dive assessments on topics to be specified by the Company
- Determine the adequacy and effectiveness of the cost estimation process implemented by UU and undertaken by third parties
- Delivery of agreed outcomes as per assignment (Assurance, findings and recommendations).
- Managing and influencing Key Stakeholders.
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- Suitability
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- Economic & financial standing
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- “PRO004569 - Services - Framework - Assurance Services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 6 suppliers, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- 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
- 1 Mar 2022, 17:09 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2022, 09:07 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 31 Mar 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-028781- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031c90Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 31 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 31 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
Timeline
31 Mar 2022 → 13 Oct 2022 · 3 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown31 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened31 Mar 2022, 15:00 BST
- Notice published13 Oct 2022, 09:07 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2022, 09:07 BST
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
Lot 1 - Assurance Aggregation
- Signed
- 29 Aug 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 2 - Specialist Assurance
- Signed
- 29 Aug 2022
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Lot 3 - Cost and Financial Information Assurance
- Signed
- 29 Aug 2022
- 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
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.