Official UK procurement notice
Regulatory Assurance · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSouthern Water is going to market to seek suppliers to become part of the Regulatory Assurance Framework Agreement to deliver Regulatory assurance services including but not limited to Technical Assurance, Commercial Assurance, Strategic Assurance, Cost modelling, Internal Audit Services, Fraud Investigations and other related services.
This provision will likely be a two-stage negotiated procedure with prior call for competition to set up a Regulatory Assurance Framework Agreement lasting 4 years, with an option to extend for a period of up to 1 year.
It is anticipated that the opportunity will be formally published before the end of Q2 2025.
The supply of services will be remote or across the entire Southern Water (SW) region. SW’s region covers Kent, Sussex, Hampshire and Isle of Wight.
Any estimated quantities or values contained or referred to in this or other tender documents, are for guidance only. They do not bind SWS to buy any specific quantities should the bidder be successful and enter into an Agreement.
It is anticipated that the services which the successful bidder(s) will be asked to provide under this agreement is currently not split into lots.
Please note that SWS reserves the right to update the lot structure and scope at the release of the contract notice for the Regulatory Assurance Framework.
CPV: Business and management consultancy services · Fraud audit services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Southern Water is a highly regulated business with formal, established reporting…Planned
Southern Water is a highly regulated business with formal, established reporting cycles to the Environment Agency, Ofwat and the Drinking Water Inspectorate and other stakeholders. Our regulators’ assurance requirements continue to evolve and those of Ofwat particularly are increasing significantly for AMP8 reporting.
We are therefore seeking partner organisations to help meet our regulators’ developing requirements and support an increase to our already significant assurance programme over the next five-year AMP. These companies will enhance our existing framework, maintain consistency of delivery and be effective and accountable for the services they provide.
To understand the extensive assurance programme we will be building on, you can find more information on our website here: Assurance Information - Southern Water www.southernwater.co.uk/about-us/our-annual-… ↗
PR24 Final Determinations can be found on Ofwat’s website here: Final determinations - Ofwat www.ofwat.gov.uk/regulated-companies/… ↗ Additional information: This is not a call for competition. We are conducting a Request for Information exercise to obtain informative data on the market environment in the area of regulatory assurance between
The Request for Information exercise will be conducted on the Jaggaer e-procurement portal at:
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jan 2025, 10:21 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Jan 2025, 10:21 GMT
- Authority reference
prj_6594- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001452- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d077Find a Tender
Publisher note: This is not a call for competition. We are conducting a Request for Information exercise to obtain informative data on the market environment in the area of regulatory assurance between The Request for Information exercise will be conducted on the Jaggaer e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59329
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59329 ↗
- Submission deadline
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Timeline
16 Jan 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published16 Jan 2025, 10:21 GMT
- Tender notice expected1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.