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Published 16 Jan 2025, 10:21 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Regulatory Assurance · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southern 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 published
Lot #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:

southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

Delivery: South East · SWS Region

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)
Business and management consultancy servicesFraud audit services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d077 Find 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 notice
Run through: portal not identified

Tender 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
  1. Notice published
    16 Jan 2025, 10:21 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 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

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic bodyWater Southern House, Yeoman Road, WORTHING, South East, BN13 3NXContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.