Notice Information
Notice Title
Delivery Partner in Support for Ofwat's Price Review 2019
Notice Description
To help deliver PR19, we are seeking a Delivery Partner who will work collaboratively with us to provide support, analysis, advice, and knowledge sharing. We expect the Delivery Partner will have the capacity and capability to deliver under Ofwat's strategic direction, providing skills and expertise, in particular, to support peaks in our workload that we require for a fixed period of time. At a high level, the Delivery Partner will be required to: - have a working knowledge of the full range of issues arising in the context of price reviews in the water or wider utility sector, - exercise sound judgment in supporting Ofwat in PR19, with appropriate checks and assurance - exercise sound judgment in supporting Ofwat in PR19, with appropriate checks and assurance, - have sufficient resource with requisite skills and capabilities to support PR19, - work in accordance with our values and the partnership principles in the contract, - flexibly manage resources and deal with uncertainty and change, - support our learning environment by sharing knowledge, - manage the delivery of services at a capped price, - have appropriate arrangements to protect our information, and, - manage effectively any actual/perceived conflicts of interest. Key disciplines: We require the following skillsets: - regulatory economics, - engineering, - corporate finance and tax, - financial and cost modeling support. We expect the work to involve assistance with the initial assessment of company business plans (as defined in the PR19 final methodology) and our draft and final determinations. This includes but is not limited to: - providing regulatory policy advice, e.g. assessment of customer perspectives, outcomes, affordability, resilience, board assurance, and the role of innovation, - assessing efficient costs through economic cost modeling, - engineering advice and value for money assessment of proposals for expenditure in company business plans, - providing regulatory economics advice, e.g. incentive design, - advising on the cost of capital and assessing financeability of companies, and, - operating financial models and data capture from company submissions. Contract: - estimated contract start is May 2018, to allow the Delivery Partner to be involved in the development of processes and assurances before submission of company business plans in September 2018, - the contract will then run until final determinations in December 2019, with a period of knowledge transfer and, if necessary, support for Ofwat in the event of any appeals to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) on final determinations. - within the contract, we plan to use an incentive mechanism to encourage the Delivery Partner to commit to the overall success of PR19 and meet agreed standards of performance. Additional information: For further information, please contact: procurement@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk This Contract relates to Contract Notice: 2018/S 005 - 007208
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-bd4b1884-13cb-4d99-bd70-b36678ef4d37
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0492277d-5ff5-4ebc-9bf1-a31c0a1f9269
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure (above threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services
79600000 - Recruitment services
79900000 - Miscellaneous business and business-related services
98112000 - Services furnished by professional organisations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £7,844,625 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £7,844,625 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Aug 20187 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 26 Mar 2018Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Feb 2018Expired
- Award Date
- 3 Jul 20187 years ago
- Contract Period
- 4 Jul 2018 - 31 Jan 2020 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BIRMINGHAM
- Postcode
- B5 4UA
- Post Town
- Birmingham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG31 Birmingham
- Delivery Location
- TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London
-
- Local Authority
- Birmingham
- Electoral Ward
- Ladywood
- Westminster Constituency
- Birmingham Ladywood
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0492277d-5ff5-4ebc-9bf1-a31c0a1f9269
17th August 2018 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0c61ef0c-25c3-466c-b821-49df0f7525f0
26th April 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/74360d05-26aa-48de-bcc2-67194d517169
Market Sounding Notice - Delivery Partner for Ofwat's Price Review 2019 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/251cd87e-b277-4831-a5bc-3b77d0791342
Market Sounding Response Form -
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https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/1594ecbb-9ee8-4e21-818e-936e2a587ec7
Revised Market Response Form v2 -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4cb9dc48-51d2-4f23-a55c-6724be676d1f
Market Sounding Response Form -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/88d4db11-5307-4b75-879b-89778f2ba074
Schedule 2.1 (Services Description) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/bf964468-a098-4f04-b13c-fa6d753f6b2f
Schedule 2.3 (Security Management) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4c846fae-d205-4fac-b8d2-5b0e1d8c4b1f
Schedule 2.5 (Schedule of Processing Personal Data Subjects) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/5beeda5f-cdc1-4c87-b65b-a7432022d406
Schedule 2.6 (Ofwat Policies) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/e89cb38e-a106-44c0-838d-0fcae9a9ddfb
Schedule 3 (Ofwat Responsibilities) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/6b2297be-c5d4-4cdf-beff-ea7b32ac8793
Schedule 4.1 (Delivery Partner Solution) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/fc2b1cc5-a0ea-4064-ae12-9959811b2129
Schedule 4.2 (Commercially Sensitive Information) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/05ce0308-45ee-4175-be69-496bb247e1d4
Schedule 4.3 (Notified Sub-Contractors) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/b7bc47c5-daac-4ff5-92bd-0bfe94d92987
Schedule 5.1 (Charges and Invoicing) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d2ed4f8e-e459-4cf8-8add-08f9ca915268
Schedule 5.2 (Financial Distress) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/ae8b2352-3fc1-44c6-b80e-5f445c5ddfd4
Schedule 5.3 (Audit Rights) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/3858d9fe-1be8-4c6c-8262-fea97b5195c8
Schedule 6.1 (Governance and Contract Management) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/4dbaea92-8fbc-4c71-a858-ee7d59e86166
Schedule 6.3 (Dispute Resolution Procedure) -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/9bd34b18-4822-4135-9534-5eafe7627657
Schedule 7 (Staff Transfer)
Notice URLs
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