Award

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services

UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED

This public procurement record has 4 releases in its history.

Award

06 Dec 2023 at 12:20

TenderUpdate

09 Dec 2022 at 15:24

Tender

23 Nov 2022 at 13:52

Planning

13 Oct 2021 at 15:08

Summary of the contracting process

The United Utilities Water Limited has completed the procurement process for Revenue Assurance Services. The tender, with ID PRO004561, was for an industry-leading solution to process customer data under a Framework Agreement. The procurement method was selective, with a negotiated procedure and prior call for competition. The buying organisation is based in Warrington, UK. The procurement stage was the award stage, with the contract signed on September 1, 2023.

This tender for Revenue Assurance Services, issued by United Utilities Water Limited, presents growth opportunities for suppliers. The procurement focused on data collection and collation services, with a value of 11,661,668 GBP. Businesses well-suited to compete in this tender are those providing innovative data processing solutions for revenue assurance projects. The lots included services like Cleanse and Append, Residency Validation, and Occupier Identification. Suppliers are required to provide quarterly details on new initiatives and innovations.

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Notice Title

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services

Notice Description

The 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.

Lot Information

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services

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

Renewal: Option to extend

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services

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,

Renewal: Option to Extend

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02eb77
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/035918-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72314000 - Data collection and collation services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£11,661,668 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£11,661,688 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
23 Dec 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
8 Mar 2022Expired
Award Date
31 Aug 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED
Contact Name
Oliver Marsden
Contact Email
oliver.marsden@uuplc.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 835596910

Buyer Location

Locality
WARRINGTON
Postcode
WA5 3LP
Post Town
Warrington
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD6 Cheshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD61 Warrington
Delivery Location
TLD North West (England)

Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall
Westminster Constituency
Warrington South

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