Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of engineering support to WICS
Notice Description
Provision of engineering consultancy services to support the review of investment plans in Scottish Water's SRC27 Business Plan, with a focus on project scope, cost benchmarking, and risk allowances.
Lot Information
Lot 1
WICS seeks to appoint an experienced engineering consultancy to provide independent technical support in reviewing Scottish Water's investment plans under the Strategic Review of Charges 2027 (SRC27). The contract will involve a detailed engineering and cost review of selected projects and programmes within Scottish Water's draft business plan. The consultant will assess the appropriateness of proposed scopes, cost estimates' robustness, overheads benchmarking, and risk allowances. Findings will inform WICS's regulatory approach to setting customer charges for the 2027-33 period. The contract is expected to run for approximately 3 months, commencing June 2025.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000795083
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB548609
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
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- CPV Codes
71300000 - Engineering services
71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
71312000 - Structural engineering consultancy services
72224000 - Project management consultancy services
79311000 - Survey services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Feb 20262 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 May 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- WATER INDUSTRY COMMISSION FOR SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- enquiries@wics.scot
- Contact Phone
- +44 01786430200
Buyer Location
- Locality
- STIRLING
- Postcode
- FK8 1QZ
- Post Town
- Falkirk and Stirling
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM0 Eastern Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM02 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
- Delivery Location
- TLM77 Perth and Kinross, and Stirling
-
- Local Authority
- Stirling
- Electoral Ward
- Stirling North
- Westminster Constituency
- Stirling and Strathallan
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR527410&idx=1
2nd April 2025 - Invitation to tender -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=APR527410&idx=2
2nd April 2025 - Standard terms and conditions -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=APR527410
Provision of engineering support to WICS - Provision of engineering consultancy services to support the review of investment plans in Scottish Water's SRC27 Business Plan, with a focus on project scope, cost benchmarking, and risk allowances. -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=FEB548609
Provision of engineering support to WICS - Provision of engineering consultancy services to support the review of investment plans in Scottish Water's SRC27 Business Plan, with a focus on project scope, cost benchmarking, and risk allowances.
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