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title: "Business Continuity Accounting Leases"
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# Business Continuity Accounting Leases

Buyer: WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY (OFWAT)  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4491faa3-c6c2-45fe-ba83-2bb3415d2f4f

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## Summary

The procurement process for the project titled "Business Continuity Accounting Leases" was conducted by the Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat), focusing on general management consultancy services. This contract, valued at £68,315, is located in the West Midlands and London, with the contract period running from 18 March 2019 to 31 March 2019. The procurement was executed using a selective method, specifically as a call-off from a framework agreement, which reflects a strategic approach to sourcing expertise in business continuity planning. The tender was officially awarded on 25 February 2019, with the process reaching completion on 10 March 2020.

This tender creates significant opportunities for firms specialising in management consultancy, particularly those with expertise in business continuity and IT. Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, especially those capable of aligning their services with industry standards like ISO 22301. Businesses that can demonstrate practical experience in updating business continuity plans and conducting thorough business impact analyses will be particularly well-suited to compete for similar contracts in the future.

## Notice

Work Package 0009 - Alternative Delivery Model Project - Business Continuity Plan Update (business support and IT areas) The project will be delivered in-line with the project plan presented in section 2.3.1 and will produce the deliverables and milestones presented in section 2.6.1. The supplier will perform the following activities; a) Update the Authority's current BC plan with the lessons learned from recent exercises and tests and recommendations from recent audits. This will involve onsite support from our team, working with your central BC team contacts to enable the details and intended results of the recommendations to be reflected in the updates. b) Following the updates to the plan, we will review the new plan against industry good practice, considering ISO22301 and the Business Continuity Institute for Good Practice Guidelines, and make further recommendations for further alignment. c) We will review the Authority's current Business Impact Analysis (BIA) template against the standards (ISO22301 and Business Continuity Institute for Good Practice Guidelines) and provide recommendations as to where the BIA could be enhanced to enable all information required for BC planning purposes to be captured. This will consider any gaps which may have been highlighted in the plan review where the information is not currently available. d) We will understand what IT continuity documents are currently available. Based this, we will suggest to management, the inclusion/references of the IT continuity documentation the Authority may wish to include. e) We will understand the platform and tools available for sharing documents across the organisation and make recommendations for how the BC plan could be stored and shared for the Authority's consideration and decision. We intend to feedback our additional recommendations and amendments to management at the start of the second week of the work, depending on management availability. The second week of the review will be to implement the agreed amendments. This is an estimate in advance of starting work which will depend upon the number of amendments already required at activity (a). The work will not include the following; * Review or challenge of the previous learnings, except where the changes result in the plan not aligning with good practice. * Validation or exercising of the BC plan content, or any technical plans referenced within. * Update of the BIA activity. Only the template will be updated, the completion of which will be the responsibility of the Authority. * Review of the IT continuity documentation. * Authoring of technical IT continuity documents. Additional information: For Further Information;please contact procurement@ofwat.gov.uk

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bf3b90f-bf9c-4024-b729-a0c435172521 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Call-off from a framework agreement |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 10 Mar 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 20 Feb 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 25 Feb 2019 |
| Contract period | 18 Mar 2019 - 31 Mar 2019 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £68,315 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £68,315 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY (OFWAT) |
| Locality | BIRMINGHAM |
| Post town | Birmingham |
| Postcode | B5 4UA |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG3 West Midlands |
| ITL 3 | TLG31 Birmingham |
| Local authority | Birmingham |
| Electoral ward | Ladywood |
| Westminster constituency | Birmingham Ladywood |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79411000 - General management consultancy services

## Release History

- 10 Mar 2020 at 12:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bf3b90f-bf9c-4024-b729-a0c435172521

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9bf3b90f-bf9c-4024-b729-a0c435172521
  10th March 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder

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