Published date: 20 August 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 18 July 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Financial management consultancy services - 79412000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£41,000

Procurement reference

PROC.04.0141

Published date

20 August 2018

Closing date

18 July 2018

Contract start date

31 July 2018

Contract end date

8 August 2019

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Scope of work

There are some areas of work that we have identified that we require to be delivered in phase one of this contract. There may then be further work required following phase one. We will then be able to call on this resource when required through the call off contract.

First discrete piece of work (Phase one)

We are looking at ways in which we can use the existing water company licences and our wider policy approach to support financial resilience. We have undertaken a review of the existing company licences to identify areas where they can be strengthened. Under phase one we require one or two Key Personnel to input into the ongoing work in relation to the way in which the ring fence operates and how we can make it more effective. We are seeking support across this work package and as an indication some of the areas that we may wish the Key Personnel to contribute to include but are not limited to:

• Operation of the financial ring fence and the existing consents framework.
• Quality, consistency and content of ring fence certificates provided by companies.
• Use of credit ratings and cash lock up mechanisms and impact of changing trigger levels on other factors such as cost of capital/company financing.
• Impact of existing securitisation arrangements on the resilience of companies.
• Impact of group loan arrangements on the resilience of companies.
• Use of existing covenants within company borrowing arrangements to support resilience.
• Other issues relating to the ownership, funding and performance of companies.
• Any suggestions the Key Personnel may have in addition to the above list.

We anticipate there will be an initial 20 days of work to contribute to the above. This will be negotiated before the work commences, based on the exact scope of work and the experience and skills of the Key Personnel.

Further phases

We anticipate that there will be occasions during the rest of the financial year where we will need further specialist financial support. We will call off on the contract as needed after the first discrete piece of work to the end of July 2019. There may be the possibility of an option to extend the contract but the duration is subject to internal approval. The Customer will notify the Contractor once internal approval has been obtained or otherwise.

The Customer will provide the Contractor 7 Working Days' written notice or other time period as agreed by the Parties, before each call off.


More information

Additional text

For further information, please contact: procurement@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk


Award information

Awarded date

27 July 2018

Contract start date

31 July 2018

Contract end date

8 August 2019

Total value of contract

£41,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Deloitte LLP

Address

1 New Street Square
London
EC4A 3HQ

Reference

Companies House number: OC303675

Value of contract

£41,000

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Awarded value is for Phase One work. Any additional call off work under Phase Two is unknown.


About the buyer

Address

Centre City Tower
7 Hill Street
Birmingham
B5 4UA
England

Email

mailbox@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk