Published date: 16 December 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 18 February 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Auditing services - 79212000

Location of contract

Scotland, North East, Yorkshire and the Humber, North West, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, South East, South West, Wales, Northern Ireland, Any region, London, Isle of Man, Channel Islands

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

MT224806

Published date

16 December 2021

Closing date

18 February 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 May 2022

Contract end date

30 April 2026

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Ofgem is seeking an independent auditor to annually assess the Data Communications Company's (DCC's) contract management and procurement activities.The DCC is the central communications body licensed to provide the communications, data transfer and management required to support smart metering. DCC was appointed using an outsourced service model, to manage contracted smart metering service providers. As such, external costs compose the largest proportion of DCC's costs, and it is critical that these contracts are entered into, managed and closed out effectively and efficiently. Each year, Ofgem scrutinises DCC's incurred and forecast costs through the annual Price Control process to determine whether these costs are economic and efficient. Alongside the cost assessment, DCC also faces financial incentives under the Operational Performance Regime (OPR).The audit will run on an annual cycle alongside Ofgem's annual price control process and is expected to have four main stages: evaluation, reporting, consultation and decision. The evaluation stage is expected to take six weeks, with the auditor producing an interim report for DCC to provide comment. In this stage, the auditor will need to assess DCC's commercial activity over the course of a Regulatory Year to provide a score and rationale against each supporting question against the NAO framework, covering contract management, procurement and re-procurement.

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About the buyer

Address

10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf
London
E14 4PU
England

Telephone

+44 2079017000

Email

Procurement2@ofgem.gov.uk

Website

http://www.ofgem.gov.uk