Published date: 5 October 2022

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


Closing: 17 June 2022, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Consulting services for water-supply and waste consultancy - 71800000

Location of contract

England, Wales

Value of contract

£0 to £60,000

Procurement reference

PROC.01.0740

Published date

5 October 2022

Closing date

17 June 2022

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

To build resilience, we require two flexible contracts. This is largely to mitigate against suitable resources not being available or in case there are any actual or potential conflicts of interest that cannot be resolved.

The objective of this tender process is to ensure that Ofwat has in place provision for the expertise and technical support needed in order to fulfil its statutory functions in respect of deciding trade effluent appeals. This will most likely take the form of the Supplier producing written reports which may include:

• technical grounds and justification for trade effluent consent conditions in dispute;
• recommendations as to whether trade effluent consent conditions are reasonable; and
• if appropriate, recommended new trade effluent consent conditions.

Any timescales for deliverables will be case specific. We will typically require a report to be provided first followed by any potential review of draft decision responses.
The Customer may also require ad-hoc written and telephone advice on an informal basis on individual appeals.

Award information

Awarded date

1 July 2022

Contract start date

1 July 2022

Contract end date

30 June 2025

Total value of contract

£0

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Aqua Operations Ltd

Address

Link 606 Office Park
Staithgate Lane
Bradford BD6 1YA

Reference

Companies House number: 12730099

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Usually we have an annual budget of £20,000 excluding VAT allocated to trade effluent appeals. Over 3 years this would be £60,000 excluding VAT. Given the reactive nature of the work, unfortunately we cannot predict when trade effluent appeals will arise so cannot forecast spend. Thus potential spend could range from £0 - £60,000 excluding VAT.

About the buyer

Contact name

Lena Cluxton

Address

7 Hill Street
BIRMINGHAM
B5 4UA
England

Telephone

0121 644 7534

Email

lena.cluxton@ofwat.gov.uk