Published date: 11 December 2017

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: 4 January 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Consulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction - 90713100

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£0 to £60,000

Procurement reference

MT205337

Published date

11 December 2017

Closing date

4 January 2018

Contract start date

17 January 2018

Contract end date

16 January 2021

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 call off 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 call off services in place, which will provide 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 Contractor producing written reports which may include:
a. technical grounds and justification for trade effluent consent conditions in dispute;
b. recommendations as to whether trade effluent consent conditions are reasonable; and
c. 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.
Further, any trade effluent appeal is considered OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE and, as such, discretion must be applied.
The call off Contract will be for 3 years from the date the Contract commences.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Lena Cluxton

Address

Centre City Tower
7 Hill Street
Birmingham
B5 4UA
England

Telephone

+44 1216447534

Email

lena.cluxton@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk

Website

http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/