Published date: 18 March 2021

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


Closing: 11 December 2020, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£38,300

Procurement reference

PROC.01.0676 (SER/0914)

Published date

18 March 2021

Closing date

11 December 2020

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

18 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 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?

Yes

Description

The Supplier shall provide the following services to the Customer:

Developer Services Work - Part 1: Connection charges for Developer Services in England - Root Cause Analysis (P&O)

This study has arisen as a result of the variability of companies' connection charges when compared with each other across some typical development scenarios. Ofwat wants to understand the extent to which variations are driven by poor cost-reflectivity, methodological differences and other factors. This study follows from Ofwat's comparative analysis published in May 2020 and is complementary to our early work on PR24.

Ofwat wants to use this study to help inform our regulatory approach, to support developer services markets for the benefit of customers. Any changes we might make to our Charging Rules or price control framework would follow consultation with stakeholders.

Requirements

Prepare a Request For Information (RFI) from companies on their charges and costs, and other factors that may influence their charges;

 Analyse the information gathered (plus the comparative analysis from our May 2020 consultation) to gauge the extent to which each company sets its charges based on relevant costs, including the reasonable apportionment of contestable and non-contestable costs, and charges set by contractors;

 Identify the extent to which observed variations between companies' charges are driven by (a) poor cost-reflectivity, (b) methodological differences or (c) other factors;

 Develop recommendations on potential changes to Ofwat's charging rules and / or companies' approaches to setting charges that could improve transparency, predictability and fairness and support the developer services market.

More information

Additional text

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

Award information

Awarded date

17 December 2020

Contract start date

18 December 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£38,300

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

SIA Partners UK PLC

Address

90 Bartholomew Close
London
EC1A 7BN

Reference

Companies House number: 05884769

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Birmingham
Birmingham
B54UA
England

Email

mailbox@ofwat.gov.uk