Published date: 1 October 2015

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


Closing: 22 July 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£60,000

Procurement reference

PROC.01.0473

Published date

1 October 2015

Closing date

22 July 2015

Contract start date

3 August 2015

Contract end date

1 October 2015

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The objectives of the work are to:

• address the extent to which current water trading levels reflect underlying economic fundamentals versus identifiable barriers and the potential scope for water trading in the medium and longer term;

• identify potential lessons from the experiences of water trading in overseas water markets and assess how these could be applied to England and Wales;

• assess the existing and potential barriers to water trading and identify their relative importance - this should include considering whether concentrating water trading on raw water rather than extending to treated water acts as a barrier to trade;

• related to the above, identify and evaluate the options for mitigating or removing barriers, including assessing how to remove barriers to trading treated water;develop options for the use of incentives and institutional arrangements to enable / encourage water trading and to assess the merits of these different approaches;

• reflecting the above, provide a quantification of the costs and benefits of increased water trading, drawing primarily on existing sources (note, we are not expecting substantive primary research or analysis to inform this. Rather, we expect the consultant to make use of existing evidence and, where appropriate, make adjustments to reflect latest data and their emerging findings arising from this study); and

• finally, drawing the above together, provide recommendations as to the implications for the need for price and service regulation of the affected parts of the value chain to ensure that customers are protected.

More information

Additional text

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

Award information

Awarded date

31 July 2015

Contract start date

3 August 2015

Contract end date

1 October 2015

Total value of contract

£60,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Deloitte LLP

Address

Athene Place
66 Shoe Lane
London
EC4A 3BQ

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Address

Centre City Tower
7 Hill Street
Birmingham
B5 4UA
England

Email

mailbox@ofwat.gsi.gov.uk