Published date: 11 April 2019

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: 25 April 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Business and management consultancy and related services - 79400000

Location of contract

West Midlands, London

Value of contract

£0 to £100,000

Procurement reference

MT215619

Published date

11 April 2019

Closing date

25 April 2019

Contract start date

1 May 2019

Contract end date

31 October 2019

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

Ofwat is looking for the support of a consultant to provide services to support the establishment of a new strategic water resources unit led by Ofwat (the "Regulators' Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development" or "RAPID"). The other regulators involved in the work of RAPID are the Environment Agency (EA) and the Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI). We require these services to start as soon as possible. Indicative dates are commencement after 1 May 2019 for an expected contract period of 6 months, enabling recruitment of a managing director for RAPID by October 2019 (although the new managing director may not yet be in place by that point). There is the option to extend the contract but this will be at the Customer's discretion based on its budgetary settlement. Where this is the case the extension will be for no longer than 3 months.
We are targeting this procurement at the level of a senior consultant with strategic expertise applicable to the work that RAPID will undertake, in particular in identifying the challenges associated with bringing forward investment in the assets needed to achieve water resource resilience at an affordable price, while protecting the environment. This will enable Ofwat to properly scope the work required to be undertaken, including developing its terms of reference and broader governance arrangements, the scope of the principal workstreams, initiating the recruitment of some key members of the senior team and beginning to explore in more detail the principal regulatory and commercial barriers and gaps to successful projects.
A key element of the role will be to liaise with other external stakeholders, including to begin to establish how RAPID will work alongside the development of the National Framework for water resources led by the EA (see ITT).

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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.gov.uk

Website

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