PRO004392-Services-Contract-Independent Technical Adviser (HARP)

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Buyers

United Utilities Water Limited

Value

£50,000,000

Classifications

Infrastructure works consultancy services
Tunnelling machinery
Parts of tunnelling machinery
Tunnelling works
Financial consultancy services
Civil engineering consultancy services
Civil engineering support services
Advisory and consultative engineering services
Quantity surveying services
Geotechnical engineering services
Engineering-related scientific and technical services
Construction project management services
Technical analysis or consultancy services
Systems and technical consultancy services
Project management consultancy services
Certification services
Financial auditing services
General management consultancy services
Financial management consultancy services
Supply services of commercial or industrial workers
Services of commercial and industrial workers
Services of commercial workers

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Submission Deadline

1 year ago

Published

1 year ago

Description

United Utilities Water Limited (UU) is delivering a scheme titled Haweswater Aqueduct Resilience Programme (HARP) to provide long-term water supply resilience to Manchester and the Pennines. The project will utilise a Competitively Appointed Provider (CAP), which is currently being procured using Ofwat’s new Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) approach. Under the DPC approach, Ofwat requires the appointment of a Consultant to protect customers in relation to the DPC project. Ofwat requires this role to obtain assurance around the costs and delivery of a DPC project. UU views the role of the Consultant as crucial to ensure objective, independent oversight of costs that may be passed on to customers and to provide robust scrutiny and assessment of the CAP’s management of project costs and delivery. The Consultant will act as an independent party to UU, the CAP, and Ofwat, and will therefore owe a duty of care to all three parties.

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