PRO004392 — Independent Technical Adviser (HARP)

Concepts

• warrington
• infrastructure works
• direct procurement for customers
• independent party
• independent technical adviser
• independent oversight of costs
• harp
• engineering, scientific and technical
• technical analysis
• technical systems

Location

North West England:

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 Provided (CAP), which is currently being procured using Ofwat’s new Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) approach. Under the Direct Procurement for Customers (DPC) approach, Ofwat requires the appointment of an ITA to provide assurance. UU views the role of the ITA as crucial to ensure objective, independent oversight of costs that may be passed on to customers and to provide robust scrutiny of the CAP’s management of project costs and delivery. The ITA will act as an independent party to UU, the CAP, and Ofwat, and will therefore owe a duty of care to all three parties.

Total Quantity or Scope

The purpose of this PIN is to make any interested parties aware of this potential opportunity and enable them to express their interest ahead of UU issuing ITA market engagement materials out for market feedback. Previous PIN: https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:369172-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML The anticipated services to be provided by the ITA are: (a) the performance of the duties and roles assigned to the ITA under the HARP Project Agreement; (b) those required (of the ITA) by or for the purposes of UU's Statutory Licence, the DPC Allowed Revenue Direction, the DPC Designation or Ofwat, including in terms of assurance and reports; and (c) associated services such as: (i) the assessment of the CAP's allowable construction costs, programmes and any claims for compensation events, throughout the construction (and defects) period; (ii) certifying the completion and readiness of each of the sections; and (iii) the provision of quarterly assurance reports to Ofwat and UU. This notice is issued solely for the purpose of conducting pre-market engagement and is not a call for competition. Parties will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to this request for information and a response to this PIN does not guarantee any invitation to participate in this event or any future procurement.

CPV Codes

• 71311300 - Infrastructure works consultancy services
• 43123000 - Tunnelling machinery
• 43614000 - Parts of tunnelling machinery
• 45221247 - Tunnelling works
• 66171000 - Financial consultancy services
• 71311000 - Civil engineering consultancy services
• 71311100 - Civil engineering support services
• 71318000 - Advisory and consultative engineering services
• 71324000 - Quantity surveying services
• 71332000 - Geotechnical engineering services
• 71350000 - Engineering-related scientific and technical services
• 71541000 - Construction project management services
• 71621000 - Technical analysis or consultancy services
• 72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services
• 72224000 - Project management consultancy services
• 79132000 - Certification services
• 79212100 - Financial auditing services
• 79411000 - General management consultancy services
• 79412000 - Financial management consultancy services
• 79623000 - Supply services of commercial or industrial workers
• 98510000 - Services of commercial and industrial workers
• 98511000 - Services of commercial workers

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** If you have experience in this area please could you provide at a minimum the following information and submit to the United Utilities HARP mailbox by 11 November 2022 12 midday: HARP@uuplc.co.uk — company name; — contact details, including location telephone and e-mail address, main point of contact and position in Company. We would welcome feedback on the following: — Do you have any previous experience in undertaking a similar role on other projects? If so, what was/is the project and what was your role? — Do you have any previous experience within the regulated water industry? If so, what was it/what was your role? — Do you have any experience working within a multi-party agreement? The purpose of this PIN is to make any interested parties aware of this potential opportunity and enable them to express their interest in being part of UU’s ITA Pre-Market engagement list, UU intends to issue ITA materials to those interested parties for review, comment and feedback.