Contract notice - utilities

Information

Published

Expire date: 06/01/2023

External Reference: 2022-564843

FTS Reference: 2022-033239

Contract notice - utilities

Contract notice – utilities

Services

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1)

Name and addresses

United Utilities Water Limited
02366678
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
UK
Contact person: Oliver Marsden
NUTS code:  UKD -  NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
Internet address(es):
I.3)

Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at:  
https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=56449&B=UNITEDUTILITIES
Additional information can be obtained from
the abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.6)

Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services
Reference number:  PRO004561
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

72314000  -  Data collection and collation services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.1.4)

Short description

The purpose of this tender is to enter into a Framework Agreement with a number of Revenue Assurance Service providers. Working with the team at UUW, Suppliers will be responsible for providing data for Revenue Assurance Services, facilitating an industry leading solution design for processing customer data. The Revenue Assurance framework will principally enable UUW to work with a number of key Suppliers on Revenue Assurance projects. There are a number of current initiatives that would need to be supported along with any new ad-hoc initiatives that UUW wish to explore. Suppliers would also be requested to provide on a quarterly basis details on new initiatives and innovation that may be of interest to UUW within the scope of the Framework.
II.1.5)

Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 11661668.00  GBP
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for  all lots
Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer:  2
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services
Lot No:  1
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72314000  -  Data collection and collation services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKD -  NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Provide routine, Cleanse and Append and Residency Validation Services.
Provide up to date market innovation in the Cleanse and Append and Residency Validation area to enable continuously improving processing of data to optimise results.
• The processing of residential records to validate and improve the accuracy of core customer data. For individuals this includes correcting customer’s names, addresses, dates of birth, and contact information.
• Address matching using the providers own data sources to validate the customer address
• Return of enriched data for processing to the billing system to update customer accounts.
• Other applicable Cleanse and Append Services
Cleanse and Append General Assumptions
• Only domestic customers will be included in the data cleanse and append activities
• Only name and date of birth will be cleansed via the one off / cyclical cleanse and append solution
• We may require the de-duplicating of records in the processing
• Both ‘Primary’ and ‘Associate’ customers flagged as ‘show on bill’ will be subject to cleanse and append activities
• To mitigate any adverse customer service impacts as a result of enrichment to UUW core data supplier’s solutions must include sufficient logic to determine high confidence matches.
• Supplier solutions need to be configurable to reflect any specific UUW business rules where data conflicts may be presented as a result of matching routines
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 5830844.00  GBP
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 96
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
Option to extend
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.1)

Title

PRO004561 - Revenue Assurance Services
Lot No:  2
II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

72314000  -  Data collection and collation services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKD -  NORTH WEST (ENGLAND)
II.2.4)

Description of the procurement

Provide ad-hoc Occupier Identification (Void Management) Services as required.
Provide additional ad-hoc Revenue Assurance Services as required.
The processing of all void properties to establish an occupier, so that these occupants can be contacted and billed for the charges at that property. The provider should be able to accurately identify who is occupying a given address using a range of their own data sources. All potential occupiers should be scored with a single occupier returned to UUW along with a rating, so UUW has confidence to contact the customer.
As per published Scope of Services,
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 5830844.00  GBP
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 96
This contract is subject to renewal: yes
Description of renewals:  
Option to Extend
II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 4
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.1)

Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

List and brief description of conditions:  Please refer to procurement documents
III.1.2)

Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
IV.1.3)

Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

Framework agreement with several operators
Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement:  4
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : no
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2021/S 000-025610
IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  23/12/2022
Local time:  15:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.2)

Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

High Court of England & Wales
City of Westminster
London
UK

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

United Utilities
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
UK

VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

United Utilities
Lingley Mere Business Park
Warrington
WA5 3LP
UK