UK Public Sector Contracts & Tenders

To build resilience, we require two flexible contracts. This is largely to mitigate against suitable resources not being available or in case there are any actual or potential conflicts of interest that cannot be resolved. The objective of this tender process is to ensure that Ofwat has in place provision for the expertise and technical support needed in order to fulfil its statutory functions in respect of deciding trade effluent appeals. This will most likely take the form of the Supplier producing written reports which may include: - technical grounds and justification for trade effluent consent conditions in dispute; - recommendations as to whether trade effluent consent conditions are reasonable; and - if appropriate, recommended new trade effluent consent conditions. Any timescales for deliverables will be case specific. We will typically require a report to be provided first followed by any potential review of draft decision responses. The Customer may also require ad-hoc written and telephone advice on an informal basis on individual appeals. Further, any trade effluent appeal is considered OFFICIAL: SENSITIVE and, as such, discretion must be applied. The flexible ad hoc Services contract will be for 3 years from the date the contract commences.

Ofwat's current cleaning contract is due to expire on 10 January 2023 and the Customer is therefore competitively tendering for a Supplier to provide Birmingham Office Cleaning Services for the period 11 January 2023 - 10 January 2026 with the option for the contract to be extended for 2 periods of up to 12 months. Ofwat has circa 180 staff working from the Birmingham office, and occupies the 17th and 18th floors (circa 14,946 sq. ft.) of Centre City Tower in central Birmingham. Ofwat's office space is a combination of cellular and open plan workspace. Please note that there is a potential of the occupied space to be reduced by circa 2,000 sq. ft. at some point during the Term of the contract. If this is the case, then it is expected that the cost of the Services will also be reduced to reflect this reduction. Ofwat will keep the Supplier informed as soon as it is able to. Please provide a cost for the reduction too.

The Employer Branding and Employee Value Proposition (EVP) work sits under our Talent Management and Development pillar of our People Strategy. The work will be led by our Head of Talent & Organisation Development, along with two Talent Partners and a Recruitment & Onboarding Advisor. We also have a Senior Leadership sub-group that meets monthly to discuss priority areas of our People Strategy and they have been heavily involved in our Recruitment & Talent conversations. We know from previous internal engagement with our people that the opportunity to make a difference through working at Ofwat is an important motivating factor. The water sector is at the forefront of climate change and our work is increasingly in the public eye. We are keen to use our EVP to demonstrate the difference our work makes to customers and to the environment and to highlight the variety of our work. We also know that our culture, our agile and hybrid ways of working and our SAILOR values are important factors in retention for Ofwat. We are keen to use the EVP to promote 'Ofwat Life' and the different ways in which hybrid working plays out at Ofwat This year the Talent team have spent time on our internal processes and systems. We have streamlined our processes, delivering greater value to hiring managers and putting candidate care at the heart of everything we do. We have also worked closely with Cabinet Office to optimise the functionality of our Applicant Tracking System. And lastly...g experience and simplified shortlisting & interviewing forms. They have also refreshed the People Hub Recruitment intranet pages. We also invited the Civil Service Commissioner (CSC) to speak to our People Leaders about the importance of the Civil Service Recruitment Principles. As an arms-length Civil Service body, we are subject to a legal requirement to uphold the Civil Service Commission Recruitment principles and standards. These principles require that appointment is on merit on the basis of fair and open competition and set out various requirements in order to meet this standard (including the way that we advertise and promote our roles). All Civil Service bodies are audited by the CSC against this standard, with results published openly in their annual report. In the most recent Audit, Ofwat was rated as Poor, Static. Many of our improvement activities are focused on improving this rating in future audits. We have also created two Graduate campaigns in 2021 and 2022, employing in total 20 graduates. Here, we worked with an external partner to create adverts, dedicated webpage, videos, open evening and social media presence. We have produced our Gender Pay Gap report and an Ethnicity Pay Report. The external recruitment market remains extremely competitive. Therefore, we are now in a position to work with an external partner to develop our Employer Brand and our Employee Value Proposition to enable us to attract and retain the very best diverse talent.

To achieve a consistent and fair approach to all open challenge sessions, we and CCW have agreed to jointly commission one or more Independent Chair(s). The Independent Chair(s) will: ? Lead and facilitate the smooth running of each open challenge session. ? Make sure that the agenda for each open challenge session is followed and kept to time. ? Control who speaks at each open challenge session. ? Make sure that the water company responds to questions. ? Aim to make sure all types of attendees are comfortable in the meeting and are given opportunities to pose questions to the water company. ? Avoid the open challenge session focussing on dominant voices, or on a single issue. ? Make sure that all attendees of an open challenge session comply with a code of conduct for the meeting, ensuring that all attendees are treated fairly, sensitively and with respect. ? Review and sign off a written record of the discussion at each open challenge session, within an agreed timeframe after each meeting. The initial draft of the record of the discussion will be created by companies for the Independent Chair(s)/Ofwat/CCW's review. The Independent Chair(s) will be supported by a joint Ofwat and CCW team, who will: ? Provide briefings ahead of each block of open challenge sessions, with input from companies where appropriate. ? Provide background information on each of the water companies, including briefings from individual water companies, where necessary. ? Agree 'choreography' of spoken and technical contributions to each meeting. ? Attend each meeting as observers and note takers and provide a reference point for the Independent Chair. We want to appoint Independent Chair(s) as follows: ? For each/all Independent Chair(s), a maximum of 20 days total between February and June 2023, inclusive. ITT for appointment of Independent Chair(s) of water company open challenge sessions 14 ? For each/all Independent Chair(s), a maximum 20 days total during October and November 2023. ? For each/all Independent Chair(s), a maximum total of 40 days between February and December 2023. We invite bids from individuals who want to be considered for this appointment(s). The budget for this commission is 60,000.00 GBP excluding VAT (with a 50/50% split between Ofwat and CCW; 30,000.00 GBP funded by Ofwat, 30,000.00 GBP funded by CCW). This commission may be awarded to multiple bidders. In the event of a multi-award, the budget will be split proportionately

We are looking for a Delivery Partner to work with us on the 2024 Price Review (PR24). PR24 will set the maximum revenue that companies can collect from customers as well as the outcomes they will deliver for 2025-2030 period. To help us meet the resourcing requirement for PR24, we are looking for support from a "Delivery Partner". By Delivery Partner we mean a flexible, efficient resourcing solution, that is capable of being adapted to respond to changing requirements throughout the period of the contract. Critically, it is an arrangement that brings additional resource into Ofwat that is able to successfully integrate into our internal delivery effort. In practice this means that the "Delivery Partner" will provide resource on a flexible basis. And the majority of work will be collaborative, with Delivery Partner staff working alongside Ofwat staff within multiple policy work-streams.

We are looking for a Delivery Partner to work with us on the 2024 Price Review (PR24). PR24 will set the maximum revenue that companies can collect from customers as well as the outcomes they will deliver for 2025-2030 period. To help us meet the resourcing requirement for PR24, we are looking for support from a "Delivery Partner". By Delivery Partner we mean a flexible, efficient resourcing solution, that is capable of being adapted to respond to changing requirements throughout the period of the contract. Critically, it is an arrangement that brings additional resource into Ofwat that is able to successfully integrate into our internal delivery effort. In practice this means that the "Delivery Partner" will provide resource on a flexible basis. And the majority of work will be collaborative, with Delivery Partner staff working alongside Ofwat staff within multiple policy work-streams.

The objective of this work is to ensure that our river water quality PC definition is accurate and robust ahead of companies' PR24 submissions to us in October 2023. We want to ensure we have a set of historical performance data for as many companies as possible for the 2011-22 period to test this. Therefore, we would like consultants to gather and organise a total phosphorus removal discharge dataset consistent with our river water quality PC definition.

We are looking to appoint delivery partners to support Ofwat in delivering the Ofwat Innovation Fund and aspects of the Water Efficiency Fund in AMP 8 (the asset management planning period which runs from April 2025-March 2030). This is a continuation of the existing Innovation Fund which was established in 2020 and the introduction of a new Water Efficiency Fund (WEF) of which this Invitation to Tender is concerned with only two aspects: the Water Efficiency Lab (WEL) - an annual competition similar to the Innovation Fund but focused solely on water efficiency, and the evaluation of the Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC), which is the other part of the two components that make up the WEF.We are looking for delivery partner support in three distinct but linked areas:Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL deliveryLot 2: Implementation programmeLot 3: Evaluation

We are looking to appoint delivery partners to support Ofwat in delivering the Ofwat Innovation Fund and aspects of the Water Efficiency Fund in AMP 8 (the asset management planning period which runs from April 2025-March 2030). This is a continuation of the existing Innovation Fund which was established in 2020 and the introduction of a new Water Efficiency Fund (WEF) of which this Invitation to Tender is concerned with only two aspects: the Water Efficiency Lab (WEL) – an annual competition similar to the Innovation Fund but focused solely on water efficiency, and the evaluation of the Water Efficiency Campaign (WEC), which is the other part of the two components that make up the WEF. We are looking for delivery partner support in three distinct but linked areas: Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL delivery Lot 2: Implementation programme Lot 3: Evaluation