Technical Services and Assurance Framework

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    "description": "Yorkshire Water intends to establish a multi-supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of technical consultancy, engineering design, technical assurance, and specialist support services required to deliver its AMP8 investment programme (2025-2030).\nThe framework will provide a single commercial route to access a broad range of technical capabilities, supporting Yorkshire Water\u0027s Engineering, Asset Management and Commercial functions. It will replace existing Technical Services and Technical Assurance frameworks and ensure continuity, resilience and flexibility in securing specialist expertise.\nThe framework will include multiple Lots reflecting different categories of technical need, including project-level engineering support, independent technical assurance, complex multi-disciplinary design services, and strategic design capability development. Further detail on each Lot is provided in later sections of this notice and in the procurement documents.",
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        "description": "This Lot covers the provision of independent technical assurance services to support Yorkshire Water\u0027s engineering, programme and project governance needs. Services include independent design reviews, technical audits, readiness assessments, and other assurance activities required to confirm compliance with applicable standards, specifications, and regulatory expectations.\nThe Lot is structured to appoint a primary assurance provider, with a secondary supplier to provide resilience and surge capacity. The scope supports assurance across a range of asset types and project delivery stages.",
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        "description": "This Lot covers the delivery of multi-disciplinary design services for Yorkshire Water\u0027s larger or more complex projects. Suppliers will take responsibility for providing end-to-end design capability, from feasibility and option development through to detailed design and support to construction delivery.\nWork is expected to be allocated through mini-competitions for defined programmes or significant design packages. The Lot is intended to secure design partners with the capability and capacity to support long-term strategic programmes and to ensure consistency, quality, and delivery performance across Yorkshire Water\u0027s major investment activities.",
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        "description": "This Lot covers strategic technical design capability to support Yorkshire Water\u0027s long-term planning and programme development. Services include full design development, digital engineering support, maturity development for PR29 solutions, collaborative capability building, and provision of ongoing strategic design expertise.\nThe Lot is expected to appoint a single supplier (or consortium) able to supplement Yorkshire Water\u0027s internal capability and provide continuity, innovation, and technical leadership across multi-year programmes.",
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      "features": "Yorkshire Water will run a multi-stage procurement using the competitive flexible procedure in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023.\nStage 1 - Selection (SQ):\nInterested suppliers submit a Selection Questionnaire. Responses are assessed against defined pass/fail Selection Criteria to determine whether suppliers meet Yorkshire Water\u0027s minimum requirements. Yorkshire Water may conduct one or more rounds of Selection and reserves the right to shortlist suppliers progressing to subsequent stages.\nStage 2 - Contractual Compliance:\nShortlisted suppliers will be invited to review and, where permitted, comment on the Proposed Contract. Yorkshire Water will refine and finalise the contract terms during this stage. Only suppliers who accept the final contract terms will progress to the ITT stage.\nStage 3 - Invitation to Tender (Quality \u0026 Commercial):\nSuppliers will submit detailed quality and commercial tenders, which will be evaluated in accordance with the award criteria set out in the ITT documentation.\nFollowing evaluation, Yorkshire Water will identify the most economically advantageous tenders and award places on the Technical Services and Assurance Framework.\nThe procedure structure and indicative timelines are set out in the procurement documents."
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "Tenders must be submitted electronically via SAP Ariba, Yorkshire Water\u0027s e-procurement portal https://s1-eu.ariba.com/Sourcing/Main/aw?awh=r\u0026awssk=fy5dbBftDhoBNSzh\u0026realm=YorkshireWater\u0026... Suppliers will not be able to view or access the tender in SAP Ariba unless they have been invited by Yorkshire Water through the portal. Those who expressed interest through the UK3 Planned Procurement Notice have been invited to participate.\nIf you wish to participate but are not yet registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier, please email: ProfessionalServiceContracts@yorkshirewater.co.uk and include the full legal company name, and the email address you wish to register. You will then be issued with a registration request and an invitation to the tender via SAP Ariba.\nIf you are already registered as a Yorkshire Water supplier but have not received an invitation, please email ProfessionalServiceContracts@yorkshirewater.co.uk and include your ANID number, your full company name, and your registered Ariba email address, so that an invitation to the tender can be issued.\nTender submissions by email or post will not be accepted.",
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        "description": "The framework will operate on a multi-supplier basis, with Yorkshire Water awarding call-off contracts in accordance with the procedures set out in the Framework Agreement. Prices for call-offs will be determined using the rate cards and pricing schedules established at tender, with the ability to confirm or adjust pricing where permitted by the call-off process.\nCall-off contracts may be awarded either directly, where the framework provides an objective method to identify the most suitable supplier for a defined requirement, or following a further competition among the suppliers appointed to the relevant Lot. Different Lots may use different allocation routes, including direct award, nomination routes or mini-competitions, depending on the nature of the work.\nYorkshire Water will apply the framework rules consistently to ensure transparency, fairness and proportionality in allocating work, while enabling flexibility to meet programme needs. The operation of the framework will be governed by the terms of the Framework Agreement and the procedures communicated during the procurement process.",
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