Southern Water Services is establishing a framework panel for business management consultancy and related professional services, including regulatory advice, procurement, financial services, and strategy, while ensuring compliance with tax and employment regulations.
Southern Water Services are seeking to establish a framework panel whom have the expertise to support the companies ambitions. SWS are seeking business management consultancy & related professional services expertise in, but not limited to: Regulatory Advice, Regulatory Economic Advisory and Modelling, Procurement and Commercial, General Tax, Financial Services, Strategy & Change All services provided under this framework agreement are to be structured in a manner that is outside the scope of IR35 legislation. The service providers remain responsible for compliance with all relevant tax and employment regulations SWS will retain the right to compete work outside the pool of pre-qualified service providers (via Procurement Act 2023 process or otherwise) in its discretion (e.g. where the pre-qualified service providers do not have specialist capability to deliver the consultancy services required by SWS or the price secured within the pool is not judged by SWS to be market competitive). Indicative lot values per annum : Lot 1a Regulatory Advice £1.4m Lot 1b Regulatory Economic Advisory and Modelling £1m Lot 2 Procurement & Commercial £3m Lot 3a General Tax £400k Lot 3b Financial Services £1m Lot 4 Strategy & Change £10m Whilst these values reflect the best estimate, Tenderers should be aware that we may see peaks in demand that are much higher than the indicated values per annum and there will be some years it’s much lower. These values may be subject to change due to potential future regulatory or policy changes Regulatory Advice This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services to support regulatory strategy and compliance. Regulatory Economic Advisory and Modelling This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services to support regulatory economic activities. Procurement & Commercial This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services to support procurement and supply chain activities. This includes, but is not limited to strategic advice, implementation, and delivery across the full procurement lifecycle. General Tax This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services including but not limited tax. Financial Services This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services including but not limited to financial services. Strategy & Change This Lot covers the provision of business management consultancy and professional services including but not limited to to end to end transformation, strategy& change.