Financial Advisers for Major Projects
key details
| Value | £3,500,000 |
|---|---|
| Status | complete |
| Category (CPV) | 79410000 |
| Region | West Midlands, London |
| Deadline | 10 Nov 2025 |
| Contract start | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Contract end | 7 Dec 2028 |
| Procedure | selective |
| SME suitable | Yes |
| OCID | ocds-b5fd17-f7497e49-2de3-4fd4-8b19-b87eec828f4a |
Awards (3)
This procurement was awarded to 3 suppliers. Values shown are per-award; the notice total is £3,500,000.
| Supplier | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deloitte LLP shared | £1,166,667 | 5 Dec 2025 | active |
| Ernst & Young LLP shared | £1,166,667 | 5 Dec 2025 | active |
| Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax LLP shared | £1,166,667 | 5 Dec 2025 | active |
description
Awarded using Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4) (RM6309), Lot 4 Finance.
The Major Projects team is seeking to appoint a panel of up to three Financial Advisers ("Suppliers") to support its work in the delivery of the Major Projects pipeline. Being on the panel does not guarantee any engagements (or Work Packages), but the Major Projects team will seek to procure all financial advice relating to the delivery of new projects and the development of policy from the panel. The requirement may include some work commissioned by the Ofwat element of RAPID.
Background and an overview of the Major Projects pipeline can be found at the following link: A-Major-Projects-Guide-for-Investors-June-2025.pdf
The above document lists all the projects in the pipeline and gives a brief overview of each one. Ofwat has already appointed advisers for some projects (see above), but the vast majority will be procured in the future.
Our requirements
We are seeking expert financial advice in relation to policy development and all projects in the Major Project pipeline. We expect financial advisers to assist with the following:
| • | Advising on the commercial and regulatory approach proposed by companies on projects, considering the interests of customers, stakeholders and other key parties. |
| • | Review the appointees' VfM analysis. |
| • | Review and advise on project's financial models and analysis. |
| • | Support the overall development of the Major Project programme. |
| • | The Supplier must work with Ofwat and our other advisors to provide financial advice as appropriate. |
At each Major Projects stage, we may require the Supplier to provide a short report on the Appointee's submissions and we will agree the scope of the report at the time.
As part of delivering the above scope, we will also require the Supplier to support Ofwat in meetings with the Appointees, their advisors and also Ofwat's other advisors who are supporting Ofwat on the projects.
While each project is separate, we have an objective to develop more standardised processes and arrangements across all projects, where appropriate. By appointing a small number of Suppliers, we expect them to actively contribute to the improvement of processes and efficiencies across the whole pipeline by reducing transaction costs and standardising approaches (e.g. solving problems once).
We will also require the Supplier, from time to time, to support us on general policy issues and this will be discussed with the Supplier at the time.
notice history
1 notice published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 Feb 2026 | Award (award) | · | 29671cf7-cc78-4178-8d3b-548d7dbf63ae-882777 |
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