Ofwat Innovation Fund delivery partner 2025-30
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 Innovat...
Buyer
Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat)
Value
£18,400,000
Published
15 May 2025
Closes
20 Nov 2024
Procurement details
Source
Find a Tender
Region
United Kingdom
Procurement method
Open
Category
Services
Contract starts
Not provided
Contract ends
Not provided
CPV classifications
65000000
Public utilities
Lots
Lot 1 Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL delivery
£14,500,000
Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL delivery Lot 1 is broken down into the following services (detailed descriptions follow): 1. Water Breakthrough Challenge rounds 6-7 2. Water Discovery Challenge round 2 3. Water Efficiency Lab rounds 1-2 4. Collaborative Challenge programme 5. Monitoring of live projects and project closedown 6. Programme governance 7. Ma...
Delivery: Birmingham, London, Westminster
Lot 2 Lot 2: Implementation programme
£19,000,000
The Innovation Fund aims to support the adoption and roll-out of innovative products, services and concepts. We expect most water companies will see the benefits of adopting successful innovations with no further support from Ofwat. However, throughout our engagement with companies in 2023/24 we have understood that it can take many years for companies to ad...
Delivery: Westminster, Birmingham
Lot 3 Lot 3: Evaluation
£2,000,000
Lot 3 is broken down into the following services 1. AMP 7 Evaluation: Delivery of an impact and Value for Money (VfM) evaluation programme before the end of 2027 2. Delivery and coordination of AMP 8 evaluation activity. The overall budget range for the initial two-year contract for Lot 3: Evaluation is 600,000-900,000 The overall value in years 3-5 of the p...
Delivery: Birmingham, Westminster
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