Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat) · Body governed by public law
- Suppliers
- Nesta SME, Isle SME, ICF Consulting Services Limited SME
- Value
- £18,400,000 across 3 lots
- Procedure
- Open procedure
- Sector
- Public utilities · Public utilities (CPV 65000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 021944-2025 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date31 Mar 2025
- Published15 May 2025Published 45 days after the contract date
Description
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. Marketing and communications 8. Data collection to inform AMP 8 evaluation The overall budget range for the initial two-year contract for Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL delivery is 4,400,000-5,800,000 The overall budget for 3-5 of the period will be determined towards the end of year 2 is 6,500,000-8,700,000
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Ofwat Innovation Fund delivery partner 2025-30: Lot 1: Core Innovation Fund and WEL delivery | Nesta SME | £14.5m |
| Ofwat Innovation Fund delivery partner 2025-30: Lot 2: Implementation programme | Isle SME | £1.9m |
| Ofwat Innovation Fund delivery partner 2025-30: Lot 3: Evaluation | ICF Consulting Services Limited SME | £2m |
About the suppliers
Nesta: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07706036).
Isle: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 07140964).
ICF Consulting Services Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04161656).