As it prepares to deliver its largest investment in water and wastewater infrastructure for a century, United Utilities has announced the partners that will support delivery of its Assurance framework.
Following a competitive tender process, four partners have been selected to deliver across the contract areas that make up the framework.
Mace Consult Limited and Mott MacDonald Limited will deliver Commercial and Assurance Audit services; Mace Consult Limited, Mott MacDonald Limited alongside Stantec UK Limited and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited will provide Commercial and Capital Delivery Resource Support; and Mott MacDonald Limited will provide Estimating services.
The water company said these appointments will enable it to hit the ground running with an ambitious investment plan.
Through the commercial audit and assurance services contract, Mace Consult Limited and Mott MacDonald Limited will deliver a range of services to ensure accountability and compliance.
Mace Consult Limited, Mott MacDonald Limited and Stantec UK Limited and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Limited will provide resource support including pre and post quantity surveying resource, programme and project management and construction support resource to ensure the capital delivery programmes are able to get underway immediately
Through the estimating contract, Mott MacDonald Limited will provide both cost intelligence and carbon estimates to support United Utilities on its journey to net zero.
These strategic services will be delivered through close collaboration with United Utilities and the wider supply chain
Jane Simpson, Capital Delivery Director at United Utilities, said:
“These partners, along with those already appointed, will play an important role in helping to deliver our ambitious proposals.
“We strive to evolve and improve our approach to assurance in order to provide confidence to all customers and stakeholders that we will continue to deliver the services they want in both an efficient and affordable manner and report on our performance.
“Our new partners will provide strategic services and work closely with us and the broader supply chain to achieve programme-level and outcome-focused objectives.”
