United Utilities has announced the partners that will support delivery of its Assurance framework as it prepares to deliver its largest investment in water and wastewater infrastructure for a century.
Following a competitive tender process, four partners have been selected to deliver across the contract areas that make up the framework.
Mace Consult Ltd and Mott MacDonald Ltd will deliver Commercial and Assurance Audit services; Mace Consult Ltd, Mott MacDonald Ltd alongside Stantec UK Ltd and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd will provide Commercial and Capital Delivery Resource Support; and Mott MacDonald Ltd will provide Estimating services.
United Utilities said the appointments will enable it to hit the ground running with its ambitious investment plans.
Through the commercial audit and assurance services contract, Mace Consult Ltd and Mott MacDonald Ltd will deliver a range of services to ensure accountability and compliance.
Mace Consult Ltd, Mott MacDonald Ltd and Stantec UK Ltd and Turner & Townsend Infrastructure Ltd 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 Ltd will provide both cost intelligence and carbon estimates to support United Utilities on its journey to net zero.
The 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.”
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