Public Water Utility Standing Offer Framework

Reference

23/191-1

Jurisdiction

NSW awards

Financial Year

FY24

Category

Professional Services Excluding Consultancies

The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) administers the operating licences for the following Public Water Utilities (PWUs): - Hunter Water Corporation (Hunter Water) - Sydney Water Corporation (Sydney Water) - Water NSW We engage auditors to undertake annual audits of the PWU’s performance against their respective operating licence requirements. IPART (the Customer) is forming a Standing Offer Framework and is inviting Proponents who have specialised skills and expertise to participate in this arrangement as panel members. Under the Standing Offer Framework, IPART may issue a ‘Contract Proposal’ including a Scope of Work to the panel members. If appointed under the arrangement, the auditor to assess relevant PWU’s compliance against quantitative and qualitative criteria and to provide their professional judgement in formal report. Auditors must remain independent at all times during the audit process.

Publish Date

24 July 2023

Effective Date

28 June 2023

End Date

4 July 2028

Procurement method

Not published in this source

Location

Not published in this source

Class type

1

Piggyback clause

No — this contract is for the listed agency only

Last updated in source

24-Mar-2026