The Provision of Services for Auditing and Cost Recovery of Water and Waste Water Charge

Description

The council is seeking a suitably qualified service provider for the auditing and cost recovery of water and waste water charges. This will require the provider to identify areas where supply arrangements and drainage costs may benefit from a forensic analysis to identify where the existing pricing structure is not representative of the actual supply and drainage. Lot 1: The council is seeking to identify areas where supply arrangements and drainage costs may benefit from a forensic analysis to identify where the existing pricing structure is not representative of the actual supply and drainage. This analysis will require a full forensic audit of council assets for previous and ongoing water billing including, but not limited to: - Water Supply, - Water Usage, - Waste Water, - Property Drainage (Surface Water), - and Ratable Value. The overall purpose is to verify existing arrangements and secure cost reduction and recovery of water charges by investigating current and previous agreements (covering the statutory period of 5 years) with contracted water providers and challenging these where appropriate. The contract will also aim to identify the potential for invest to save projects where current arrangements could be reconfigured to reduce ongoing costs. Overall, it is anticipated that this action would result in significant revenue recovery and identification of possible invest to save projects which would generate savings after implementation. A list of all council owned, managed and leased properties has been made available as part of the ITT package, Appendix C – Glasgow City Council Estate, whilst this list is representative of the council estate, other locations may be identified which could be included in the audit as required. This information should provide sufficient information to provide a project plan to aid the prioritisation of properties to be investigated as part of the scope of the project. The project is expected to start in late December 2025 and is expected to be completed by 31 Mar 2027. A detailed work plan is expected to be delivered within three weeks of the successful contractor being appointed.