The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The submission route named on the official notice.

Lot 1 – Technical Assurance .

Engineering design and technical scope .

Optioneering and option-selection processes .

Alignment between need, scope, solution and outcomes .

Deliverability and programme milestones .

Asset-management evidence and decision-making .

Risk registers and technical risk assessments .

Scope changes and change-control processes .

Data lineage, data quality and evidence trails .

Consistency with PR24 submissions, previous regulatory submissions and agreed assumptions .

Environmental, statutory and regulatory drivers .

Dependencies between schemes, programmes and strategic plans .

The completeness, accuracy and robustness of technical evidence used to support Board and regulatory submissions Lot 2 – Cost & Efficiency Assurance .

Cost-estimating methodologies .

Unit rates and cost build-up assumptions .

Comparative cost assessment and benchmarking including a range of econometric techniques .

Cost drivers and explanatory factors .

Risk, uncertainty and optimism-bias allowances .

Scope-cost alignment .

Allocation between base and enhancement expenditure .

Cost escalation and inflation assumptions .

Change control and change-control processes .

Including, but not limited to checking Stata code and excel packages .

Material movements from PR24 assumptions or other established benchmarks .

Evidence quality and auditability .

Consistency between costs, identified needs, benefits and expected outcomes Lot 3 – Financial Assurance .

PR29 financial data tables and associated working papers .

Anglian’s use of Ofwat’s financial model .

Feeder models used to populate Ofwat’s financial model .

Financial model controls, including version control, formula integrity, change control, access control, input checks and output reconciliations .

Documented processes for preparing, reviewing, approving and submitting financial information .

Data lineage from source systems, working papers and feeder models through to final submission tables .

Consistency between financial data tables, the financial model, business plan narrative, Board papers and assurance statements .

Financial assumptions, including inflation, interest rates, dividend assumptions, gearing, PAYG, RCV run-off and other relevant financial parameters .

Financeability assessments using both actual and notional capital structures .

Calculation and presentation of relevant financial ratios .

Economic and company-specific scenarios, including the treatment of the CPI/RPI wedge where relevant .

Sensitivity testing and downside scenarios .

Evidence supporting key assumptions and judgements .

The adequacy of commentary explaining material movements, uncertainty, judgement and links to the wider plan