Find a TenderPast planning noticePreliminary market engagement notice
Published 4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Market Engagement Event - Business Management Consultancy

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Framework agreementServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£0pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Framework period 4 yrsends 1 Mar 2030 · up to 3 Mar 2034 with extensions · starts 3 Mar 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We would like to invite all interested parties to the Market Engagement Event to set out what we expect from the key service areas that reflect the type of business management consultancy services that we anticipate are needed under the future framework.

The following service areas’ purpose is to guide the discussion and do not constitute a confirmed lotting structure of the future framework.

Thematic areas of interest to us:

Regulatory and Economic advisory: regulatory advice, stakeholder and regulatory engagement, economic analysis, economic advice, cost and performance analysis, financial and economic modelling, Long term delivery strategy design &support, Data analytics & reporting

Procurement and Commercial: Strategic advice, Procurement Change Management, Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Commercial Contract Management, Strategic Supplier Relationship Management, Procurement Operations which could include developing sourcing and category strategies

Financial Services: Advisory for Mergers and acquisitions, Corporate financing, Tax, Payroll and HR management, Strategies advisory, Finance legal advice, general accounting

Strategy & Change: Project, programme & Change management, Business Strategy & Operating Model development, Business Case Process Improvement across the full breadth of SWS organisation. This could include Mobilisation and implementation

Please note that SWS reserves the right to update the scope at the release of the contract notice

Please register on our eSourcing Platform: southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

CPV: Business and management consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Framework period
4 yrs · up to 8 yrs from 3 Mar 2026

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 4 yrsSME
Contract period: 3 Mar 2026 – 1 Mar 2030 (4 yrs) · up to 3 Mar 2034 with extensions
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
What this means for your bid
  • “Market Engagement Event - Business Management Consultancy” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
Last source update
11 Apr 2025, 14:59 BST
Authority reference
Prj_
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-014698
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
Business and management consultancy services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ2)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e960 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

4 Mar 2025 → 3 Mar 2026 · 4 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
  2. Latest notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 14:59 BST
  3. Market engagement
    22 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

    Engagement event will be held in person at the Southern Water Falmer Office on 30th April 2025 from 13:00 - 16:00 with suppliers that register interest in the event on the Jaggaer sourcing platform: southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

    If your organisation is unable to attend the Market Engagement Event in person, please provide an email address where we can issue all the information shared after the event has finished.

    Please register and submit details required by 22nd April 2025

    southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opport… ↗

  4. Contract starts241 days ago
    3 Mar 2026

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    11 Apr 2025, 14:59 BST
    UK2

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Southern Water Services Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-PPON: PBJQ-2231-ZRPG Southern Water, Southern House, Worthing, South East, Bn13 3NXContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure