Official UK procurement notice
Market Engagement Event - Business Management Consultancy
Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWe 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 publishedLot #1PlannedRenewal
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
- “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)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e960Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
4 Mar 2025 → 3 Mar 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMT
- Latest notice published11 Apr 2025, 14:59 BST
- Market engagement22 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
- Contract starts241 days ago3 Mar 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Mar 2025- Preliminary market engagement notice published4 Mar 2025, 14:06 GMTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published11 Apr 2025, 14:59 BSTUK2
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender