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# Market Engagement Event - Business Management Consultancy

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-event-business-management-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04e960). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southern Water Services Limited: "Market Engagement Event - Business Management Consultancy". Published status: planning. Planned Pipeline Value: £0. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNING (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Southern Water Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-water-services-limited-coh-02366670)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Business and management consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ2, UKJ3, UKJ4
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-event-business-management-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04e960#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04e960`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/market-engagement-event-business-management-consultancy-ocds-h6vhtk-04e960#tl-md)

## 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: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/esop/guest/go/opportunity/detail?opportunityId=59595

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planning
- **CPV codes:** 79410000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

- **Contract Period:** 03/03/2026 to 01/03/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F014698-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-11T13:59:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-30T14:32:47.911Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04e960