Official UK procurement notice
Market Research & Insights
Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThames Water wants to appoint a panel of Companies that can provide Market Research & Customer insights services to Thames Water, these insights will be used by Thames Water to influence business decisions. Successful bidders will form an approved panel and will have the opportunity to complete a variety of works over the contract duration.
Thames Water makes no commitment to the contract value as these will vary year on year, and most works will be awarded following mini-competitions amongst panel members.
CPV: Market and economic research; polling and statistics · Market research services · Research and development services and related consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£6,600,000
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).
- Suitability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
- Legal form for consortia
- Consortia may be required to form a legal entity prior to award
- Shortlisting
- As detailed in section VI.3 and PQQ
- “Market Research & Insights” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- 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
- Yes
- First published
- 21 Jul 2023, 14:48 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Mar 2024, 14:19 GMT
- Authority reference
FA1979- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-007034- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e458Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Specified in Invitation to Negotiate Document
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Thames Water Utilities Limited will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.
The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (SI 2016 No 274) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).
Publisher note: ** Please note, this is a Contract Award Notice **
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Supplier levy on call-offs (max %)
- document
- Deposits and guarantees
- Bonds and/or parent company guarantees of performance and financial standing may be required
Timeline
14 Aug 2023 → 5 Mar 2024 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published5 Mar 2024, 14:19 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 4 Aug 2023- Deadline moved to 14 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST4 Aug 2023, 15:58 BST-366 days · was 14 Aug 2024, 12:00 BST
- Status changed to complete5 Mar 2024, 14:19 GMT
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate · IV.2.2 | 14 Aug 2024 | 14 Aug 2023 | -366 d |
Please note that the correct deadline is 23 August 2023, not 2024 as shown on the original Contract Notice
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast8 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Market Research & Insights
- Signed
- 20 Feb 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
8 commercial parties on the notice- Accent Marketing and ResearchFramework contractor
- ICS Consulting LtdFramework contractor
- QA Research Ltd., trading as Qa ResearchFramework contractor
- SYSTRA LtdFramework contractor
- Thinks Insight & StrategyFramework contractor
- Verve Partners LimitedFramework contractor
- Watermelon Research LimitedFramework contractor
- Yonder ConsultingFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria