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Official procurement procedure
Prj_8061 Student Placements RFI
Recruitment services
Supply services of personnel including temporary staff
Published value
£500,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
Generated from official OCDS record
Tenderline Synopsis: Southern Water Services Limited: "Prj_8061 Student Placements RFI". Published status: planning. Published value: £500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | Southern Water Services Limited | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | planning No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | £500,000 |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Southern Water Services Limited
Market Analytics
Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Southern Water Services Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
FERA Science LtdTop vendor: 27.3% of attributable valuePayment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Coverage: 14 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
| Supplier Name | Historic Awards | Attributable GBP Value |
|---|---|---|
| FERA Science Ltd | 1 win | £2,018,550 |
| Wild Capital 1 Ltd | 1 win | £1,715,211 |
| University of Portsmouth | 1 win | £1,028,846 |
| PBJ ENGINEERING SERVICE LTD | 1 win | £873,600 |
| EA Technology Ltd | 1 win | £782,980 |
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySouthern Water Services Limited | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statusplanning | Framework / DPSNot published | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT | Last source update14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationRecruitment services, Supply services of personnel including temporary staff | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060548 | ||
What is being bought
SW looks to support student placements as part of our Early Careers offering. These student placements provide potential feeder pipelines into our Graduate programmes. Over the last 2 years SW has facilitated around 10-15 students per calendar year to utilise a placement within our business. We look to build both volume, quality and sustainability of our Early Careers programmes going forward. Delivery of our student placement opportunities by a procured provider helps support our Early Careers strategy through AMP8.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT - Published value updated to £500,000
14 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT - Status changed to planning
14 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT - Official notice release published
14 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT - Buyer information updated
14 Jan 2026, 09:16 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Individual lot title not publishedplanningPublished valueNot publishedThe source published no individual title or description for this lot.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Pipeline notice
14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT - Procedure published
14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT - engagement
28 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT · scheduledThis is NOT a call for competition SW looks to support student placements as part of our Early Careers offering. These student placements provide potential feeder pipelines into our Graduate programmes. Over the last 2 years SW has facilitated around 10-15 students per calendar year to utilise a placement within our business. We look to build both volume, quality and sustainability of our Early Careers programmes going forward. Delivery of our student placement opportunities by a procured provider helps support our Early Careers strategy through AMP8. Terms & Conditions of the RFI The purpose of this Request for Information is to gather information and insights regarding Student Placement Services, SWS wishes to tender for this service in future and are seeking market information that will help shape the tender activity and route to market, in relation to but not limited: Market structure and your organization’s place within it End-to-end of defined activities, training, operating model, Types of roles covered Any questions related this RFI must be conducted via the Jaggaer Sourcing portal only. This RFI is exploratory; no contract will be awarded based solely on responses. The issuer reserves the right to amend timelines, seek clarifications, and not proceed to a competitive tender. Costs incurred in responding are the supplier’s responsibility. Confidential information should be clearly marked; data will be handled per issuer policy. This is not a call for competition. This Request for Information engagement will be conducted on the Jaggaer e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ between 14/01/2026 and 28/01/26 We have provided as much information as we can provide at this stage, but should you require any additional information, clarification questions can be raised via the Jaggaer sourcing portal messaging service from 14/01/26 to 21/01/26 at 15:00. All answers and queries related to this Request for Information should be directed to SWS via the e-sourcing portal by following the link provided.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published |
ContractsNo contract published |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
Southern Water Services Limited
Contracting authority GB-PPON-PBJQ-2231-ZRPGDocuments (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
- 14 Jan 2026, 09:23 GMT
Related procedures (0)
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published |
No-engagement rationaleNot published |
Procedure rationaleNot published |