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PRO004373 Customer Market Research Services
Market research services
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published5
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: United Utilities Water Limited: "PRO004373 Customer Market Research Services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 5 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
| Contracting Authority | United Utilities Water Limited | Scope & Categories | Not published | Submission Window | complete No deadline published |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Submission Gateway | Direct notice route | Legal Basis & Regime | Standard procurement | Estimated Value (exc. VAT) | Not published |
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: United Utilities Water Limited
Market Analytics
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Published history for United Utilities Water Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
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Competition Density
14.7Bids / Report
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Coverage: 255 active published awards; 50 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. Published-to-award variance 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUnited Utilities Water Limited | Procedure methodNot published | Procurement categoryNot published |
Statuscomplete | Framework / DPSFramework | CompetitionNot published |
Above thresholdNot published | Legal basisNot published | Tender period startsNot published |
Clarification deadlineNot published | Electronic submissionNot published | Submission languagesNot published |
Published10 Mar 2023, 16:54 GMT | Last source update10 Mar 2023, 16:54 GMT | Recurring procurementNot published |
ClassificationMarket research services | ||
Delivery area | ||
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-02cea3 | ||
What is being bought
United Utilities Water Limited (UU) has become increasingly more focused on its customers, and is encouraged by the water industry regulator, Ofwat, to ensure customer priorities are appropriately reflected in its business plan and activity.
United Utilities is also prepared to invest in gathering meaningful insight about customer needs and expectations, to help provide the evidence the business needs to embed customer priorities into the centre of its ways of working.
Research is currently procured on a project-by-project basis via a tender process in line with current procurement guidelines.
United Utilities will benefit from implementing supplier frameworks through improvements to the efficiency of procuring research services across the organisation.
What changed
From the official release history
- Official notice release published
10 Mar 2023, 16:54 GMT - Official notice release published
10 Feb 2023, 14:24 GMT - Official notice release published
30 Jan 2023, 11:54 GMT - tender value changed
22 Nov 2022, 16:22 GMT - Status changed to complete
22 Nov 2022, 16:22 GMT - Official notice release published
22 Nov 2022, 16:22 GMT - Submission deadline changed to published date
22 Nov 2022, 16:22 GMT - Published value updated to £6,000,000
30 Jul 2021, 12:08 BST - Status changed to active
30 Jul 2021, 12:08 BST - Official notice release published
30 Jul 2021, 12:08 BST - Submission deadline changed to 3 Sept 2021, 14:00 BST
30 Jul 2021, 12:08 BST - Buyer information updated
30 Jul 2021, 12:08 BST
Lots and requirements (5)
Published by the contracting authority
- Lot 1 · #1Specialist Qualitative ServicescancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis lot covers Suppliers who specialise in qualitative research which involves collecting and analysing non-numerical data (e.g. sentiment, text, audio, video etc.) Activities in this area may include but not limited to: Specialist qual services (e.g. Stakeholder/ expert interviewing, Workshop expertise, Customer journey mapping, UX research, Ad & comms development / testing, Co-creation, Ethnographic research, Identifying customer needs, Exploratory research, Customer closeness, Campaign or brand evaluation through social media research.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 2 · #2Specialist Quantitative servicescancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis lot covers Suppliers who specialise in quantitative research where data collection focuses on quantifying the collection and analysis of numerical data. Activities in this area may include but not limited to: Specialist Quant Services (e.g. Expert quant analysis, Research and analytics, Pricing and demand modelling, Customer segmentation, Consumer profiling, Behavioural science, Implicit testing, Omnibus, Specialists quantitative survey methods).Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 3 · #3Generalist/ Full service Quantitative and QualitativecancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis lot covers Suppliers who are full-service and provide a balanced amount of qualitative and quantitative services and do not specialise in either area. Activities in this area may include but not limited to: Focus groups/ mystery shopping/ depth interviews/ intercepts, online lite ethno/vox pops, comms testing, standard quantitative survey methods.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 4 · #4Customer/Community PanelscancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis Lot covers the specific requirement for a United Utilities online customer panel or community (MROC). United Utilities have procured the services of a Supplier who is able to provide a full-service online community panel. Activity in this area may include but not limited to: Online customer / community platform technology, Management capability to run an ongoing community panel, Community recruitment retention and activity stimulation, On-going panel engagement strategy, Set-up and build expertise for community panel, Platform licencing, Management and content provision services, Qualitative research techniques, Quantitative research techniques, Digital immersion, Vox-pops videos, Reporting workshops, Customer / community forums, Face to face customer immersion sessions, Drafting findings and recommendations, Reporting and presenting findings and recommendations.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
- Lot 5 · #5Brand and Advertising TrackingcancelledPublished valueNot publishedThis Lot covers the specific requirement for a United Utilities Brand Tracking solution. United Utilities is looking for a Supplier who is able to provide a Bespoke Brand Tracking / media Tracking service should pitch for this Lot. Activity in this area may include but not limited to: Brand / reputation / equity tracking, Brand Health mapping, Advertising tracking ,Set-up workshops, Stakeholder engagement, Questionnaire design, Bespoke methodology recommendations, Dynamic approach, Online dashboard design and implementation, Innovative storytelling and reporting, Contextual analysis, Actionable Insight recommendations, Face To Face immersion sessions, Cross-agency analysis.Contract periodNot publishedEligibilityNot publishedOptions / renewalNot published
Timeline
- Procedure published
10 Mar 2023, 16:54 GMT - Award active
Not published · Not published - Contract active
Signed 16 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · Not published
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards BMG Research LTD Not published · Not published · active |
Contracts PRO004373 Customer Market Research Services Not published · signed 16 Feb 2023, 00:00 GMT · active |
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published |
Buyer and organisations in this procedure
United Utilities Water Limited
Contracting authority GB-FTS-4736Documents (0)
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