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Proactive communications and engineer arrival tracking service

Buyer: Wales & West Utilities Limited →

BuyerWales & West Utilities Limited
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£350,000
Published31 Jul 2025

What is being bought

We are looking for a supplier to provide automated communication to customers throughout their journey as well as engineer arrival tracking services for our connections customers. The service will be used to send auto notifications via SMS. email or other messaging service to: - • Confirm agreed appointment dates/times. • Send reminders of upcoming appointments at set intervals in advance of start date • Send instructions/updates at relevant touch points in the customer journey to include links to website and PDF documents • Provide live estimated time of arrival (ETA) tracking and location-triggered updates. • Have two-way communication so customers can chat with engineers • Collect real-time feedback from customers after work completion • Provide analytics on customer satisfaction and feedback • Be able to integrate with SAP ECC6 and CRM • Provide an online dashboard for monitoring by office-based staff We are looking for an off the shelf, market tested solution. We are not looking to develop a bespoke solution.

Delivery location

UKK, GB · UKL, GB

Categories

Communication software package 48510000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Jul 2026 to 30 Jun 2030
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Communication software packageNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 48. The category anchor is Communication software package (48510000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 483,4771 median · 6.2 average (1,157 of 3,477 with a bid count)1.5 average (1,324 of 3,477 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer3Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UKK2041 median · 3.9 average (78 of 204 with a bid count)1 average (90 of 204 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)295Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
If you wish to participate in the pre market engagement, please email Rebecca.Crisp@wwutilities.co.uk expressing your interest. We will be speaking to a maximum of 4 suppliers, chosen on a first come first serves basis, and will be holding a 40 minute conversation (via Teams) with each of them which will allow you to present your solution to WWU. A detailed agenda will be provided when we have agreed to include you in the process.engagement5 Sept 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-056aad
Latest release ID044948-2025
Latest release timestampThu Jul 31 2025 16:23:59 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£350,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
31 Jul 2025planning044948-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
31 Jul 2025 · 044948-2025 · planning
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