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title: "Provision of Market Research Services"
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# Provision of Market Research Services

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-market-research-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed71). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED: "Provision of Market Research Services". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Aug 2023, 16:00 BST. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-group-limited-coh-04760441)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 August 2023 at 16:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Market research services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKH14, UKH3
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ed71`

## 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/provision-of-market-research-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed71#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-market-research-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ed71#participate

## Description
NWG relies on market research to establish a better understanding of its household and commercial customers that includes forecasting social marketing attitude, behavioural change trends and customer satisfaction.  
NWGs Corporate Affairs team also depends on research to inform and evaluate its key projects that will support NWG to achieve its ambition of being the national leader in water and wastewater services.
Annual spend is in the region of £71,000 to £80,000 per year
The contract will be for a three-year contract with the option to extend for a further two years
The contract will start on 1st April 2024

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKH

- **Description:** NWG relies on market research to establish a better understanding of its household and commercial customers that includes forecasting social marketing attitude, behavioural change trends and customer satisfaction. 
NWGs Corporate Affairs team also de...

- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F022874-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-07T09:09:56.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T13:14:20.255Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ed71