Official UK procurement notice
Water Matters & NAV Survey
Authority: Consumer Council for Water (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAs well as the delivery of CCW's Water Matters tracking survey, to be carried out as closely as possible in line with previous years to maintain comparability , this contract also involves extending the Water Matters survey for the first time to customers of NAVs.
- How the procedure runs: The procurement is a two stage process - 1. PSQ with four scored questions. Top six scorers will proceed to stage two. 2. Main I.T.T
- No preliminary market engagement: This is a standard tender and no pre-market enguagement was required.
CPV: Market-testing services · Research and development services and related consultancy services · Research consultancy services · Research services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£800,000
- Economic & financial standing
Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £10 million
Public Liability Insurance = £5 million
Professional Indemnity Insurance = £2 million
Product Liability Insurance = £2 million
- Technical & professional ability
No set qualifications but experianced in dleivery large scale research prohrammes.
please see specification for details.
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).
Published sub-criteria (4)
- Understanding the Specification: 30%
- Experiences of establishing a research program: 30%
- Employee Experience: 30%
- Expertice and capacity: 10%
Published award criteria (4)
- Understanding the Specification: Please provide a short brief of your understanding of our scope of requirements?
- Experiences of establishing a research program: Please detail your experiences of establishing a research program with demographics, analysis and reporting segmented into multiple geographic areas (Provide at least 2 example projects within the last 3 years min at annex A).
- Employee Experience: Do you have employees on this project with experience of several research and engagement projects in water utilities over the last three years.
- Expertice and capacity: Please detail any experience you have of taking on established tracking surveys and maintaining comparability’ How will you manage capacity across the team
- Economic & financial standing
Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below:
Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £10 million
Public Liability Insurance = £5 million
Professional Indemnity Insurance = £2 million
Product Liability Insurance = £2 million
- Technical & professional ability
No set qualifications but experianced in dleivery large scale research prohrammes.
please see specification for details.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Feb 2026, 17:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Oct 2026, 10:41 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 27 Apr 2026
- Authority reference
25-014- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-009175- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0614b6Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
Purchase order and invoice
- How it runs
The procurement is a two stage process -
- PSQ with four scored questions. Top six scorers will proceed to stage two.
- Main I.T.T
- Risks
Please see tender pack
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
2 Feb 2026 → 30 Oct 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published265 days ago2 Feb 2026, 17:07 GMT
- Clarification questions by248 days ago19 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Submission deadline240 days ago27 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Assessment summaries sent185 days ago23 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by180 days ago27 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts178 days ago30 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published4 days ago21 Oct 2026, 10:41 BST
- Today25 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 6 days30 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Feb 2026- Tender notice published2 Feb 2026, 17:07 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published21 Oct 2026, 08:47 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete21 Oct 2026, 08:47 BST
- Contract details notice published21 Oct 2026, 10:41 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected31 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| DJS Research LtdSMEWater Matters & New Appointments and Variations (NAVs) Survey31 Oct 2026 – 11 May 2027 · up to 11 May 2030Extensions: Further periods up to an additional three years, subject to approval from CCW on a 1+1+1 basis. Extension exercised where the Buyer gives the Supplier no less than '3 Months' written notice before this Contract expires. | £748,512 | 23 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Water Matters & NAV Survey · DJS Research LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Jun 2026
- Value
- £748,512
- Period
- 31 Oct 2026 – 11 May 2027 · up to 11 May 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- On a one, plus one, plus one basis
No agreed KPIs: The tracker survey is delivered in line with CCW and performance is monitored throughout.
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6final-stage tenders | 5 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- DJS Research LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender