Business Management Consultancy

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Fire and Rescue Authority contractFind a TenderRef ocds-h6vhtk-05e275Procurement Act 2023Utilities regimeSME suitableactive

Estimated value

Awarded value

£54.4m

Awarded 09 Jul 2026

Suppliers

46

8 SME

Lots

5

5 awarded

Published

14 Jul 2026

Description

Southern Water Services are seeking to establish a framework panel whom have the expertise to support the companies ambitions. SWS are seeking business management consultancy & related professional services expertise in, but not limited to: Regulatory Advice, Regulatory Economic Advisory and Modelling, Procurement and Commercial, General Tax, Financial Services, Strategy & Change All services provided under this framework agreement are to be structured in a manner that is outside the scope of IR35 legislation. The service providers remain responsible for compliance with all relevant tax and employment regulations SWS will retain the right to compete work outside the pool of pre-qualified service providers (via Procurement Act 2023 process or otherwise) in its discretion (e.g. where the pre-qualified service providers do not have specialist capability to deliver the consultancy services required by SWS or the price secured within the pool is not judged by SWS to be market competitive). Indicative lot values per annum : Lot 1a Regulatory Advice £1.4m Lot 1b Regulatory Economic Advisory and Modelling £1m Lot 2 Procurement & Commercial £3m Lot 3a General Tax £400k Lot 3b Financial Services £1m Lot 4 Strategy & Change £10m Whilst these values reflect the best estimate, Tenderers should be aware that we may see peaks in demand that are much higher than the indicated values per annum and there will be some years it’s much lower. These values may be subject to change due to potential future regulatory or policy changes

Scope

Reference
Prj_6961
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
03 May 2026 to 20 May 2034
CPV classifications
79400000
71800000
79411100
79311410
72221000
79410000
79418000
79221000
66171000
79412000
66121000
66152000
66122000
66100000
79414000
72224000
Contract locations
South East England, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Technicalquality65.00%
Commercialprice35.00%
Technicalquality60.00%
Commercialprice40.00%

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure

Award details· 5 awards

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£11.2m

Award date

09 Jul 2026

Contract start

02 Aug 2026

Contract end

02 Aug 2034

Awarded to
QL
CH 06978474
SME
SU
AL
CH 01846493
CL
CH OC326074
NU
CH 03974527
RW
SME
PC
SME
AL
CH 01846493
GL
CH OC453959
EY
EL
CH 04010379
EY
FM
FC

Lots · 5 total

Divisions of the contract. Each lot can be awarded separately.

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LotTitleEst. valueStatus
1aRegulatory Advicecomplete
1bRegulatory Economic Advisory and Modellingcomplete
2Procurement & Commercialcomplete
3aGeneral Taxcomplete
3bFinancial Servicescomplete