Customer Research Services Framework
Estimated value
£4.5m
Awarded value
—
Suppliers
0
Lots
1
Published
02 Apr 2026
Description
SWS intends to establish a framework panel whom have the expertise to support the company's objectives. The objective of this tender is to select suppliers to provide customer research services across Southern Water’s requirements. In responding to this tender, you are confirming you are able to undertake the full suite of services, as set out in Tender associated schedules and documents. SWS will retain the right to compete work outside the pool of pre-qualified service providers (i.e. Procurement Act ‘23 process) where appropriate (e.g. where the pre-qualified service providers do not have the capability to deliver the services required by SWS or the price secured within the pool is not judged by SWS to be market competitive).
Scope
- Reference
- Prj_7156
- Total value
- £4,500,000 excluding VAT£5,400,000 including VATAbove the relevant threshold
- Commercial tool
- Standalone contract
- Contract dates
- 30 Aug 2026 to 30 Aug 2030Possible extension to 30 Jul 2031
up to 1 year (12 months) extension
- Main category
- services
- CPV classifications
- 79310000
- Particular suitability
- Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Award criteria
Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.
| Name | Description | Type | Weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technical | — | quality | 70.00% |
| Commercial | — | price | 30.00% |
Submission & procedure
- Enquiry deadline
- 14 Apr 2026, 4:00 pm
- Submission deadline
- 05 May 2026, 1:00 pm
- Submission address
- The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/ Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address If you are interested in bidding for this tender, please be aware that you will need to have registered on the central digital platform before you will be able to bid. This will require you to complete some information and then you will be provided with a unique identifier. For more information on how to register, please follow the below link: how to register on the CDP
- Electronic submission
- Yes
- Procedure
- Competitive flexible procedure