Planning

PA23 - UK2 - Market Engagement Notice Business Management Consultancy

  • Southern Water Services Limited

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-007857

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04e960 (view related notices)

Published 4 March 2025, 2:06pm



Scope

Reference

Prj_6961

Description

Southern Water are seeking to establish a framework panel with suppliers who have the expertise to support the company's ambitions.

The Request for Information engagement will be used to support the sourcing strategy and long-term management of the framework.

The Request for Information can be found on Southern Water's e-Sourcing system opportunities section, listed as "Business Management Consultancy", and is open to all parties at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/

All queries relating to the Request for Information engagement must be submitted via the sourcing portal

We are going to market to gather information and insights regarding business and management consultancy services including, but not limited to:

Economic and regulatory advice, operational planning, operational productivity, long term delivery strategy design ,PR29 business plan and price control development

Change management; end-to-end management of defined activities, training , people process and system improvement, HR organisational design / operating model, lean processes portfolio, programme and change management, culture and behaviour change, business change for operational improvement, performance, KPI development, productivity

Procurement consultancy services; procurement and commercial strategic advice across all of the functions core disciplines; Porcurement AMP Long

Financial consultancy services; mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, corporate financing, tax, financial management, cash management, strategies, finance processes, investments, fund management, risk management, costing reviews, internal audit, general accounting, finance legal advice

Please note that SWS reserves the right to update the scope at the release of the contract notice

Commercial tool

Establishes a framework

Total value (estimated)

  • £0 excluding VAT
  • £0 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 2 March 2026 to 3 March 2031
  • 5 years, 2 days

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 66171000 - Financial consultancy services
  • 79410000 - Business and management consultancy services
  • 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Contract locations

  • UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
  • UKJ3 - Hampshire and Isle of Wight
  • UKJ4 - Kent

Engagement

Engagement deadline

7 March 2025

Engagement process description

This is not a call for competition. The purpose of this engagement is to obtain informative data on the market environment in the area of business management consultancy and relating services.

The Request for Information engagement will be conducted on the Jaggaer e-procurement portal at: https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk/

between 27.02.2025 - 07.03.2025


Procedure

Special regime

Utilities


Contracting authority

Southern Water Services Limited

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PBJQ-2231-ZRPG

Southern Water, Southern House

Worthing

Bn13 3NX

United Kingdom

Contact name: Laura Constantinica

Telephone: +447858689889

Email: Laura.Constantinica@southernwater.co.uk

Website: http://www.southernwater.co.uk

Region: UKJ27 - West Sussex (South West)

Organisation type: Private utility