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Media Monitoring & Sentiment Analysis

Wales & West Utilities Limited · Tender notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 23:24.

Opportunity overview

We need comprehensive media monitoring and social listening services, providing reputation and sentiment analysis to help us identify the most relevant commentary across the fullest range of media and social channels. Wherever Wales &West Utilities (WWU) is being mentioned, we need to know about it and we need to understand whether our audience is talking positively or negatively about us and where we stand among the noise. We need access to real time information and clean data to help inform our communication campaigns, media engagement and stakeholder strategies. Data is vital to us in understanding the needs of our customers and monitoring customer feedback is integral to the work we do. Overall, we need a service that provides us with the information and data we need to get ahead of emerging trends across our industry and the energy sector as a whole. Requirements: • 24/7 multi-channel media monitoring covering broadcast, print media, online news, and social media across the UK • Daily reports of the main media stories and mentions with links to original content, delivered to specified in-boxes each day, 7 days per week • Real time news coverage and alerts for breaking news stories and conversations relevant to our business • Monthly 'Executive-ready' reports, analysis and recommendations • Integrated media licensing for digital access to original content, if possible • Social listening to provide insights into stakeholder and customer sentiment about WWU to help inform business strategies and enhance customer service(unified customer management functionality) • Access to day-to-day brand monitoring and analysis • Ability to visualise complex data including charts and graphs • User friendly and intuitive digital platform/dashboard for customisable self-analysis and for searching for relevant news items • Assigned account manager to develop full appreciation of our business needs and to identify reputational risks and opportunities • Integrated function to run tagged social media campaigns • Ability to respond to comments and messages via the platform, as well as assign tasks and schedule social media and PR releases • Multiple product licenses to engage colleagues across the business Metrics and analysis: • Volume of mentions and potential reach of mentions of WWU across multiple channels • Share of voice per platform: Identifying where our brand is being mentioned to help us identify where we should focus our time and energy • Sentiment analysis to understand how WWU is being perceived in discussions online, broken down by key variables including social media platform • Trends analysis: The most common topics associated with WWU • Top publications: The publications that are talking about our brand the most • Top location: Where our brand mentions a re originating from • Top influencers and journalists: Who mentions our brand, products and/or key stakeholders • Industry benchmarking and comparisons across a range of metrics

Classification

  • CPV72310000 — Data-processing services
  • CPV79310000 — Market research services
  • CPV79330000 — Statistical services
  • CPV79340000 — Advertising and marketing services
  • CPV92400000 — News-agency services

Lots

  • Lot 1£320k

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
WWU1327
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
services
How to submit
Suppliers not already registered in the Bravo system will also need to complete the Bravo registration process. To register in the Bravo system please proceed to the WWU procurement portal at the following web address and click "Register", https://sourcing4wwu.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html For support during the registration process please visit the how to register section of the portal, or contact Bravo Solution through the following routes: Phone: 0800 0698630 Email: help@bravosolution.co.uk
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - open competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Tender Period

Ends
30 Apr 2025, 12:00

Enquiry period

Ends
16 Apr 2025, 12:00

Special regime

utilities

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Renewal
Yes

Value

Amount
320,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
384,000

Renewal

Description
The contract will be for a term of 4 years, with 3 extension options of 12 months each.

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Description
Questions will be awarded sores between 0 - 100 depending on the specific question and details of the scoring will be provided to the bidders with the ITT. Scoring Weightings: Technical will be awarded 50%. Stakeholder is currently working on the technical questions that will surround: •Previous experience •Account Management •Implementation and exit plan strategy •Capacity & capability to provide platform monitoring and social media listening trends Commercial will be awarded 50%. •This will be requested as a schedule of rates and fixed for the first 12 months of the contract •Pricing will be scored as the lowest price being awarded 100% of the weighting for this section No site visits will be required as this is an external software-based programme, and it does not need to interlink with any existing WWU software. However, we may consider inviting bidders to present their software. This yet to be confirmed and if it will be included in the scoring.

Contract period

Ends
31 Oct 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Nov 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2032, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Data-processing services
Entry 2
Id
79310000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Market research services
Entry 3
Id
79330000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Statistical services
Entry 4
Id
79340000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Advertising and marketing services
Entry 5
Id
92400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
News-agency services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
012503-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
2 Apr 2025, 12:50

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-05046791
Name
Wales & West Utilities Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKL21
Country
GB
Locality
Newport
Postal Code
NP10 8FZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Wales & West House

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
privateUtility
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Private utility

Identifier

Id
05046791
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Name
Bec Jones

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PMVL-3238-DQDX
Scheme
GB-PPON

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Newport · UKL21 · NP10 8FZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

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  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04fbea-2025-04-02T12:50:03+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·