Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 8 Sept 2026, 10:21 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Data of Last Resort Data Collection

Authority: THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdUtilitiesSME suitable
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Tender notice expected Date not publishedfrom the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsstarts 1 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This Market Engagement seeks to identify options to enable procurement of a dedicated backup collection tool for Operational Technology (OT) environments. The solution will ensure that the complete data state of critical OT assets is consistently captured and securely stored across multiple sites, serving as the organisation's data of last resort.

The tool must collect the full backup state of OT assets including configurations, control logic, firmware, hardware metadata, and associated files. It must support both automated, policy-driven backup collection and authorised manual backup initiation, operating through secure and non-intrusive protocols that do not interact with OT control or programming interfaces and have no impact on live operations or safety-critical systems.

The solution must be vendor-agnostic, deployable fully on-premise or within a private cloud, and capable of operating in air-gapped environments, with full audit trails and compliance reporting.

IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Planned 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2030 (3 yrs)Eligibility: SME eligibleDelivery: London, South East
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Sept 2026, 10:21 BST
Last source update
8 Sept 2026, 10:21 BST
Authority reference
TC2529
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f438

How it was run

Submission deadline

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published13 days ago
    8 Sept 2026, 10:21 BST
  2. Market engagementin 10 days
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTIf you are interested in participating, please complete this form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/DGYm0xEjbM
  3. Contract startsin 191 days
    1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    8 Sept 2026, 10:21 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02366661 · GB-PPON: PNQQ-4647-DTCV Clearwater Court, Reading, South East, RG1 8DB [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (1)

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