Official UK procurement notice
Leakage Management System · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Northern Ireland Water (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionIn 2010 NI Water initiated a Leakage Management System (LMS) that was built and managed by Crowder Consulting.
The LMS system is the primary mechanism by which NI Water:
- Quantify and report leakage in line with UK regulatory standards
- Support operational decision making to reduce water loss
- Integrate data from multiple systems (network, metering, billing, field data)
NI Water requires a secure, configurable, browser-based SaaS application to support authorised business users in accessing, managing, configuring, reporting on and administering the LMS solution.
NI Water intends to procure a contract for a Managed Service Provider responsible for managing the operation, licencing, implementation, support, and maintenance of NI Water’s LMS.
The LMS solution shall integrate with the agreed NI Water source systems and data feeds.
The Managed Service Provider must ensure that all mandatory requirements are met, tested and approved prior to go-live.
- How the procedure runs: Please refer to the Call for Tender. Procurement Timetable Stage Description Date 1 Advertise CfT 5th August 2026 2 Submission deadline 22nd September 2026. 2 Supplier Demonstrations & Q&A 7th - 9th October 2026 4 Complete evaluation of submissions 16th October 2026 5 Suppliers informed of ranking following evaluation of CfT Responses and next steps (if applicable) 23rd October 2026 Negotiations and BaFO 6 Dialogue commences with the Supplier(s) as appropriate prior to BaFO request including individual meetings, if required. 26th October 2026 7 BaFO request 2nd November 2026 8 BaFO receipt 6th November 2026 9 Evaluation of BaFO complete 13th November 2026 10 Additional BaFO Cycles complete (if required) 17th December 2026 11 Internal approval process complete 26th January 2027 12 Intent to award letter(s) issued and standstill begins [8 working days- Day one is the day the notice is published] 27th January 2027 13 Award letter issued 10th February 2027 14 Contract Commencement 11th February 2027 15 Full Service Commencement 5th November 2027
- No preliminary market engagement: Preliminary Market Engagement was undertaken between 23rd-31st July PME notice was published. Reference no as follows :ocds-h6vhtk-067c75.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Public utilities · Water distribution and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£10,000,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: Quality will have a weighting of 70%
- Price: Price will have a weighting of 30%
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Feb 2027
- Authority reference
T120- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-074371- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dcd8Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
30 days standard terms
- How it runs
Please refer to the Call for Tender.
Procurement Timetable
Stage Description Date
1 Advertise CfT 5th August 2026
2 Submission deadline 22nd September 2026.
2 Supplier Demonstrations & Q&A 7th - 9th October 2026
4 Complete evaluation of submissions 16th October 2026
5 Suppliers informed of ranking following evaluation of CfT Responses and next steps (if applicable) 23rd October 2026
Negotiations and BaFO
6 Dialogue commences with the Supplier(s) as appropriate prior to BaFO request including individual meetings, if required. 26th October 2026
7 BaFO request 2nd November 2026
8 BaFO receipt 6th November 2026
9 Evaluation of BaFO complete 13th November 2026
10 Additional BaFO Cycles complete (if required) 17th December 2026
11 Internal approval process complete 26th January 2027
12 Intent to award letter(s) issued and standstill begins [8 working days- Day one is the day the notice is published] 27th January 2027
13 Award letter issued 10th February 2027
14 Contract Commencement 11th February 2027
15 Full Service Commencement 5th November 2027
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 20 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
5 Aug 2026 → 11 Feb 2027 · 5 dates- Tender notice published77 days ago5 Aug 2026, 16:28 BST
- Clarification questions by31 days ago20 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadline29 days ago22 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 113 days10 Feb 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 113 days11 Feb 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published5 Aug 2026, 16:28 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender