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title: "NW2481 - IT Service Management  (Software & Implementation)"
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# NW2481 - IT Service Management  (Software & Implementation)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2481-it-service-management-software-implementation-ocds-h6vhtk-03865c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "NW2481 - IT Service Management  (Software & Implementation)". Published status: active. Published Value: £350,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 1 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: s1.ariba.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northumbrian-water-limited-coh-02366703)
- **Published Value:** £350,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 1 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software integration consultancy services, Software package and information systems
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2481-it-service-management-software-implementation-ocds-h6vhtk-03865c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03865c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2481-it-service-management-software-implementation-ocds-h6vhtk-03865c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2481-it-service-management-software-implementation-ocds-h6vhtk-03865c#participate

## Description
Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) provide water and sewerage services to just under 4.4 million people operating principally in the North-East of England and Essex and Suffolk. It is NWL's vision 'to be the most digital water company in the world' therefore it is our mission to find an ITSM solution that supports this.
NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a new IT service management (ITSM) tool. The tool will be used across both of our water & wastewater businesses. The tool will support NWG employees who are either based at one of our numerous sites, work from home or who are field based.
The key features that we are looking for in a new solution are for it to support us with providing an easy, timely and high-quality customer experience and help us to continue with our journey to drive automation and self-service.
Our current ITSM tool is used by over 400 users to resolve active tickets, supporting over 3,000 NWL employees who have access to raise tickets, and currently provides support for 380 Service & Incident request types. The current ITSM tool provides functionality to support Incident, Problem, Major Incident and Change Management processes. 
NWL have an objective to replace the incumbent ITSM solution prior to September 2023 and are therefore planning for an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) initially and then iterative delivery of other elements soon after.  Within our requirements there are also items we would look to introduce at some future stage, subject to business need, and will be looking at expanding into operational technology - to be defined at a later date.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72227000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a new IT service management (ITSM) tool. The tool will be used across both of our water & wastewater businesses. The tool will support NWG employees who are either based at one of our numerous sites, work...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F032736-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-18T10:49:34.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T14:23:18.288Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03865c