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# NW2517 - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - Support and Development

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2517-robotic-process-automation-rpa-support-and-development-ocds-h6vhtk-0389c2). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NORTHUMBRIAN WATER LIMITED: "NW2517 - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) - Support and Development". Published status: active. Published Value: £1,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 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:** £1,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software configuration services, Software consultancy services, Software development services, Software implementation services, Software support services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2517-robotic-process-automation-rpa-support-and-development-ocds-h6vhtk-0389c2#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0389c2`

## Before you bid
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- **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/nw2517-robotic-process-automation-rpa-support-and-development-ocds-h6vhtk-0389c2#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [s1.ariba.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.ariba.com)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nw2517-robotic-process-automation-rpa-support-and-development-ocds-h6vhtk-0389c2#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 a partner to support our Robotic Process Automation programme. 
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is operational within NWL, having procured UiPath software in 2020. Over the last 18 months a successful programme has delivered 22 live processes and significant ROI has been realised. These processes cut across multiple Directorates, the main ones within our Wastewater and Customer Directorate.
The current contract with our RPA partner is due to come to an end on 31st March 2023.  NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a new RPA partner. NWL have a current arrangement in place with a partner to provide us with both support and development resource for UiPath. 
NWL are currently on RPA Automation Cloud Platform version 2021.10. Our chosen partner must have an in-depth knowledge and a close proven working relationship with UiPath, experience and knowledge of the utilities sector and preferable proven history of providing automations within the water and/or utility industry. 
The key attributes that we are looking for are, for the procured partner, to support us in providing an easy, timely and high-quality customer experience, assist our current live processes, and support NWL on all RPA development. The partner must support our goal of realising business value over the coming years. 
In addition, to drive efficiencies and to allow regression packs to be executed more often and across multiple applications, NWL require manual test cases to be replaced by automated tests and require a partner to support with this initiative.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72261000, 72262000, 72263000, 72265000, 72266000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a new RPA partner. NWL have a current arrangement in place with a partner to provide us with both support and development resource for UiPath.

- **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%2F034024-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-01T09:59:16.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T14:23:25.642Z
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