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# Source to Pay Software Solution (

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/source-to-pay-software-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0514c3). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Southern Water Services Limited: "Source to Pay Software Solution (". Published status: complete. Published Value: £0. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: www.southernwater.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Southern Water Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/southern-water-services-limited-GB-PPON-PBJQ-2231-ZRPG)
- **Published Value:** £0 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 September 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Software implementation services, Software supply services
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £2,814,265 (inc. VAT; no net value published, 2 awards)
- **Official Documents:** 10 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/source-to-pay-software-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0514c3#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0514c3`

## 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/source-to-pay-software-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0514c3#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [southernwater.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.southernwater.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/source-to-pay-software-solution-ocds-h6vhtk-0514c3#participate

## Description
Southern Water ("SW") seek a Solution Provider to licence a cloud-based, Source to Pay software solution ("Solution") that will give SW users a more intuitive experience in purchasing goods and services.
The Source to Pay process ("S2P") comprises of Source to Contract ("S2C") and Purchase to Pay ("P2P") processes. The Solution will provide end-to-end functionality.
P2P:
The Solution will manage SW's end-to-end procurement processes from capturing a Requirement, through Purchase Requisition, Approval, Purchase Order Creation, Supplier PO Receipting, SW Service/Product Receipting, Supplier Invoicing to "OK to pay" from a 3-way match.
Critical to improved user experience will be that the Solution will enable users to:
1. Execute required actions "on the move" via secure mobile technologies as well as computer based.
2. Leverage punchouts with external approved and secure supplier sites.
3. Access and order from approved supplier catalogues.
The Solution must have a proven method of:
1. Managing professional services.
2. Goods and works contracts that may leverage Framework Agreements and timesheets.
These areas represent a key portion of the SW spend profile. The nature of managing this spend in this Solution is still being defined but will be clarified later in the Procurement Process.
S2C:
For spend that is not readily available when requisitioned, the Solution would also have integrated Sourcing, Contracting and Supplier / Contract Performance Management functionality, that is triggered by workflow management to a central Procurement function.
All S2P activities must workflow automatically and allow for online collaboration between SW colleagues and Suppliers, who will be able to access the Solution via a secure external Supplier Portal.
The number of integrations to legacy SW systems is still being defined, but we would expect the Solution to be able to readily integrate to common Finance or HR platforms as a minimum and have SSO capability.
It must also have the capability to be integrated with Asset Management, Inventory and Stores solutions, as a possible further future activity. (Although this is not in the initial implementation scope, it is essential there is evidential functional capability to do so.)
To deliver the integration of the Solution, SW is seeking a Solution Implementation Partner ("SIP") who is accredited to the Software Provider ("SWP").
The Solution Provider is asked to identify up to three (3) Solution Implementation Partners ("SIP"). The process for nominating SIPs is described in the Tender Pack.
The SIP must be able to:
1. Prove and leverage experience of SWP implementation in the UK utility industry, with a preference for Water industry.
2. Prove accreditation with the SWP, with experience in implementation of the specific Solution.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Source to Pay Software Solution
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72268000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0
- **Description:** Southern Water is seeking a Source to Pay Software Solution that supports the needs and demands over the AMP8 period.
The Solution should enable SW users to do the following:
1. Access the solution seamlessly (SSO)
2. Be guided in their buying experi...
- **Contract Period:** 25/11/2025 to 24/11/2029
- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

### Lot 2: Software Implementation Partner
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72263000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £0
- **Description:** Southern Water is seeking a Software Implementation Partner that is certified and experienced with the SWP and will support SW in the implementation and enablement of the Solution.
An implementation partner that:
1. Has been proposed by the associate...
- **Contract Period:** 25/11/2025 to 24/11/2027
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (2)
- **Award:** Source to Pay Software Solution (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Coupa Software Inc**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-52684`
  - Value: £1,986,983 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 20/11/2025

- **Award:** Software Implementation Partner (pending)
  - Award id: `2`
  - Supplier(s): **PARADE CONSULTING LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-COH:05464686`
  - Value: £827,282 (inc. VAT)
  - Date: 20/11/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024586-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-11-20T17:06:47.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T22:12:26.328Z
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