Technology Services Partner Framework (TSPF)

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  "date": "2026-01-16T12:49:23Z",
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    "name": "Southern Water Services Limited"
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to deliver end‑to‑end digital services across Customer & Corporate functions, supporting major transformation programmes and resilient run services. Requires broad capability across SAP, ServiceNow, web channels and integrations, with capacity to drive innovation, automation and large‑scale delivery for 4.7+ million customers.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £5m per annum",
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to deliver end‑to‑end digital and OT‑aligned services across Wholesale operations, supporting major transformation in asset, network and field service management. Requires broad capability across Maximo, ArcGIS, PI, ThingWorx and operational systems to modernise legacy estates, enable smart networks, strengthen operational control, and deliver resilient run services that support mission‑critical water and wastewater operations.\nEstimated Lot Value £4m to £8m per annum",
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to drive enterprise‑wide data, analytics and AI transformation, delivering at scale across platforms such as Databricks, Azure, Power BI, Qlik and SAP BI. Requires broad capability to modernise legacy estates, engineer robust pipelines, uplift governance, embed advanced analytics and AI/ML, and enable a unified, secure, self‑service data environment powering decision‑making across the whole organisation.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum",
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              "description": "- UK GDPR \n- Data Protection Act 2018 \n- EU Data Act \n- EU AI Act \n- Cyber Essentials / Cyber Essentials Plus \n- ISO/IEC 27001"
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        "title": "Integration & Automation",
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to modernise and operate Southern Water’s enterprise‑scale integration and automation landscape, spanning WebMethods, SAP PI/PO, API management, geospatial integration (FME) and emerging RPA technologies. This lot requires broad capability to deliver cloud‑based integration platforms, microservices, secure APIs, automation at scale, and end‑to‑end integration services, reducing technical debt, improving interoperability, accelerating time‑to‑market and enabling a robust, secure, automated digital ecosystem across the organisation.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum",
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        "title": "Digitial Workspace & Collaboration",
        "value": {
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to deliver and modernise Southern Water’s end‑to‑end digital workplace ecosystem - spanning Microsoft 365, Windows 11, SharePoint, endpoint management, hybrid meeting solutions, ruggedised devices, virtual desktop platforms and enterprise‑grade collaboration services. This lot demands broad, multi‑discipline capability to drive large‑scale transformation, uplift security and resilience, retire technical debt, and provide unified hybrid workplace experiences across head office, remote sites and field engineering teams.\nEstimated Lot Value £1m to £3m per annum",
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      {
        "id": "6",
        "title": "Networks, Compute & Cloud Hosting",
        "value": {
          "amount": 56000000,
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          "amountGross": 67200000
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        "status": "active",
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          "description": "Southern Water expect the Framework to be in effect for an initial 4-year term, with the option of extension for a further 4-year term.\nThe circumstances in which this extension would be utilised is to be determined by SW."
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to deliver and modernise Southern Water’s end‑to‑end hybrid infrastructure, spanning networks, private cloud, public cloud, hosting, security and observability. This lot requires broad, enterprise‑scale capability to transform and operate VMware‑based SDDCs, Azure workloads, Cisco‑centric networks, firewalls, storage, backup platforms and OT‑adjacent infrastructure—driving cloud adoption, Zero Trust networking, resilience uplift, automation, and large‑scale modernisation across IT and OT estates.\nEstimated Lot Value £3m to £7m per annum",
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        "description": "SWS seek strategic partners to strengthen and operate Southern Water’s end‑to‑end cyber capability across IT and OT. This includes large‑scale support for SOC services, threat intelligence, vulnerability management, security architecture, security assurance, NIS/ISO27001 compliance uplift, and resilience improvements. The partner must bring broad capability to embed secure‑by‑design practices, modernise controls, scale governance, and support both corporate and OT cyber transformation programmes over AMP8.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum",
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    "title": "Technology Services Partner Framework (TSPF)",
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        "accessDetails": "Documents for the ITT Stage will be provided via the Jaggaer Sourcing Platform to suppliers who are downselected for this stage."
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        "id": "003872-2026",
        "url": "https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003872-2026",
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        "description": "The process for agreeing Orders will follow that set out in the Technology Services Partner Framework, specifically: \nDirect Order/Award - to any Framework Supplier without re-opening competition if the Service Requirements for the proposed Order: \ncan be met by any of the Framework Suppliers; and   \nthe value of the proposed Order is calculated to be under £250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pounds). \nCompeted Order - under this Framework Agreement by re-opening competition (mini-competitions) among the Framework Suppliers\nPOC/Hothouse selection - service providers may be required to engage in a proof of concept/hothouse selection process in order to secure the identified works"
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    "description": "The objective of the tender is to select service partners who are capable of providing services for each Lot, to enable SWS, at its election, to award work within a pool of pre-qualified service providers without the need to embark on a formal Procurement Act 23 process at individual project level.\nTo facilitate this, the intention is that the successful bidders will be awarded a place on the Technology Services Partner Framework Agreement.\nSWS will retain the right to compete work outside the pool of pre-qualified service providers (i.e. Procurement Act ‘23 process) where appropriate (e.g. where the pre-qualified service providers do not have the capability to deliver the services required by SWS or the price secured within the pool is not judged by SWS to be market competitive).\nSome of the key objectives of the framework include:\n•\tEstablish a single route to market that covers requirements that Southern Water has for Technology Service Partners and resources\n•\tSupport quick access to the right resources, in order to support Digital project objectives and deliver ongoing “run” activities\n•\tModernise contracts\n•\tIncreasing the use of outcome-based delivery and managed services\n•\tDeliver the optimum selection of Technology Services Partners\n•\tSupport the Digital transformation agenda, including the best partners for future roadmap; updated and flexible engagement models incl. managed services and suppliers aligned to target operating model\n•\tProvide routes to market for Change Portfolio requirements\nA key objective of this procurement process for Southern Water is to deliver the optimum selection of Technology Services Partners. We would like to select and work with suppliers, who have deep capabilities in particular areas and domain expertise. \nSuppliers must bid on all Lots.",
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    "submissionMethodDetails": "The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at\nsouthernwater.ukp.app.jaggaer.com\nAdditional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address\nTenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via\nhttps://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk\nTenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address\nIf you are interested in bidding for this tender, please be aware that you will need to have registered on the central digital platform before you will be able to bid. This will require you to complete some information and then you will be provided with a unique identifier. For more information on how to register, please follow the below link:\nhow to register on the CDP",
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      "name": "Southern Water Services Limited",
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