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Technology Services Specialist Framework (TSSF)

Buyer: Southern Water Services Limited →

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BuyerSouthern Water Services Limited
StatusClosed
Deadline26 Feb 2026
Value£360,000,000
Published16 Jan 2026

What is being bought

The objective of the tender is to select Specialist service providers who are capable of providing services for a maximum of 3 Lots, 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. To facilitate this, the intention is that the successful bidders will be awarded a place on the Technology Services Specialist Framework Agreement. SWS 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). Some of the key objectives of the framework include: • Establish a single route to market that covers requirements that Southern Water has for Technology Services Specialist providers and resources • Support quick access to the right resources, in order to support Digital project objectives and deliver ongoing “run” activities • Modernise contracts • Increasing the use of outcome-based delivery and managed services • Deliver the optimum selection of specialist partners • Support 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 • Provide routes to market for Change Portfolio requirements A key objective of this procurement process for Southern Water is to deliver the optimum selection of specialist partners. We would like to select and work with suppliers, who have deep capabilities in particular areas and domain expertise. Suppliers can bid on multiple Lots relevant to their capabilities up to a maximum of 3 Lots.

Categories

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support 72000000

Lot details

Customer & Corporate

SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise in Customer & Corporate platforms such as SAP ECC/CRM/BAS, ServiceNow, web channels, and supporting corporate systems. Focused on targeted enhancements, engineering, analysis, support and automation, enabling high‑quality improvements and domain‑specific capability across customer and corporate processes. Estimated Lot Value £2m to £5m per annum

Statusactive
Value£40,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Wholesale

SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise in Wholesale platforms and OT‑adjacent technologies—Maximo, ArcGIS, PI, ThingWorx and bespoke operational apps. Focused on targeted engineering, enhancements, data‑driven improvements, smart asset/smart network enablement, and modernisation of legacy systems to elevate operational performance and field service experience. Estimated Lot Value £4m to £8m per annum

Statusactive
Value£64,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Data & Analytics & AI

SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise in data engineering, analytics, BI development, governance and emerging AI capabilities. Focused on targeted delivery of pipelines, models, visualisation, semantic layer enablement, data quality, cataloguing and domain‑specific insights - accelerating the organisation’s shift to data‑driven operations and AI‑ready platforms. Estimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum

Statusactive
Value£32,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Techncial (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Integration

SWS seek specialist partners to deliver targeted, high‑quality integration services across Southern Water’s digital estate, enhancing and modernising integrations built on WebMethods, SAP PI/PO, API Gateway, MFT and FME. This Lot requires deep technical expertise to design and engineer scalable integrations, reduce technical debt, strengthen API and data security, modernise legacy ESB patterns, and enable cloud‑ready, microservice‑aligned integration approaches - supporting platform teams, improving B2B connectivity and accelerating safe, reliable change. Estimated Lot Value £1m to £2m per annum

Statusactive
Value£16,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Automation

SWS seek specialist partners to accelerate automation and AI adoption across Southern Water, delivering high‑quality, scalable automations across Power Platform, RPA tools, Alteryx, Purview‑aligned governance and emerging AI agentic capabilities. This Lot focuses on expert design, build and support of automation solutions, reducing manual effort in systems like Maximo, SAP, ArcGIS and Workday, while helping to mature the Automation & AI CoE through education, enablement, standards, reusable components and responsible AI practices. Estimated Lot Value £1m to £2m per annum

Statusactive
Value£16,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Digital Workspace & Colloboration

SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise in digital workplace technologies, delivering targeted engineering, automation, low‑code solutions, migration support and optimisation across Microsoft 365, SharePoint Online, Windows 11, VDI and collaboration tools. Focus is on shaping user experience, enhancing productivity, modernising legacy estates, enabling citizen developers, and supporting niche workplace capabilities needed across diverse user personas and operational environments. Estimated Lot Value £1m to £3m per annum

Statusactive
Value£24,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Networks, Compute & Cloud Hosting

SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise across specific network, cloud, compute or security domains - supporting targeted engineering, optimisation, migration, resilience uplift, and niche operational capabilities. This includes specialist skills in Azure, VMware, Cisco/Meraki/ISE, firewalls, storage/backup platforms, Kubernetes/OpenShift, OT‑safe connectivity, observability tooling and security services. Focus is on precision technical delivery, modernisation of legacy infrastructure components, and specialist support for complex hybrid IT/OT environments. Estimated Lot Value £3m to £7m per annum

Statusactive
Value£56,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

InfoSec & Cyber Security Services

SWS seek specialist partners delivering deep cyber expertise, providing targeted services in SecOps, threat intelligence, penetration testing, risk assessments, security architecture, governance & assurance, and OT‑specific NIS compliance activities. Focused on precision technical support—augmenting in‑house teams, improving security posture, and introducing advanced defensive techniques, threat modelling, and security consultancy for complex hybrid IT/OT environments. Estimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum

Statusactive
Value£32,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Site Based OT

SWS seek specialist partners to modernise and deliver site‑based Operational Technology across Southern Water’s treatment works and network sites. This Lot requires deep expertise in PLC, HMI, SCADA, telemetry, RTUs, Process Control Networks, OT networking, segmentation and NIS‑aligned remediation, as well as hands‑on engineering, installation, commissioning and minor civils. The partner will support the uplift of legacy OT systems to secure, standardised, fully supported platforms - driving improved visibility, governance, resilience, and operational performance across a multi‑site regulated OT estate. Estimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum

Statusactive
Value£32,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

Managed Services

SWS seek specialist partners providing targeted, high‑quality capability augmentation across Project & Programme Management, Agile Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture and Testing/Quality Assurance. This Lot focuses on supplying skilled practitioners and mature delivery practices to complement Southern Water’s in‑house Digital teams - enhancing capacity, consistency and speed of change across a diverse annual portfolio. Partners bring specialist frameworks, tooling, and domain expertise to uplift delivery maturity, improve outcomes, and strengthen end‑to‑end change capability across all business and technology domains. Estimated Lot Value £4m to £6m per annum

Statusactive
Value£48,000,000
Contract periodFrom 3 Jul 2026 to 2 Jul 2029
SME suitabilitySuitable for SMEs

Award criteria
Technical (70%)
Commercial (30%)

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
2IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
3IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
4aIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
4bIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
5IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
6IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
7IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
8IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published
9IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 72. The category anchor is IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (72000000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 723,5941 median · 7.9 average (1,127 of 3,594 with a bid count)1.7 average (1,285 of 3,594 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer8Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)60Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeutilities
Covered byNot published
Submission policyallowed
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060795
Latest release ID003861-2026
Latest release timestampFri Jan 16 2026 12:33:47 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLhttps://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003861-2026
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsCompetitive flexible procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2026-02-26T23:59:00+00:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadline2026-01-30T23:59:00+00:00
Award period: startNot published
Award period: end2026-06-11T23:59:59+01:00
Submission method detailsThe procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at southernwater.ukp.app.jaggaer.com Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via https://southernwater.bravosolution.co.uk Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address If 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: how to register on the CDP
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£360,000,000
Tender lots in source10
Tender items in source10
Tender documents in source3
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
16 Jan 2026tender003861-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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        "description": "SWS seek specialist partners providing deep expertise across specific network, cloud, compute or security domains - supporting targeted engineering, optimisation, migration, resilience uplift, and niche operational capabilities. This includes specialist skills in Azure, VMware, Cisco/Meraki/ISE, firewalls, storage/backup platforms, Kubernetes/OpenShift, OT‑safe connectivity, observability tooling and security services. Focus is on precision technical delivery, modernisation of legacy infrastructure components, and specialist support for complex hybrid IT/OT environments.\nEstimated Lot Value £3m to £7m per annum",
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              "description": "- ISO 27001, NCSC Cloud Security Principles, Cyber Essentials Plus\n- UK Data Protection legislation including GDPR\n- Southern Water’s internal IT governance frameworks\n- Industry-standard best practices (e.g., TOGAF, ITIL, DevSecOps and relevant Azure certifications)"
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      {
        "id": "7",
        "title": "InfoSec & Cyber Security Services",
        "value": {
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          "currency": "GBP",
          "amountGross": 38400000
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        "status": "active",
        "renewal": {
          "description": "The procedure will follow the standard Open Framework model as described under The Procurement Act 2023."
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        "description": "SWS seek specialist partners delivering deep cyber expertise, providing targeted services in SecOps, threat intelligence, penetration testing, risk assessments, security architecture, governance & assurance, and OT‑specific NIS compliance activities. Focused on precision technical support—augmenting in‑house teams, improving security posture, and introducing advanced defensive techniques, threat modelling, and security consultancy for complex hybrid IT/OT environments.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum",
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      {
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        "value": {
          "amount": 32000000,
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        "description": "SWS seek specialist partners to modernise and deliver site‑based Operational Technology across Southern Water’s treatment works and network sites. This Lot requires deep expertise in PLC, HMI, SCADA, telemetry, RTUs, Process Control Networks, OT networking, segmentation and NIS‑aligned remediation, as well as hands‑on engineering, installation, commissioning and minor civils. The partner will support the uplift of legacy OT systems to secure, standardised, fully supported platforms - driving improved visibility, governance, resilience, and operational performance across a multi‑site regulated OT estate.\nEstimated Lot Value £2m to £4m per annum",
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        "description": "SWS seek specialist partners providing targeted, high‑quality capability augmentation across Project & Programme Management, Agile Delivery, Business Analysis, Solution Architecture and Testing/Quality Assurance. This Lot focuses on supplying skilled practitioners and mature delivery practices to complement Southern Water’s in‑house Digital teams - enhancing capacity, consistency and speed of change across a diverse annual portfolio. Partners bring specialist frameworks, tooling, and domain expertise to uplift delivery maturity, improve outcomes, and strengthen end‑to‑end change capability across all business and technology domains.\nEstimated Lot Value £4m to £6m per annum",
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    "title": "Technology Services Specialist Framework (TSSF)",
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    "tenderPeriod": {
      "endDate": "2026-02-26T23:59:00+00:00"
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      "endDate": "2026-01-30T23:59:00+00:00"
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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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