Official UK procurement notice
The provision of SAP and Application Support
Authority: Wales & West Utilities Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionWales and West Utilities (WWU) has a requirement for the provision of application support for a wide range of SAP systems and for the support of a wide range of additional applications. These applications are used by approximately 2000 users that are based across the whole of Wales and the South-West region. The base of operations for the support is Celtic Springs Business Park, Newport, South Wales. The below is a list of the overarching requirements.
ITIL based application management and support.
Operational Technology (OT) & Industrial Control Systems (SCADA etc ).
Asset Management & Field service Operations (dispatch/works order management and mobile field applications ).
Geographic Information Systems (GIS, including mobile).
Customer, Connections & Market-Facing Systems (SAP CRM/C4C).
Enterprise & Corporate Systems (ERP / HR / Finance - SAP S/4, SuccessFactors, Concur etc).
Planning, Engineering & Network Design.
Data, Analytics & Decision Support (SAP BW4Hana, MS Fabric, MS power BI etc).
Integration, Middleware & Interfaces (SAP Integration suite, Webmethods etc).
Safety, Compliance & Risk Management Systems (SAP GRC, SSO).
Cyber Security & Identity (IT & OT) (CAF/NIS, IAM etc).
CPV: Software-related services · System and support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Wales & West Utilities Limited buys Software-related services (CPV 7226), and who usually turns up
Wales & West Utilities Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software-related services (CPV 7226) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 63 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1CPV 7226Published estimate£20m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 73 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid27%
2–330%
4–621%
7+22%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 13 May 2026, 08:36 BST
- Last source update
- 13 May 2026, 12:37 BST
- Authority reference
WWU1559- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043838- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069727Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
13 May 2026 → 9 Nov 2026 · 3 dates- Planning notice published160 days ago13 May 2026, 08:36 BST
- Market engagement138 days ago4 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST
To prepare for the Procurement Event this market engagement process involves the completion of a survey that contains a number of sections and associated questions. ONLY SUPPLIERS THAT HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF SAP PARTNERSHIP STATUS, EXTENSIVE SAP ACCREDITATIONS AND SUITABLE EXPERIENCE SHOULD SHOW AN INTEREST IN THIS PROCESS.
This is an informal process and none of the information provided will be evaluated or scored. The data received from all surveys will be collated and the findings will in turn be used in preparation for the tender. The survey predominately requests for existing information and for examples, hence we are not asking interested suppliers to draft or submit anything new for the survey. All information received will be considered confidential and it will not be used as a pre-selection for any stage of the tender.
Following on from analysing the survey, we may invite a small number of suppliers for a one to one meeting.
If you have a high level of SAP Partnership status, extensive SAP accreditations, suitable experience and wish to participate in this market engagement process then please send your details to the email provided and the survey will be provided.
- Today20 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 19 days9 Nov 2026
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 May 2026- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2026, 08:36 BSTUK2
- Preliminary market engagement notice published13 May 2026, 12:37 BSTUK2
- Published value updated to £20,000,00013 May 2026, 12:37 BSTwas £2,000,000
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender