Public procurement notice: Periodic Indicative Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-09-12
Buyer: Southern Water Services Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 30200000 | 30230000 | 30236000 | 30237000 | 48000000
Estimated value: 12000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-31

Technical requirements: This notice relates to the provision of IT infrastructure (Hardware) and associated services (build). This will form part of the ongoing collocation facilities project at Southern Water, but is limited to the Hardware and associated services only, not to include provision of collocated facilities or migration of current Southern Water applications.
The envisaged term of the Collocation Infrastructure (Hardware) contract is to run for an initial term of 5 years, with an option to extend by a further period, or periods, up to 5 years (10 years total).
Further information can be obtained by reviewing the Opportunity Listing on the Southern Water e-sourcing portal, Bravo.
This notice relates to the provision of IT infrastructure (Hardware) and associated services (build). This will form part of the ongoing collocation facilities project at Southern Water, but is limited to the Hardware and associated services only, not to include provision of collocated facilities or migration of current Southern Water applications.
The envisaged term of the Collocation Infrastructure (Hardware) contract is to run for an initial term of 5 years, with an option to extend by a further period, or periods, up to 5 years (10 years total). Any extension taken will be associated only to the warranty and third level support of both the software and Hardware.
Further information can be obtained by reviewing the Opportunity Listing on the Southern Water e-sourcing portal, Bravo.
The Notice follows the Southern Water Supplier Day, for both Co-Location providers and providers of Hyper-Converged solutions on the 5
Prospective tenderers should ensure that they have registered to the Southern Water portal, and ensure that they have registered interest in Prj_976. Further information will be released through the portal. A contract notice will formally start the tender process.
The supplier day presentation pack is available by viewing the opportunity listing in Bravo. The pack should be taken as a draft and is not the final set of requirements.
Any feedback on the current proposed infrastructure/Hardware solution should be submitted to the procurement lead, or through the e-sourcing portal. Feedback must be provided before 21
It is envisaged that the contracting activity and Hardware delivery and set up will be concluded within the early part of 2019.
The Collocation Infrastructure (Hardware) and Associated Service contract is expected to run for an initial term of 5 years (60 Months). SWS will then have the option to extend this contract by a further period, or periods, up to 5 years (10 years total).
Suppliers should review the Opportunity Listing on the Southern Water Portal (Prj_976) where all tender packs will be made readily available when the tender pack is finalised and released to market.
The successful Collocation Infrastructure (Hardware) Partner whether being a single contractor, prime contractor (which may be an existing company or special purpose vehicle) or consortium, will, be required to be a single legal entity.
Service Levels will be required for supporting services, which will be detailed in the subsequent Contract Notice.


Award value: 12000000