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This is a published notice on the Find a Tender service: https://www.find-

tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020724-2021

Opportunity
IT Partner Framework
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-020724
Published: 23 August 2021, 6:35pm

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Western House,Western Way, Buttershaw

BRADFORD

BD62SZ

Contact

Sohail Sardana

Email

sohail.sardana@yorkshirewater.co.uk

Telephone

+44 7977007107

Country
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United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber

Internet address(es)
Main address

https://www.yorkshirewater.com/

I.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at

https://www.yorkshirewater.com

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://service.ariba.com

I.6) Main activity

Water

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title

IT Partner Framework

II.1.2) Main CPV code

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

II.1.3) Type of contract

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Services

II.1.4) Short description

This notice is seeking expressions of interest for the establishment of a Framework

Agreement for IT services related to: Application development, infrastructure, strategy and
architecture, SAP / ERP, testing, data science, and a range of other related services.

This framework agreement is envisaged to be the primary route for selecting suppliers for the
delivery of IT consultancy and support services for the duration of the agreement.

Any estimated quantities or values contained or referred to in this or other documentation

are for guidance only and do not bind YWS to buy any specific quantities should the bidder
be successful and enter into an Agreement.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £125,000,000

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity

software package
48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
48500000 - Communication and multimedia software package
48600000 - Database and operating software package
48700000 - Software package utilities
48800000 - Information systems and servers

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes

UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

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Procurement Process:

To express an interest in participating in the tender, please contact Sohail Sardana

(sohail.sardana@yorkshirewater.co.uk) through email by 17:00 (GMT) on 24th September
2021.

Once a bidder expresses an interest, the Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) Round 1 document pack
will be shared with them. This will include the ITQ Round 1 document that must be completed
by all bidders and returned to the above email address by 17:00 (GMT) on 28th September
2021.

All clarifications should also be shared with Sohail Sardana

(sohail.sardana@yorkshirewater.co.uk) through email by 17:00 (GMT) on 17th September
2021.

YWS will periodically consolidate clarifications that would be relevant to everyone and share
the response to these with all bidders anonymously.

Following an assessment of responses received for ITQ Round 1, successful suppliers will be
invited to ITQ Round 2. This is planned for early October, but is subject to change based on
YWS discretion.

Following an assessment of responses received for ITQ Round 2, successful suppliers will
then be invited to the RFP stage.

Procurement Overview:

Successful suppliers will work alongside Yorkshire Water Services (YWS) to design, develop,
test, implement, support, and maintain a range of business applications, infrastructure
solutions, and a range of other related areas.

The work will cover all areas of IT project delivery, support, and system integration for both
new and legacy systems including, but not limited to, several capability areas.

Suppliers securing framework agreements will become part of the Technology & Enterprise
Change (TEC) partner pool with suppliers potentially being aligned to and being approved to
deliver projects in particular capability areas, as described in this notice. This does not give
suppliers any guarantee of work but will enable the supplier to bid for individual pieces of
work over the next 5 years.

YWS has identified capability areas and the services that sit within these areas. YWS is
seeking the best suppliers in each capability area.

For the avoidance of doubt, suppliers DO NOT need to deliver services in all capability areas
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to submit a response to this tender.

Capability Areas:

Infrastructure

Services related to the design, development, integration, implementation, maintenance, and

support of a range of infrastructure technologies. The technologies include but are not
limited to routers, firewalls, databases, client systems, security services, network
management, servers, switches, cabling, storage, backup technology, network
infrastructure, telecoms and connectivity.

Suppliers delivering services aligned to the Infrastructure capability may also be required to
deliver the following kind of services: Project Management, quality control, design
assurance, system integration, testing, business continuity management, transition into
support / provision of support, technical advice and planning, process design, requirements
analysis, solution design, service design, service retirements, security and a variety of other
services required by YWS from time to time.

SAP

Services related to the design, development, integration, maintenance, and support of a

range of existing and future applications related to the SAP and asset management solution
suite. Specific services might include, for example, impact assessment & planning,
technology enablement, application of industry / process expertise, change management
and continuous improvement of the SAP environment and related technologies. A particular
project will be the migration of the YWS systems from ECC to S4 Hana.

Suppliers delivering services aligned to the SAP capability may also be required to deliver the
following kind of services: Project Management, quality control, design assurance, system
integration, testing, business continuity management, transition into support / provision of
support, technical advice and planning, process design, requirements analysis, solution
design, service design, service retirements, security and a variety of other services required
by YWS from time to time.

Application Development and Maintenance

Services related to the design, development, integration, maintenance and support of a

range of existing and future applications used by the three core YWS business areas
including Customer (retail & wholesale), Operations (clean, waste and asset management)
and Corporate (central functions, data and shared technologies e.g. middleware and a
variety of other IT systems). In addition, services will be required for systems used by future
business units which do not yet exist.
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Suppliers delivering services aligned to the Application Development and Maintenance

capability may also be required to deliver the following kind of services : Project
Management, quality control, design assurance, system integration, testing, business
continuity management, transition into support / provision of support, technical advice and
planning, process design, requirements analysis, solution design, service design, service
retirements, security and a variety of other services required by YWS from time to time.

Data Science

Services related to statistics, tools, programming, data manipulation, data visualisation,

machine learning, deep learning, model deployment, scenario analysis, forecasting /
prediction, planning and Azure.

Suppliers delivering services aligned to the Data Science capability may also be required to
deliver the following kind of services: Project Management, quality control, design
assurance, system integration, testing, business continuity management, transition into
support / provision of support, technical advice and planning, process design, requirements
analysis, solution design, service design, service retirements, security and a variety of other
services required by YWS from time to time.

Testing

Delivery of services related to test leadership, test execution and test environment demand
& release management. This includes provision of testing services, quality assurance and
resource augmentation, including the delivery of a range of services, including but not
limited to test standards & governance, orchestration, automation, resources, software, and
a range of other related services.

Suppliers delivering services aligned to the Testing capability may also be required to deliver
the following kind of services: Project Management, quality control, design assurance,
system integration, business continuity management, transition into support / provision of
support, technical advice and planning, process design, requirements analysis, solution
design, service design, service retirements, security and a variety of other services required
by YWS from time to time.

Strategy and Architecture

Strategy, consultancy and advisory services in relation to Solution Architecture and

Enterprise Architecture, including (but not limited to) the breadth of Applications,
Integration, Infrastructure and Security.

Suppliers delivering services aligned to the Strategy & Architecture capability may also be
required to deliver the following kind of services: Quality control, design assurance, system
integration, business continuity management, transition into support / provision of support,
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technical advice and planning, process design, requirements analysis, solution design,
service design, service retirements, security and a variety of other services required by YWS
from time to time.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement
documents

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing

system
Duration in months

60

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

This contract is valid for an initial period of 60 months, followed by an optional renewal in 12
month increments up to a total term of 96 months, at YWS discretion.

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No
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Section III. Legal, economic, financial and technical

information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

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Section IV. Procedure

IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing

system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date

28 September 2021

Local time

5:00pm

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English
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Section VI. Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Yorkshire Water Service Limited

Bradford

BD6 2SZ

Country

United Kingdom

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