Thames Water has gone out to tender with a contract for data management services worth an estimated £10 million-plus.
The water company is to award a long term contract to either a single or several suppliers to provide a nearshore/offshore team who will be responsible for managing day-to-day operations by using a Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) model.
The tender is grouped into four areas of work:
Lot 1: Master Data Management: validation of data, preparation and load into SAP as part of the data change lifecycle for Thames Water's assets and its associated maintenance plans;
Lot 2: Reporting services: production of various operational performance data, also provided is asset management serviceability daily to monthly reporting requirements;
Lot 3: GIS (Geographic Information System) Updates: translation and audit of network affiliated GIS updates;
Lot 4: Asset Data Capture including GETMaps (gas, electricity and telecoms maps): maintenance of CAD drawings and maintenance of site and other utility information into corporate systems.
Estimated total value of the contract is £10.12 million and the agreement will be awarded for an initial period of 3 years with options to extend up to a maximum of 8 years.
Thames Water is looking to appoint up to four suppliers to the framework agreement – however, all four Lots could also be awarded to a single tenderer.
Successful suppliers will be required to provide a service team that are suitably trained, qualified, skilled and experienced to deliver the services. The tender says they will also need to provide scalability and flexibility for growth, reduction and significant technology change.
Interested suppliers will need to submit tenders or requests to participate within a relatively short timescale – deadline for submissions is midday on 22nd January 2019. Click here to access the tender documentation.
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