Southern Water has gone out to tender with an IT software and hardware reseller framework contract worth up to an estimated £60 million in total.

The water company is seeking to put an IT Software and Hardware Reseller Framework Agreement in place with a maximum of three resellers to cover a range of services and equipment, including:

• hardware reseller services (quotation to hardware delivery)
• management of hardware maintenance and support renewals
• software reseller services (quotation to software delivery)
• management of software license, maintenance and support renewals
• hardware and software disposals service
• end user computing hardware — ad-hoc purchases (e.g. keyboards, monitors)
• data center hardware — ad-hoc purchases (e.g.: routers, switches), major capital requirements (e.g. servers, storage, hyper-converged infrastructure)
• mobile telephony devices — ad-hoc purchases (e.g.: mobile handsets, car-kits)

Initial contract term for the IT Software and Hardware Reseller Framework is 4 years, with options to extend by a further 4 years.

Anticipated start date for delivery is May/June 2019.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 4^th March 2019 – click here to access the tender documentation.