Scottish Water has gone out to tender with a contract for a Common Data Environment (CDE) platform with an estimated value of £5 million, excluding VAT.
Thewater company is looking to procure a client-side Common Data Environment (CDE) platform for the collaboration and management of capital delivery project information, data and documentation.
The CDE will be a critical enabler to the success of the DV4 Enterprise Model (DV4) and the wider SR27 capital investment programme. Replacing the current 12-year-old Delivery Vehicle, DV4, which was tendered in November 2024, will oversee asset investments and handle high-value and complex construction and engineering projects.
The CDE will allow collaboration between the company’s Design and Construction Partners, as well as the Integrated Delivery Services ecosystem.
Scope of the services covered by the procurement includes:
- CDE Product
- Configuration and development services
- System Testing
- ‘Go-live’ compliance documentation associated with launching a new production system
- Integration services
- CDE Licencing packages
- User Training and materials
Scottish Water's capital investment process is structured across two main delivery vehicles: Delivery Vehicle 1 (DV1) and Delivery Vehicle 2 (DV2). DV1 handles large infrastructure and non-infrastructure investments delivered through two alliances - Caledonian Water Alliance (CWA) and Efficient Service Delivery (ESD)
DV2 focuses on less complex capital projects, working across Infra R&M, Non-Complex Service Delivery, M&E R&M, and MEICA, delivered by seven partners. All delivery routes involve multiple stakeholders, including internal teams and external partners, working together to deliver projects efficiently and effectively.
As part of the Strategy Review 2027 (SR27) readiness programme, Scottish Water is currently in the process of procuring a new supply chain to enhance the delivery of these projects, Delivery Vehicle 4 (DV4).
The new supply chain aims to transition to an Enterprise Model, with the objectives of delivering projects quicker and cheaper, streamlining operations, improving collaboration, and supporting the adoption of innovative solutions and advanced technologies.
Existing SharePoint-based CDE system presents significant challenges
However, Scottish Water says the existing SharePoint-based Common Data Environment (CDE) system presents significant challenges that need to be addressed to achieve these goals.
The water company currently operates with a fragmented data management system that relies heavily on multiple disparate tools and manual processes. According to the utility, the setup results in data silos, inconsistencies, and delays in information sharing, significantly hampering efficiency, collaboration, and decision-making across the various delivery gates in the capital investment lifecycle.
The existing system, primarily based on SharePoint, does not support the increasingly model-based delivery required for modern projects and fails to accommodate emerging data types such as laser scanning, point cloud, and drone footage.
In addition, the current system lacks advanced features for real-time collaboration and workflow automation and has data storage limitations with the corporate SharePoint storage being increased year on year to accommodate growth, leading to manual workarounds and inefficiencies.
SR27 CDE to act as centralised digital platform
The procurement is aiming to establish a new and improved CDE to address these challenges. The SR27 CDE will act as a centralised digital platform for collecting, managing, and sharing information among all project stakeholders.
Scottish Water says this will ensure that all parties have access to the most current and accurate data, facilitating better collaboration and efficiency throughout the entire project lifecycle and be a critical enabler for driving efficiency in asset delivery during the SR27 investment period and beyond.
The new CDE will also provide the digital engineering platform required to enable SW and its supply chain to fully embrace repeatable design, directly supporting the realisation of standardisation benefits.
Current estimated term of the contract is 108 months – renewal options are available.
The procurement documents and questionnaires can be accessed by logging in through the Scottish Water Atamis e-sourcing portal and ‘Registering Interest’ on the Common Data Environment (CDE) Platform advert.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 23 June 2025 - click here to access the portal.
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