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Intranet Refresh Project

Scottish Water · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 21:45.

Opportunity overview

Scottish Water is looking to refresh its intranet and is seeking a technical partner to help develop, deliver and maintain the solution.

Classification

  • CPV72265000 — Software configuration services

Lots

  • Scottish Water is looking to refresh its intranet and is seeking a technical partner to help develop, deliver and maintain the solution which will be a cloud-based solution.<br/><br/>We hope our new intranet will; <br/><br/>-Increase access for Mobile, Field & Frontline Workers: Emphasis on mobile functionality and engagement for frontline and field workers. <br/><br/>-Provide excellent User Experience (UX) & Visual Appeal: Focus on user experience and visual design. <br/><br/>-Provide advanced analytics capabilities to aid penetration of communication and support governance. <br/><br/>-Give efficient admin functionality to empower our Internal Comms team <br/><br/>-Improve information finding & knowledge management: Tools for locating information and managing knowledge, with strong M365 and SharePoint integration. <br/><br/>-Be excellent value for money: Cost-effective in delivery and ongoing product management. <br/><br/>-Be carbon neutral. <br/><br/> <br/>Key functionality we would like to have is: <br/><br/>1. Content Management: <br/><br/>- effective content management of various media types, <br/><br/>- targeting of communications to groups and/or personas (specifically MS Groups), <br/><br/>- use of templates for accelerated creation and consistent output, <br/><br/>- admin functionality to manage content. <br/><br/>- exploits Microsoft365 as a foundation <br/><br/>2. Integration: <br/><br/>- Integration with EntraID to help present a more personalised experience <br/><br/>3. Mobile and Tablet: <br/><br/>- Great UX for mobile and tablet <br/><br/>4. Accessibility <br/><br/>- Allow all our colleagues to engage with our intranet easily and in a way that works for them. <br/><br/>5. Authentication <br/><br/>- Work with Single Sign-on (with MFA) via EntraID (formally AzureAD) <br/><br/><br/> <br/>Additional considerations: <br/><br/>- We would like to introduce a product management approach to our intranet, meaning that the selected vendor would be engaged longer term to provide resource capability to a DevOps team so that we can both maintain and support our intranet, whilst also exploiting new functionality and enabling adaptability into the future. We envisage an 8-year relationship with a review point mid contract. <br/><br/>- Scottish Water is committed to being NetZero by 2040 and we would like all our digital services to be carbon neutral. <br/><br/>- Our existing intranet serves around 5000 employees. Contract partners and service providers also access intranet content, as well as colleagues from our partners and supply chain. <br/><br/>- The contract will include provision to allow the selected partner to work on future intranet, information hub and information portal work if the need arises. <br/><br/>- We want our admin users to be able to fully exploit the solution and excellent training within the project and ongoing is essential. This may take the form of screen based and on occasion in person training. Additional information: https://atamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_PublicLandingPage?SearchType=Projects£5m

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
SW25/DIG/1501
Status
active
Has Recurrence
No
Procurement Method
selective
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0025
Scheme
CELEX

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Framework Agreement

Maximum Participants
1

Tender Period

Ends
17 Mar 2025, 12:00

Contract terms

Performance Terms
See Procurement Documents for further information.
Has Electronic Payment
Yes
Has Electronic Ordering
Yes
Electronic Invoicing Policy
allowed

Classification

Id
72265000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software configuration services

Submission terms

Languages

en

Submission Method

electronicSubmission
written

Other Requirements

Reduction Criteria
See Procurement Documents for further information.

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active
Has Options
No
Has Renewal
No
Description
Scottish Water is looking to refresh its intranet and is seeking a technical partner to help develop, deliver and maintain the solution which will be a cloud-based solution.<br/><br/>We hope our new intranet will; <br/><br/>-Increase access for Mobile, Field & Frontline Workers: Emphasis on mobile functionality and engagement for frontline and field workers. <br/><br/>-Provide excellent User Experience (UX) & Visual Appeal: Focus on user experience and visual design. <br/><br/>-Provide advanced analytics capabilities to aid penetration of communication and support governance. <br/><br/>-Give efficient admin functionality to empower our Internal Comms team <br/><br/>-Improve information finding & knowledge management: Tools for locating information and managing knowledge, with strong M365 and SharePoint integration. <br/><br/>-Be excellent value for money: Cost-effective in delivery and ongoing product management. <br/><br/>-Be carbon neutral. <br/><br/> <br/>Key functionality we would like to have is: <br/><br/>1. Content Management: <br/><br/>- effective content management of various media types, <br/><br/>- targeting of communications to groups and/or personas (specifically MS Groups), <br/><br/>- use of templates for accelerated creation and consistent output, <br/><br/>- admin functionality to manage content. <br/><br/>- exploits Microsoft365 as a foundation <br/><br/>2. Integration: <br/><br/>- Integration with EntraID to help present a more personalised experience <br/><br/>3. Mobile and Tablet: <br/><br/>- Great UX for mobile and tablet <br/><br/>4. Accessibility <br/><br/>- Allow all our colleagues to engage with our intranet easily and in a way that works for them. <br/><br/>5. Authentication <br/><br/>- Work with Single Sign-on (with MFA) via EntraID (formally AzureAD) <br/><br/><br/> <br/>Additional considerations: <br/><br/>- We would like to introduce a product management approach to our intranet, meaning that the selected vendor would be engaged longer term to provide resource capability to a DevOps team so that we can both maintain and support our intranet, whilst also exploiting new functionality and enabling adaptability into the future. We envisage an 8-year relationship with a review point mid contract. <br/><br/>- Scottish Water is committed to being NetZero by 2040 and we would like all our digital services to be carbon neutral. <br/><br/>- Our existing intranet serves around 5000 employees. Contract partners and service providers also access intranet content, as well as colleagues from our partners and supply chain. <br/><br/>- The contract will include provision to allow the selected partner to work on future intranet, information hub and information portal work if the need arises. <br/><br/>- We want our admin users to be able to fully exploit the solution and excellent training within the project and ongoing is essential. This may take the form of screen based and on occasion in person training. Additional information: https://atamis-scottishwater.my.salesforce-sites.com/ProSpend__CS_PublicLandingPage?SearchType=Projects

Value

Amount
5,000,000
Currency
GBP

Second Stage

Minimum Candidates
3

Contract period

Duration In Days
2,880

Submission terms

Variant Policy
notAllowed

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Scotland Wide

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKM

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
economic2
Document Type
economicSelectionCriteria
Entry 2
Id
technical2
Document Type
technicalSelectionCriteria

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-130632
Name
Scottish Water

Roles

buyer
mediationBody

Address

Region
UKM
Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G33 6FB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
The Bridge, 6 Buchanan Gate, Stepps

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
WATER
Scheme
TED_CE_ACTIVITY
Description
Water

Identifier

Legal Name
Scottish Water

Contact

Name
Struan MacAra
Telephone
+44 7880460643

Additional Contact Points

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-2553
Name
Glasgow Sheriff Court

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Glasgow
Postal Code
G5 9DA
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 Carlton Place

Identifier

Legal Name
Glasgow Sheriff Court

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Glasgow · UKM · G33 6FB · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKM

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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