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Integrated Platform for Networks

YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

YW seek an integrated platform as managing separate, disconnected systems for each functionality creates operational inefficiencies, increases the risk of data gaps, and complicates timely decision-making. Having all required capabilities within a single, unified solution ensures a holistic view of the network, seamless data flow between modules, and faster, more effective operational responses. The integrated platform must deliver all of the following functionalities within a single, unified solution (not as separate modules across different, disconnected systems): - Blockage Prediction: Identifies early signs of potential blockages within the wastewater network, based on abnormal patterns detected through flow or level data. This enables proactive maintenance to prevent incidents before customer impact or pollution occurs. - Network Spill Forecasting: Estimates the likelihood of network spills based on rainfall, capacity, and system behaviour. The goal is to trigger early operational interventions to avoid environmental non-compliance and reduce pollution events. - Pumping Station: Tracks pump activity across the network, identifying underperformance, abnormal operation, or potential failures. This helps improve operational visibility, reduce downtime, and support asset efficiency. - Customer Sewer Alarm (CSA): Provides alerting mechanisms in customer-facing parts of the network where issues such as blockages or overflows could lead to property flooding. It allows for early warnings before customers are affected using both digital and analog pressure data. - Burst Rising Main Detection: Assure accurate burst detection to prevent and reduce the impact of pollution from pressurised sewage mains; - Excess Water Detection: Detects excess water entering the wastewater network from sea, river, ground or misconnected rainwater, causing spills, damage and inefficiencies. The platform must be fully developed and commercially available. For clarity this means the product is not in early-stage development, not unproven, and not awaiting first deployment or first operational results. The solution must have already demonstrated successful outcomes with other water companies, preferably within the UK and particularly with other WASCs. The platform must be capable of integrating with core utility systems (e.g., SCADA, telemetry, SAP, GIS) and must meet minimum interoperability requirements to interpret data from devices and sensors currently deployed in our network.

Awarded to

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STORMHARVESTER LIMITED

Matched by number
Published award value
£8m
Awarded
Not supplied
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-COH NI649408
Location
Belfast, UKN06, BT1 3NR, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV48150000 — Industrial control software package
  • CPV72222300 — Information technology services
  • CPV90400000 — Sewage services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

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Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-0598ea
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Main Procurement Category
services
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
Yorkshire Water conducted a market engagement exercise, for which a Market Engagement Notice (2025/S 000-055964) dated 11 September 2025 was published, to which 10 companies submitted responses. This market engagement exercise was carried out to understand whether there were suppliers capable of delivering a single, fully-integrated platform covering the six required functionalities/modules (blockage prediction, network spill forecasting, pumping station, customer sewer alarm, burst rising main detection and excess water detection). The solution needed to be commercially available, already deployed with proven outcomes in other water companies (particularly UK WASCs) and ready for immediate use rather than still in development or awaiting first implementation. This is as Yorkshire Water are prioritising mitigation of the risks in implementation and risks of poor outcomes. The engagement demonstrated that no supplier, other than the proposed contractor, was able to provide all required capabilities within one integrated platform with proven operational benefits. Other suppliers could only offer partial coverage, standalone modules, solutions still under development, or platforms without sufficient evidence of successful implementation in comparable UK networks. As a result, a competitive tendering process would not generate genuine competition. For these reasons, a direct award is justified a feasible route to securing the required integrated solution with proven performance, interoperability with our systems, and readiness for deployment.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Contract period

Ends
28 Feb 2029, 23:59
Starts
1 Mar 2026, 00:00

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48150000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Industrial control software package
Entry 2
Id
72222300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information technology services
Entry 3
Id
90400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Sewage services

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published
Document Type
conflictOfInterest

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
055964-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Published
11 Sept 2025, 16:48

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Status
scheduled
Due
25 Sept 2025, 23:59
Description
Yorkshire Water is undertaking a market engagement exercise in relation to the potential procurement of an integrated digital platform to support wastewater (and potentially water) network operations. The market engagement will run from 11 September 2025 until 25 September 2025 at 17:00 (UK time). Suppliers wishing to participate are invited to submit their expressions of interest and access further information by contacting Marta Jalles at marta.jalles@yorkshirewater.co.uk

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-COH-02366682
Name
YORKSHIRE WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKE41
Country
GB
Locality
Bradford
Postal Code
BD6 2SZ
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Western House

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
privateUtility
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Private utility

Identifier

Id
02366682
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PXGT-3622-WXBQ
Scheme
GB-PPON
Organisation 2
Id
GB-COH-NI649408
Name
STORMHARVESTER LIMITED

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKN06
Country
GB
Locality
Belfast
Postal Code
BT1 3NR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Suite 4, Floor 3, Meadow House,

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
sme

Identifier

Id
NI649408
Scheme
GB-COH

Contact

Additional Identifiers

Entry 1
Id
PTTN-2563-DMWG
Scheme
GB-PPON

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
pending
Has Renewal
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
48150000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Industrial control software package
Entry 2
Id
72222300
Scheme
CPV
Description
Information technology services
Entry 3
Id
90400000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Sewage services

Value

Amount
8,000,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
9,600,000

Renewal

Description
The initial contract term is three years (36 months), with the possibility of extension up to a maximum duration of five years.

Documents

Entry 1
Id
069876-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK5
Description
Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
30 Oct 2025, 16:45

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-NI649408
Name
STORMHARVESTER LIMITED

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
1 Dec 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
30 Nov 2028, 23:59
Starts
1 Dec 2025, 00:00
Max Extent Date
30 Nov 2030, 23:59

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Bradford · UKE41 · BD6 2SZ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

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