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RFI - Data Centre Transformation & Rationalisation Programme

Southern Water Services Limited · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 24 Sept 2026, 09:42.

Opportunity overview

Southern Water is developing a programme to transform and rationalise its data centre estate. This Request for Information (RFI) is a preliminary market engagement exercise under the Procurement Act 2023, intended to inform and shape the emerging vision ahead of any procurement. Through it, Southern Water is seeking to: • Understand the capability, capacity and appetite of the market to deliver a programme of this nature; • Test the feasibility and realism of the emerging vision, and in particular the delivery timescale; • Gather delivery approaches, technical options, innovations, case studies and indicative commercial models; • Understand how the market would best package (Lot) the requirement; and • Inform Southern Water's business case, sourcing strategy and eventual procurement approach.

Classification

  • CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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
15
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planning

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
planning

Contract period

Starts
1 Oct 2027, 00:00
Ends
30 Sept 2031, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
72000000
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Any interested parties can respond via Southern Water's Sourcing Portal (Coupa): https://supplier.coupahost.com/quotes/public_events?customer=southernwater&company_name=Southern+Water
Due
23 Sept 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
084383-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Sept 2026, 12:57
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Southern Water Services Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PBJQ-2231-ZRPG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PBJQ-2231-ZRPG

Address

Street Address
Southern Water, Southern House
Locality
Worthing
Postal Code
Bn13 3NX
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ27

Contact

Name
Ryan Lightfoot

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
privateUtility
Description
Private utility

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Worthing · UKJ27 · Bn13 3NX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 082926-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 084383-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·