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Opportunity overview
Anglian Water is undertaking early market engagement to inform the future procurement of Operational Technology (OT) Reseller Services. Through this engagement, we are seeking insight from the market to better understand supplier capabilities, service offerings, delivery models, and emerging innovations that can support the continued development and operation of our OT network infrastructure.
The objective is to establish a strategic panel of qualified resellers capable of supplying, integrating, and supporting key OT technologies across our operational environment. The insights gathered will help shape our future sourcing strategy and ensure we secure a commercially robust, resilient, and scalable solution that supports critical operations, regulatory compliance, and long-term business objectives.
Our key objectives for a future approach include:
Securing competitive and sustainable commercial arrangements that deliver long-term value and support evolving business requirements.
Ensuring resilience of supply through access to trusted partners with the capability to provide responsive technical support, integration services, and ongoing lifecycle management.
Strengthening operational and cyber resilience through solutions and expertise aligned with the Network and Information Systems (NIS) Regulations 2018, the NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), and wider industry best practice.
Providing access to accredited technical expertise, vendor specialisms, and value-added services that enhance the performance, security, and reliability of our OT estate.
Establishing future-ready partnerships that support innovation, technology refresh, and the increasing digitalisation and interconnectivity of operational assets.
Your input will play a key role in helping Anglian Water understand current market capabilities and opportunities, ensuring that our future procurement approach supports operational continuity, improves asset visibility and control, and enables us to respond effectively to evolving business, regulatory, and cybersecurity challenges.
Link: https://eu.mu.ariba.com/uav/project/?token=77dcc566-a79c-4923-a9af-27c54fc9d0a4
Classification
CPV32400000 — Networks
Lots
Lot LOT-0001Value not stated
Documents and notices
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗
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.
Interested parties are requested to return the separate pre-Market Engagement Questionnaire via the SAP Ariba system by 11pm on 26th October 2026. To ensure that all parties receive the same information, please submit any questions or requests for clarification using the messaging function. Responses to all questions will be shared with all interested parties via SAP Ariba unless the information is deemed by Anglian Water at its discretion to be confidential to a particular party.
Link: https://eu.mu.ariba.com/uav/project/?token=77dcc566-a79c-4923-a9af-27c54fc9d0a4
Due
26 Oct 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled
Documents
Entry 1
Id
096494-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
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091591-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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091604-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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095389-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
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096494-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Anglian Water is conducting preliminary market engagement to shape a future procurement for OT network reseller services covering routers, switches and associated supply, integration, technical support and lifecycle services. This is market engagement, not a confirmed tender or open bidding opportunity.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for OT network technology resellers and integrators with router/switch supply capability, vendor expertise, technical support, lifecycle management and OT cyber-resilience experience.
Key points identified
OT network reseller capabilityCapability to supply, integrate and support key OT technologies across the operational environment.Evidence: The notice seeks a panel of resellers capable of “supplying, integrating, and supporting key OT technologies”.
Cyber and operational resilience alignmentSolutions and expertise aligned with the NIS Regulations 2018, NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), and wider industry best practice.Evidence: The future approach aims to strengthen resilience through solutions and expertise aligned with these frameworks.
Technical support and lifecycle servicesResponsive technical support, integration services and ongoing lifecycle management.Evidence: The notice identifies these capabilities as part of supply resilience.
92% approved-analysis confidence5 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Anglian Water is conducting preliminary market engagement to shape a future procurement for OT network reseller services covering routers, switches and associated supply, integration, technical support and lifecycle services. This is market engagement, not a confirmed tender or open bidding opportunity.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for OT network technology resellers and integrators with router/switch supply capability, vendor expertise, technical support, lifecycle management and OT cyber-resilience experience.
Key deliverables
Supply of OT network technologies, including routers and switches
Integration services
Responsive technical support
Ongoing lifecycle management
Vendor-specialist and value-added services
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
5 criteria identified
OT network reseller capability
95% confidence
Capability to supply, integrate and support key OT technologies across the operational environment.
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The notice seeks a panel of resellers capable of “supplying, integrating, and supporting key OT technologies”.
Cyber and operational resilience alignment
95% confidence
Solutions and expertise aligned with the NIS Regulations 2018, NCSC Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF), and wider industry best practice.
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The future approach aims to strengthen resilience through solutions and expertise aligned with these frameworks.
Technical support and lifecycle services
93% confidence
Responsive technical support, integration services and ongoing lifecycle management.
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The notice identifies these capabilities as part of supply resilience.
Accredited expertise
91% confidence
The buyer seeks access to accredited technical expertise, but no specific accreditation is named.
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The notice refers to “accredited technical expertise” without identifying an accreditation.
Supplier eligibility criteria
95% confidence
Unknown; no formal participation, selection or exclusion criteria are stated for this market-engagement notice.
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The supplied notice description contains no stated eligibility criteria.
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Stated maximum value
86% confidence
GBP 1,250,000
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Process value_max is 1250000 GBP.
Commercial arrangements
91% confidence
Future arrangements are intended to be competitive, sustainable and deliver long-term value; detailed terms are unknown.
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The notice lists “competitive and sustainable commercial arrangements” as an objective but provides no pricing or contractual terms.
Delivery
Delivery area
90% confidence
UKH1 (East Anglia)
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The supplied delivery location is region UKH1, United Kingdom.
Delivery model
90% confidence
Supply, integration, responsive support and lifecycle management for OT network infrastructure; detailed delivery arrangements are unknown.
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These services are identified in the notice, without a detailed operating model or timetable.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Notice type
99% confidence
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
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Process notice_type and document title state this.
Procurement stage
99% confidence
Planning / early market engagement
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Process stage and source_status are “planning”; the description says Anglian Water is undertaking early market engagement.
Bidding status
98% confidence
This is not a confirmed tender; no submission deadline or tender start date is provided.
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The notice is preliminary market engagement and tender_start_at and submission_deadline are null.
Procurement method
99% confidence
Unknown
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procurement_method and procurement_method_details are null.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Early-stage market engagement
98% confidence
Scope, panel structure, procurement route, timetable, final commercial terms and formal supplier requirements may change before any future procurement.
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The buyer states the engagement will inform and shape its future sourcing strategy; the process is in planning.
No submission information
98% confidence
No tender start date, submission deadline or participation instructions are supplied.
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tender_start_at and submission_deadline are null; the notice description only provides an external link.
Unspecified accreditation
96% confidence
The buyer refers to accredited technical expertise but does not name the required accreditation or evidence standard.
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The description uses the phrase “accredited technical expertise” without further detail.
Value interpretation
91% confidence
The GBP 1,250,000 figure is supplied as a maximum process value, but the notice does not explain whether it is an estimated contract value, panel ceiling or another measure.
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value_max is 1250000 GBP, while the description provides no value basis.
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