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RFI - Data Centre Transformation & Rationalisation Programme

Upcoming United Kingdom IT services

Buyer Southern Water Services Limited

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Southern Water is not yet procuring services. It has issued a Request for Information about a future programme to transform and rationalise its data centre estate. The RFI, run under the Procurement Act 2023, aims to understand market capability, test the feasibility of the emerging vision and timescale, gather delivery approaches, technical options and indicative commercial models, learn how the market would package the requirement into lots, and inform the business case and sourcing strategy. Suppliers interested in shaping any future procurement are invited to respond.

Timing

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Description

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.

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Market

IT services in United Kingdom

median open notice
€500,000
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Market context

open now in IT services
3,437
median open notice
€500,000

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · IT services

different companies won awards here
761
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
11%
buyers awarded contracts here
412

Based on 1,400 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

The buyer in figures

Southern Water Services Limited

notices in the register
19
awards
9

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Southern Water Services Limited

United Kingdom

This buyer has no award history in this sector yet. Usual winners, IT services - United Kingdom

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Softcat PLC 54 €112.2M Oct 2026
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Computacenter (UK) limited 47 €10.6M Oct 2026
Phoenix software limited 38 €264.1M Oct 2026
Permanent Futures Ltd. 25 €4.0M Nov 2026

Based on 1400 awards with a linked company profile over the last 2 years.

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