Planned procurement · Notice 082926-2026
RFI - Data Centre Transformation & Rationalisation Programme
- Value
- Value not stated
- Stage
- Early notice
- Where
- South East
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Not stated
- Contract
- 1 Oct 2027 – 30 Sep 2031
In plain English
Southern Water is preparing a programme to transform and rationalise its data centre estate, likely covering a contract period running from October 2027 to September 2031, and is using this Request for Information to gather market views ahead of any formal tender. This is preliminary market engagement only, not a live bidding opportunity, so no bids can be submitted yet.
Good fit for: IT infrastructure and data centre consultancy, transformation and managed service providers with experience in large-scale programmes.
- Not a live tender - information gathering only
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.
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What the buyer says
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.
Procedure: not stated. Published 2 Sep 2026.
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