Tender

NW2560 - Governance, Risk and Compliance Software Specification

NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED

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Tender

11 Apr 2023 at 15:03

Summary of the contracting process

The Northumbrian Water Group Limited, a water and sewerage services provider in the UK, has initiated a tender process for procuring a Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) software solution. The tender is for a 2+2+1-year contract worth £495,000 GBP. The key deadline for this procurement is the submission of expressions of interest by 25th April 2023, followed by a Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PPQ) deadline on 5th May 2022. The procurement method is a selective process with negotiations, and the planned implementation timeframe is between September 2023 and January 2024, aiming for a go-live date in February 2024.

This opportunity for business growth offers software companies specialising in governance, risk, and compliance tools a chance to provide a comprehensive solution to support Northumbrian Water Group's operational needs. Businesses with expertise in workflow automation, Maximo integration, Active Directory integration, O365 integration, dashboard and reporting functionalities, and remote device applications are well-suited to compete for this contract. With a focus on user experience, automation, and data capture efficiency, the successful vendor will contribute towards NWL's vision of becoming the most digital water company in the world.

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Notice Title

NW2560 - Governance, Risk and Compliance Software Specification

Notice Description

Northumbrian Water Limited (NWL) provide water and sewerage services to just under 4.4 million people operating principally in the North-East of England, Essex, and Suffolk. It is NWL's vision 'to be the most digital water company in the world'. Northumbrian Water Group (NWG) is a large and diverse organisation which employs a varied set of processes to achieve its business outcomes. To ensure that it meet its regulatory requirements (OFWAT, Defra, DWI and EA requirements), statutory requirements (Health and Safety requirements; Environmental safety requirements), shareholder requirements and customer requirements it attempts to identify risks, incidents and associated mitigations to reduce the probability of interruption of its core business processes, therefore it is our mission to find a Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) solution that supports this. NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a Governance, Risk and Compliance tool including its implementation. The tool will be used across all areas of the business and will support NWL employees who are either based at one of our numerous sites, work from home or who are field based in completing their daily tasks in line with regulatory, statutory, shareholder and customer requirements. Our current GRC tool is used by over 3000 users to capture GRC data. The current solution allows NWL employees to collect information using forms (including images and map information) which can be created on a 'self-serve' basis. This information is manually reviewed by the admin team and assigned to the appropriate workflow in the system backend. Reports are then created and exported to create PowerBI dashboards and reports. The key features that we are looking for in this solution are, to support us with providing an easy, timely and high-quality employee user experience and help us to continue with our journey to drive automation and self-service in capturing governance, risk, and compliance data - key desirable features of the required solution are listed below: * Workflow automation * Maximo integration * Active Directory integration * O365 integration (specifically PowerBI) * Dashboard functionality * Reporting functionality * Scheduling of tasks * Fully functional remote device application * Non-NWL user access (i.e., contractor resource) NWL have an objective to procure a GRC solution by September 2023 with implementation to take place between September 2023 and January 2024 in anticipation for a planned go live date of February 2024. Within our requirements there are also items we would look to introduce at some future stage, subject to business need.

Lot Information

Lot 1

NWL wish to procure a 2+2+1-year contract for a Governance, Risk and Compliance tool including its implementation. The tool will be used across all areas of the business and will support NWL employees who are either based at one of our numerous sites, work from home or who are field based in completing their daily tasks in line with regulatory, statutory, shareholder and customer requirements.

Options: The initial 2 year contract shall have options to extend for 2+1 years (up to 5 years in total).

Renewal: The initial contract is for 2 years with options to extend for 2+1 years (up to 5 years in total).

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bdd3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010383-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

72227000 - Software integration consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£495,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
25 Apr 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED
Contact Name
Jordan Wright
Contact Email
jordan.wright@nwl.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
DURHAM
Postcode
DH1 5FJ
Post Town
Durham
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLC North East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLC4 Northumberland, Durham and Tyne & Wear
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLC41 Durham
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
County Durham
Electoral Ward
Framwellgate and Newton Hall
Westminster Constituency
City of Durham

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