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SAP Vendor Premium Engagement with SLA for Service and Support

WALES AND WEST UTILITIES

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14 Feb 2025 at 08:54

Summary of the contracting process

Wales And West Utilities (WWU) has completed the procurement process for the project titled "SAP Vendor Premium Engagement with SLA for Service and Support". This contract falls under the IT services category, specifically consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV code 72000000). The procurement method used was limited, signifying an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, and the contract was signed on 12 February 2025. The locations involved are within the regions of UKK and UKL in the United Kingdom. This project involves a significant upgrade and migration of WWU's SAP Estate over the next two years, with a focus on enhanced response times to incidents through a tailored SLA.

This tender presents substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, especially those with expertise in SAP systems. Companies that can provide intricate technical support, leverage proprietary tools, and offer integration with existing SAP frameworks would be well-suited for this kind of contract. The specific demands for enhanced performance and rapid incident response times foster an environment where businesses with established SAP knowledge and global exposure can thrive, enabling them to partake in critical support operations vital for WWU's infrastructure advancements.

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Notice Title

SAP Vendor Premium Engagement with SLA for Service and Support

Notice Description

Over the next two years WWU will be carrying out significant upgrades and migrations of its SAP Estate. During this period response times to incidents are key to achieving the schedule. Currently WWU has SAP Product Support for Large Enterprises (PSLE). WWU wishes to temporarily improve incident response time by including an SLA to the PSLE with SAP for the two years of the programme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

SLA uplift for 2 years including: * An SLA integrated into the existing WWU PSLE Support leveraging SAP's proprietary tools and internal processes. * SLA uplift services directly tailored to WWU system-specific needs. * A single point of ownership for performance-related commitments. * Technical experience: SAP intimate understanding of the technology involved and the world wide exposure and knowledge base available will provide a unique capability to provide resolutions to issue encountered elsewhere across the global user base. * An independent perspective from the main system integrator for investigating practices and following up on resolution delivery

Options: SAP offer additional annual SLA services.

Procurement Information

WWU believe the services can only be supplied only by SAP (UK) Ltd. Hence WWU is relying on The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, Regulation 50 (1)(c)(ii). WWU believes that no service exists that can meet the following requirements: * Vendor-Exclusive Integration: SLA uplift services are directly integrated into SAP's PSLE framework, leveraging SAP's proprietary tools and internal processes.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04def9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005048-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Feb 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
12 Feb 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WALES AND WEST UTILITIES
Contact Name
Wayne Phillips
Contact Email
wayne.phillips@wwutilities.co.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
NEWPORT
Postcode
NP10 8FZ
Post Town
Newport
Country
Wales

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLL Wales
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLL5 South East Wales
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLL54 Monmouthshire and Newport
Delivery Location
TLK South West (England), TLL Wales

Local Authority
Newport
Electoral Ward
Tredegar Park and Marshfield
Westminster Constituency
Newport West and Islwyn

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