Notice Information
Notice Title
T168 Water Fittings Solution
Notice Description
This Contract is for the provision of a replacement ICT solution to support NI Water's statutory Water Fittings Inspection service, delivered in accordance with the Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009. The Service includes the following: * The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 require NI Water to inspect and enforce standards for plumbing systems to prevent contamination and ensure water quality. These Water Fittings Inspections are carried out by an established NI Water team of Water Fittings Officers who undertake proactive and reactive inspections at customer premises to ensure compliance. * NI Water has recently refined its business requirements following an Internal Audit review, which recommended the introduction of a risk-based inspection strategy. As a result, new business rules and enhancements have been defined to ensure that high risk premises are inspected at the required frequency. * In line with the NI Water IT Strategy, which emphasises the use of cloud services and adopts an "adopt, not adapt" principle, this project seeks a replacement Water Fittings solution delivered as a cloud-based SaaS, available commercially off the shelf (COTS).
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: 3X1 YEARS at the discretion of the CA
Planning Information
NI Water tendered this requirement through a Crown Commercial Services Framework in October 2025. Unfortunately this procurement was discontinued cancelled due to receipt of an insufficient number of bids. NI Water is now retendering this requirement through the competitive flexible procedure. NI Water has been in contact with comparable water utilities to understand the type of provision they have in place. Following these discussions we have been able to take advantage of demonstrations of the products used.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-067c75
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062186-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
72300000 - Data services
72500000 - Computer-related services
72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services
72700000 - Computer network services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- £720,000 £500K-£1M
- Awards Value
- £1,000,000 £1M-£10M
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 2 Jul 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 30 Apr 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- 3 Apr 2026Expired
- Award Date
- 1 Jul 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 19 Jul 2026 - 19 Jul 2031 Over 5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Pending
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHERN IRELAND WATER LTD
- Additional Buyers
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT14 6TE
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/062186-2026
2nd July 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031219-2026
4th April 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/031203-2026
3rd April 2026 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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