Notice Information
Notice Title
Leakage Management System
Notice Description
In 2010 NI Water initiated a Leakage Management System (LMS) that was built and managed by Crowder Consulting. The LMS system is the primary mechanism by which NI Water: * Quantify and report leakage in line with UK regulatory standards * Support operational decision making to reduce water loss * Integrate data from multiple systems (network, metering, billing, field data) NI Water requires a secure, configurable, browser-based SaaS application to support authorised business users in accessing, managing, configuring, reporting on and administering the LMS solution. NI Water intends to procure a contract for a Managed Service Provider responsible for managing the operation, licencing, implementation, support, and maintenance of NI Water's LMS. The LMS solution shall integrate with the agreed NI Water source systems and data feeds. The Managed Service Provider must ensure that all mandatory requirements are met, tested and approved prior to go-live.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: This contract includes the following optional extensions: 3 extensions of years each.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06dcd8
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074371-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- 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
65000000 - Public utilities
65100000 - Water distribution and related services
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- £10,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- 22 Sep 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 11 Feb 2027 - 10 Feb 2031 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NORTHERN IRELAND WATER
- 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
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Chichester Park
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074371-2026
5th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
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