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title: "Services-Framework-Pan-UU (United Utilities) Platform for Monitoring & Control, Analytics, Visualisation and Optimisation (1)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-02d38b"
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# Services-Framework-Pan-UU (United Utilities) Platform for Monitoring & Control, Analytics, Visualisation and Optimisation (1)

Buyer: UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02d38b

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## Summary

The procurement process involves United Utilities Water Limited seeking services for their "Platform for Monitoring & Control, Analytics, Visualisation and Optimisation." This tender falls under the information technology services category, specifically focusing on advanced analytics and data management solutions. The procurement stage is currently marked as complete, following the award of the contract for the Athena Platform to Cognizant Worldwide Ltd on 12 July 2022. The budget allocated for this initiative was £20 million, with the initial research and development phase set to last 18 months, allowing for extensions thereafter.

This procurement offers substantial opportunities for growth in sectors related to data analytics and information technology services. Businesses that specialise in developing advanced data management solutions, analytical tools, and IT services would find themselves well-positioned to compete for future opportunities arising from similar contracts. As United Utilities continues its digital transformation journey, suppliers able to deliver innovative and efficient solutions that align with their strategic objectives will likely thrive in this evolving landscape.

## Notice

UU's ambition is to drive digital transformation, Systems Thinking and improved service for our stakeholders, customer and community by development of our advanced analytics and information management capabilities, using data tools and skills to deliver ethical insight and competitive advantage. With increasing complexity and variety of data available and rapid technological development of sensor and data technology, we need to facilitate the processing and analysis of more data in more complex forms. By design, our data and analytics platform must deliver data and analytics democratisation as self-service is a key strategic objective. We also need to create the ability to operate at both laboratory and factory scale to facilitate exploration and innovation to support our longer- term strategic aims. See our Scopebook (attached for more information)

### Lot Information

Lot 1 = Pan-UU platform for Monitoring & Control, Analytics, Visualisation and Optimisation (from here on referred to as the Athena Platform).

To complete a research and development phase for a solution, that is built upon an MS Azure platform, which will create a development and production scale analytics capabilities. Scale to meet current and future requirements in both scale & complexity. Utilise and integrate where possible with existing systems and data sources. The overall outcome will be for UU to achieve a Level 4 Systems Thinking approach. Additional information: There is recognition that the overall solution that will combine the outputs of Lot 1 and Lot 2 may have requirements that are across both lots

Options: Initial term for Research & Development contract for 18 months with the option to extend for 6 months Following successful completion of Research & Development contract, a Services agreement will be placed for an initial term of 24 months with subsequent extensions of 12, 24, 36 or 48 months or any combination (for example the Company may extend by 12 months and then a further 36 months).

Lot 2 = Sensory Capability Stack

Research and develop a production ready solution for the following elements * Collect data from our assets, third party assets and the environment. * Real time transfer of that data to a central location. * Application of descriptive, diagnostic and predictive analytics to identify any deviations in the system that are likely to result in a loss of volume the network. Additional information: There is recognition that the overall solution that will combine the outputs of Lot 1 and Lot 2 may have requirements that are across both lots

Options: Initial term for Research & Development contract for 18 months with the option to extend for 6 months Following successful completion of Research & Development contract, a Services agreement will be placed for an intial term of 24 months with subsequent extensions of 12, 24, 36 or 48 months or any combination (for example the Company may extend by 12 months and then a further 36 months).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019178-2022 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Innovation partnership |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 13 Jul 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 17 Sep 2021 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 11 Jul 2022 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £270,000,000 |
| Lots value | £270,000,000 |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNITED UTILITIES WATER LIMITED |
| Locality | WARRINGTON |
| Post town | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA5 3LP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Great Sankey North and Whittle Hall |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington South |
| Delivery location | TLD North West (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | COGNIZANT WORLDWIDE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services

### Codes

- 71700000 - Monitoring and control services
- 72212461 - Analytical or scientific software development services
- 72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
- 72222100 - Information systems or technology strategic review services
- 72222200 - Information systems or technology planning services
- 72222300 - Information technology services
- 72223000 - Information technology requirements review services
- 72316000 - Data analysis services
- 73200000 - Research and development consultancy services

## Release History

- 13 Jul 2022 at 13:11 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019178-2022
- 3 Sep 2021 at 10:08 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021846-2021
- 31 Aug 2021 at 17:23 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021507-2021
- 19 Aug 2021 at 13:38 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020337-2021
- 11 Aug 2021 at 14:08 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019484-2021

## Notice URLs

- http://www.unitedutilities.com
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=35143&B=UNITEDUTILITIES
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=39408&B=UNITEDUTILITIES
- https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/43984

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