Thames Water wants at least two resellers to form an IT hardware and software, software renewals and software asset management framework worth an estimated total of £120 million.
The framework is split into two lots. The first focused on hardware services which is worth an estimated £10 million. The second lot concentrates on software services and is valued at an estimated £110 million, both excluding VAT.
Requirements under lot two include software reseller services, software license management, maintenance and support renewals and software disposal, and a maximum of three resellers.
Thames Water says it is looking for “value-for-money of reseller services, including access to special bid pricing; supply provision; speed and accuracy of delivery; issue resolution; OEM relationships and accreditations and the capability to execute projects and provide added-value services”.
Lot one features hardware reseller services, management of hardware maintenance and support renewals, hardware disposal, provision of standard hardware, ad-hoc purchases and datacentre hardware, with the body seeking one reseller.
Work will be “awarded based on the most economically advantageous tender” on an initial term of three years.
Those interested must contact Thames Water by 21 June.
