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Thames Water Utilities Limited · Private utility

In brief

Thames Water Utilities Limited has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The notice does not state a value.

The contract runs for 3 years, starting 1 April 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts in this region (from 181 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

This Market Engagement seeks to identify options to enable procurement of a dedicated backup collection tool for Operational Technology (OT) environments. The solution will ensure that the complete data state of critical OT assets is consistently captured and securely stored across multiple sites, serving as the organisation's data of last resort. The tool must collect the full backup state of OT assets including configurations, control logic, firmware, hardware metadata, and associated files. It must support both automated, policy-driven backup collection and authorised manual backup initiation, operating through secure and non-intrusive protocols that do not interact with OT control or programming interfaces and have no impact on live operations or safety-critical systems. The solution must be vendor-agnostic, deployable fully on-premise or within a private cloud, and capable of operating in air-gapped environments, with full audit trails and compliance reporting. IMPORTANT: Please read this section before deciding whether you wish to register for this event. This section provides you with information regarding the scope of this procurement and details some of the key requirements that a successful applicant MUST be able to deliver.

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 084737-2026

About the buyer

Procurements

45

Awards

13

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

  1. Inventory Management System ANTHRO-PROC-LOG9

    Anthro JVLondonIT services and software

    Closing soon4 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £150kestimated
  2. Microsoft Business Central Delivery and Support Partner

    Department for EducationLondonIT services and software

    Closing soon4 days leftExpress interest

    £13.5mestimated
  3. Market Intelligence and Document Search Platform

    The Financial Reporting Council LimitedWest Midlands, LondonIT services and software

    Closing soon5 days leftSmall contract

    £100kestimated
  4. Digital Analytics Tool

    BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)LondonIT services and software

    Open7 days left

    £28.7mestimated
  5. Procurement of an HR and Payroll System

    Look Ahead Care and Support LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South WestIT services and software

    Open7 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £1.5mestimated

From notice 084737-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 8 September 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.