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Yorkshire Water Services Limited · Private utility

In brief

Yorkshire Water Services 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 estimated value is £3,000,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 42 months, starting 1 October 2026.

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?

Key dates

Questions by
11:59pm, Thursday 19 March 2026
Express interest by
11:59pm, Tuesday 14 April 2026

This is the first stage. You register interest now, and shortlisted suppliers are invited to bid later.

Competition

Typical: a median of 5 bids per contract for IT and software contracts in this region (from 89 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Machine Learning-driven portfolio tool for asset delivery programmes. Project controls, PMs and Programme Managers to gain portfolio level insight and analysis of risk for small / medium / large infrastructure projects in the Water Industry. The tool must output accessible information for users with the ability to drill into detail of Primavera P6 and MSP. Vendor support required for digital implementation of the tool. Key functionality expected: Schedule integrity checking capability. Ability to present data to a range of audiences. Ability to analyse critical path and alternative path probable outcomes. Output from tool to integrate with Microsoft products. The tool must have significant pre trained data, relevant to the water sector. The tool must provide actionable insight. This should result in cost efficiency and improved capability to deliver large infrastructure projects on time. In addition, provide capability to improve, based on lessons learned and forecasting outcomes. This tender is after a successful pilot within Yorkshire Water which has helped to extrapolate whether this type of tool works for the company, with the desired outcomes. Yorkshire Water is planning to run this tool within the current AMP period to ensure this is the right model for the business moving forward.

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.
  4. Send clarification questions before 11:59pm, Thursday 19 March 2026.
  5. Register your interest before 11:59pm, Tuesday 14 April 2026. Shortlisted suppliers are then invited to bid.

Timeline

  1. Planned procurement notice · UK3, notice 020812-2026

About the buyer

Yorkshire Water Services LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

68

Awards

27

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From notice 020812-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 9 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.