Find a TenderPast planning notice
Published 14 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Source to Pay Software Solution ("S2P") and Software Implementation Partner ("SIP")

Official notice

Authority: Southern Water Services Limited (Public body)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Apr 2025from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Southern Water ("SW") seek a Solution Provider to licence a cloud-based, Source to Pay software solution ("Solution") that will give SW users a more intuitive experience in purchasing goods and services.

The Source to Pay process ("S2P") comprises of Source to Contract ("S2C") and Purchase to Pay ("P2P") processes. The Solution will provide end-to-end functionality.

In registering interest, the Solution Provider is asked to identify up to three (3) Solution Implementation Partners ("SIP"), indicating a preferred SIP. All SIPs must already be certified by the Solution Provider, to be able to support in the configuration and implementation of the Solution.

CPV: Software implementation services · Software integration consultancy services · Software programming and consultancy services · Software supply services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1P2P:Planned

P2P:

The Solution will manage SW's end-to-end procurement processes from capturing a Requirement, through Purchase Requisition, Approval, Purchase Order Creation, Supplier PO Receipting, SW Service/Product Receipting, Supplier Invoicing to "OK to pay" from a 3-way match.

Critical to improved user experience will be that the Solution will enable users to:

  • execute required actions "on the move" via secure mobile technologies as well as computer based,
  • leverage punch-outs with external approved and secure supplier sites
  • access and order from approved supplier catalogues

The Solution must have a proven method of:

  • managing professional services
  • goods and works contracts that may leverage Framework Agreements and timesheets.

These areas represent a key portion of the SW spend profile. The nature of managing this spend in this Solution is still being defined but will be clarified later in the Procurement Process.

S2C:

For spend that is not readily available when requisitioned, the Solution would also have integrated Sourcing, Contracting and Supplier / Contract Performance Management functionality, that is triggered by workflow management to a central Procurement function.

All S2P activities must workflow automatically and allow for online collaboration between SW colleagues and Suppliers, who will be able to access the Solution via a secure external Supplier Portal.

The number of integrations to legacy SW systems is still being defined, but we would expect the Solution to be able to readily integrate to common Finance or HR platforms as a minimum and have SSO capability.

It must also have the capability to be integrated with Asset Management, Inventory and Stores solutions, as a possible further future activity. (Although this is not in the initial implementation scope, it is essential there is evidential functional capability to do so.)

The Solution Provider will identify three (3) SIPs, and a preferred SIP. All SIPs must be certified by the Solution Provider.

Delivery: South East

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
14 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
Last source update
14 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-005186
Classification (CPV)
Software implementation servicesSoftware integration consultancy servicesSoftware programming and consultancy servicesSoftware supply services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e200 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
—
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

14 Feb 2025 → 1 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    14 Feb 2025, 14:50 GMT
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Apr 2025, 00:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

SOUTHERN WATER SERVICES LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyWater Southern House, Worthing, South East, BN13 3NXContact name, email

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.