Thames Water has awarded an AMP7 reseller framework contract for IT hardware and software , software renewals and software asset management.
The contract has an estimated value of £10 million – but no committed monetary value.
The framework was tendered in 2 separate Lots:
Lot 1 IT Hardware Reseller
- provision of standard hardware (and online catalogue that could integrate into Thames Water's existing systems)
- hardware reseller services (non-standard - quotation to hardware delivery)
- hardware and software disposals service
- management of hardware maintenance and support renewals
- ad-hoc purchases (e.g. keyboards, monitors, mobile telephony devices, end user computing hardware)
- data centre hardware - ad-hoc purchases (e.g.: routers, switches), major capital requirements (e.g. servers, storage, hyper-converged infrastructure), and related services including installation
Lot 2 Software Reseller
- software reseller Services (quotation to software delivery)
- management of software license, maintenance and support renewals
- software disposals service;
- software reseller services (quotation to software delivery)
- management of software license, maintenance and support renewals
The new framework has enabled the water company to streamline its supply base for IT hardware and software procurement.
Initial contract term is 3 years, with the option to extend by up to a maximum of a further 5 years.
Lot 1 has been awarded to Birmingham-based company Specialist Computer Centre Plc.
Three suppliers have been appointed to Lot 2 on the framework - Software One UK Ltd, Bytes Software Services Ltd and Computacenter UK Ltd.
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