Yorkshire Water has gone out to tender with an AMP8 contract for IT cabling and hardware worth an estimated £2. 58 million.

The water company is looking to procure a provide a range of network infrastructure goods and services. This includes activities such as installation, moves, refurbishment and on-site troubleshooting. The requirement is essentially about on-site activities that range from main offices, remote treatment works and telemetry outstations.

Scope of the wide-ranging contract includes:

Infrastructure management:

• Moves, additions, changes and ad-hoc cabling requirements.
• Working with YWS in the planning and scheduling of office moves, additions and changes.
• These are planned with key stakeholders such as users, facilities and IT departments with most the work being carried out in the evening or at weekends

Provision of wireless, environmental and security solutions:

Providing design, installation and support functionality, following the Technical Design Reference Manual and Engineering Specifications, across key technology areas such as wireless, environmental, computer room and security solutions as approved by and in agreement with YW.

Project Management & Ad-Hoc Services:

Provide bespoke project management within and outside of the scope of the framework delivery. Ability to respond to service adjacent activities if required.

Server Provisioning:

Manage the server point to point patching requirements for servers at the YWS data centres and computer rooms

Cable Management :

Data centra and remote site cabinets, install and tidy.

Incident Escalation:

Act as remote hands and eyes for troubleshooting purposes.

Initial contract term is 36 months, with the potential for an optional renewal of 24 months.

For access to the Ariba event and full information, including the Selection Questionnaire that Yorkshire Water will request each interested party to submit as an expression of their interest, suppliers are asked to reach out to Chiara Soldati at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by the specified deadline of the notice.

Suppliers who express interest will be added to the Ariba event where they will be able to access all relevant tender documentation.

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 9 December 2024 – click here to access the tender documentation.