Yorkshire Water is seeking Expressions of Interest from suppliers in establishing a framework agreement to cover the company’s requirements of systems integrators to complete the staged transition of its existing system from ECC to S4 HANA.
Key objectives are completing the transition to S/4HANA, enabling cloud migration and managing ongoing application upgrades across Yorkshire Water's SAP estate.
SAP products expected to fall within the framework scope include:
S/4HANA, Process Orchestration (PO), Business Technology Platform (BTP), Concur, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), BusinessObjects (BOBJ), SuccessFactors, Ariba, Solution Manager/ALM, and Workzone.
Suppliers appointed to the framework may also be required to deliver the following types of services:
- project management
- business change management
- process design
- requirements analysis
- solution design
- service design
- technical advice and planning
- quality control
- design assurance
- system integration
- testing
- business continuity management, transition into support/provision of support
- service retirement
- security
- other related services as required by Yorkshire Water from time to time.
With an initial 5-year contract term, any estimated values or volumes provided are indicative only. Yorkshire Water also points out that having a place on the framework does not guarantee work.
The procurement process consists of the following stages:
Expression of Interest (EOI)
Interested parties must submit a notification of their intent to participate via e-mail to Maria
Fe Arimana at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Selection Questionnaire (SQ)
YWS will issue a pre-qualification Selection Questionnaire via SAP Ariba to assess suppliers against key technical, financial, and compliance criteria. Suppliers must be registered on SAP Ariba to respond. Suppliers that fail to meet the minimum criteria can be excluded from the tender process.
Invitation to Tender (ITT)
Qualified bidders will proceed to the ITT stage, where commercial and technical submissions will be evaluated based on predefined criteria. This stage also includes contractual compliance.
Evaluation and Award
Successful suppliers will be awarded a place in the framework based on the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT), balancing cost, quality, and compliance.
Current estimated contract dates are 1 February 2026 to 31 January 2031 with three possible further annual extension options to 31 January 2034.
The majority of awards will be made through mini-competitions. However, in limited cases of low-value or niche requirements, a direct award may be considered at YWS discretion.
Deadline for requests to participate is 11:59pm on 13 October 2025.
For access to the Ariba event and full information, Interested suppliers are asked to email Maria Fe Arimana at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it by specified deadline. In the event that she is out of office, suppliers can contact Marta Jalles at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Yorkshire Water expects to make an award decision in January 2026.
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