Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Scottish Water
- Value
- £230,000,000 across 2 lots
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Information technology services (CPV 72222300)
- Region
- Scotland
- Official notice
- 063894-2026 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date22 May 2026
- Published8 Jul 2026Published 47 days after the contract date
Description
As we adopt cloud applications and services, along with software defined networking and virtual cloud-managed firewalls, we see a natural convergence between network and security operations and are looking for partners who can provide alignment and scalability of a UK-based network and security operations centre which will work closely with Scottish Water on the management and resolution of all aspects of networks and security in IT and OT functions.<br/>Network services as described in Lot 1A should be considered in the scope of this combined service<br/>Data centre services as described in Lot 1A should be considered in the scope of this service.<br/>Security services as described in Lot 1B should be considered in the scope of this service.
Lots in this award
| Lot | Supplier | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Digital Directorate Partner – Networks, Security & Applications Management: Converged Networks and Security Operations | British Telecommunications PLC | £130m |
| Digital Directorate Partner – Networks, Security & Applications Management: Combined Line of Business & Azure Application Management | Accenture (UK) Limited | £100m |
About the suppliers
British Telecommunications PLC: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01800000).
Accenture (UK) Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04757301).