Tideway, the company responsible for the design, finance, construction and operation of the Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT), has gone out to tender with a contract for an Information Systems Managed Service worth an estimated £6.5 million.
Tideway, the company responsible for the design, finance, construction and operation of the Thames Tideway Tunnel (TTT), has gone out to tender with a contract for an Information Systems Managed Service worth an estimated £6.5 million.
Following completion of the works on the TTT project, Bazalgette Tunnel Ltd, which trades as Tideway, will be transitioning from a construction project to a "steady state" utility company.
The company will be responsible for the long term ownership, financing and (where relevant) maintenance of the TTT so that it is available for use in conjunction with Thames Water's sewer network.
Tideway currently comprises circa 250 end users and includes functions and related systems, applications, and general operating model appropriate to support a large infrastructure project.
However, now the Tideway project is approaching completion the organisation will transition from a project into a long term "steady state" model at which point end user numbers will reduce to 30-40 with core functions covering finance (treasury), regulation, limited physical (tunnel) maintenance and corporate services.
Tideway is seeking to appoint a provider for Information Systems services to consolidate various services to a single holistic managed service, with services commencing around June 2025.
The service provider will also assist Tideway in ongoing consolidation of providers and services, managing the reduction of end users during the transition period, and close-out of construction-phase applications and associated data archiving.
Target date of achieving steady state service, application and user landscape will be around December 2026. Key service requirements will include :
- Service Operations
- Service Management
- Networks
- Security
- Information Management
- Project Management (professional services)
The estimated total value of £6.5 million has been based on the total possible contract duration of 10 years.
Tideway will accept expressions of interest and tenders from single entities or consortia.
Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate is 11 November 2024 – click here to access the tender documentation.
Further information on the procurement is available at https://tideway.bravosolution.co.uk.
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