Opportunity Overview
Southern Water is developing a programme to transform and rationalise its data centre estate. This Request for Information (RFI) is a preliminary market engagement exercise under the Procurement Act 2023, intended to inform and shape the emerging vision ahead of any procurement. Through it, Southern Water is seeking to:
• Understand the capability, capacity and appetite of the market to deliver a programme of this nature;
• Test the feasibility and realism of the emerging vision, and in particular the delivery timescale;
• Gather delivery approaches, technical options, innovations, case studies and indicative commercial models;
• Understand how the market would best package (Lot) the requirement; and
• Inform Southern Water's business case, sourcing strategy and eventual procurement approach.
• Understand the capability, capacity and appetite of the market to deliver a programme of this nature;
• Test the feasibility and realism of the emerging vision, and in particular the delivery timescale;
• Gather delivery approaches, technical options, innovations, case studies and indicative commercial models;
• Understand how the market would best package (Lot) the requirement; and
• Inform Southern Water's business case, sourcing strategy and eventual procurement approach.
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| Issuing agency | Southern Water Services Limited |
|---|---|
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Category | Government Procurement |
| Published | September 07, 2026 |
| Procurement stage | Request for Proposal (RFP) |
| Response due | Not specified / rolling |
| Status | Open — accepting responses |
| Official source | View original notice |
| Last verified | October 11, 2026 |
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: UK Government (Find a Tender).
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