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Southern Water Services Limited
Open Data RFI
Forecast: a planned procurement that is not yet at tender stage.
01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this forecast notice.
- Published
- 20 Mar 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
Background
Southern Water is undertaking a Data, Analytics and AI Transformation Programme to become the UK’s most data-intelligent water utility. A key pillar of this strategy is Open Data increasing transparency, enabling innovation, and improving trust with customers, regulators and local authorities.
As part of our Data Foundations workstream, we are establishing:
A governed data platform (Azure/Databricks based)
Microsoft Purview for catalogue and governance
Defined publishing, licensing and approval processes
An Open Data Proof of Concept and MVP
We are now exploring options for procuring an external Open Data Portal platform.
This RFI seeks to:
Understand the capabilities available in the market
Identify architecture and deployment options
Assess integration with Azure/Databricks and API-first models
Understand commercial models
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 72000000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 20 Mar 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 20 March 2026.
Release 025668-2026
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05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a usable value.
- Only one release is held, so there is no change history.
06/ Questions
About this notice
07/ Tender hubs
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08/ Related
Where to go next
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-067020
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Stage
- planning · Planning
- Last verified
- Sat 4 Apr 2026, 13:51 BST
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 08:16 GMT
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