IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Tender description

Northern Gas Networks is looking to to establish a new suite of suppliers under an IT Major Projects Framework. The framework is split into three lots: Lot 1: SAP Projects, Lot 2: Infrastructure Projects, Lot 3: Innovation Projects. Partners in this lot will help NGN to deliver its investment plan in SAP Technologies and these will build on the recently delivered Future WoW Programme, which included the implementation of S4 HANA, SCP Applications, SAC, Success Factors, Concur and Ariba. Successful bidders for this lot must be certified SAP partners and have a strong track record of delivering projects using SCP applications and S4 HANA technology The work in this lot will most likely focus on developing NGN’s existing S4 HANA and SCP technology and utilising RPA technology to support NGN’s projects roadmap. Partners in this lot will help NGN to deliver its investment plan in AWS Technologies and these will build on the recently delivered Future WoW Programme, a virtual private datacentre for our S4 HANA systems and our system control applications. Successful bidders for this lot must be certified AWS partners and have a strong track record of delivering projects using AWS technology. They must also have cyber security certification, including ISO 270001. The work in this lot will most likely focus on developing NGN’s existing S4 HANA and SCP technology and utilising RPA technology to support our projects roadmap. Where NGN require a partner to deliver an IT security improvement project it is likely to be awarded under this lot of the framework Partners in this lot will support NGN’s Digitalisation strategy by working on our IT innovation projects in GD2. This work will include, IoT, wearable technology, augmented reality, RPA and digital twins. Successful bidders for this lot must have a proven track record of delivering these types of projects to secure production environments and have a clearly demonstrated approach to the delivery of innovation projects with uncertain scope at the outset.