Provision of SAP ERP Procurement and Discovery Services - Lot 1 - Re-issue

NIE Networks has been operating on SAP products since 1999 when SAP ECC was implemented. In 2012 the company made a strategic investment by implementing the utility application SAP IS-U, further adding to the utilisation of SAP products and establishing a core technology platform on NIE Networks IT estate.

The continued stability of NIE Networks day to day operations and customer services relies on a range of IT applications and infrastructure. A central part of the IT estate is the series of SAP applications that forms a fundamental element in supporting the core NIE Networks business and market processes. Multiple internal non-SAP applications and external partner systems are integrated with the SAP system estate, working together to provide end to end business capabilities and overall compliance with Regulatory, Market and Statutory obligations.

From the end of 2027, the current version of SAP ERP transitions to extended vendor support arrangements and will be out of full support by the end of 2030.

NIE Networks Ltd plans to upgrade to SAP S/4 HANA to ensure interoperability with current systems be maintained and to fully leverage new technologies and functionalities on an established platform, thus maintaining a stable and secure system within the company’s IT estate.

The upgrade to S/4 HANA is expected to be delivered across two key stages. To support the first stage (Stage 1) NIE Networks has a requirement to engage professional services across two lots, to support the completion of a planning and discovery phase which will result in the appointment of a System Integrator to deliver the second stage (Stage 2) of the project.

It is intended that the Contracting Entity will, subject to a sufficient number of compliant responses being received, enter into Framework Agreement with 1 Economic Operator for Lot 1 - Professional Services to Support the Procurement on an ERP System Integrator.

This notice relates to Lot 1 only, Lot 2 is currently an active procurement.

The Contracting Entity estimates that the total spend under the Framework Agreement, based on current requirements, is anticipated to be between £0.6 million and £1.1 million for Lot 1.