How to win: Leakage Management System

About this contract

In 2010 NI Water initiated a Leakage Management System (LMS) that was built and managed by Crowder Consulting. The LMS system is the primary mechanism by which NI Water: • Quantify and report leakage in line with UK regulatory standards • Support operational decision making to reduce water loss • Integrate data from multiple systems (network, metering, billing, field data) NI Water requires a secure, configurable, browser-based SaaS application to support authorised business users in accessing, managing, configuring, reporting on and administering the LMS solution. NI Water intends to procure a contract for a Managed Service Provider responsible for managing the operation, licencing, implementation, support, and maintenance of NI Water’s LMS. The LMS solution shall integrate with the agreed NI Water source systems and data feeds. The Managed Service Provider must ensure that all mandatory requirements are met, tested and approved prior to go-live.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Northern Ireland Water scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £10,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 22 September 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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