Water Services Outsourcing CODC recently awarded its water services facilities contract to an external provider, signaling reliance on third parties for essential infrastructure. This creates a need for robust vendor management, contract lifecycle oversight, and performance analytics to manage SLAs and supplier risk. There are opportunities to offer contract management platforms, vendor risk tools, and integration with asset and maintenance systems for holistic service delivery.

Spatial Planning CODC has launched an engagement document for a regional spatial plan to gather community feedback. This demonstrates demand for GIS capabilities, spatial analytics, and public engagement solutions to support planning, compliance, and transparent decision-making across the district.

Cloud and IT The council’s technology stack includes AWS and Atlassian tools, indicating ongoing cloud operations and digital workflows. Opportunities exist to offer cloud optimization, managed cloud services, security hardening, identity and access management, data protection, and compliance services aligned with public-sector requirements.

Data-Driven Governance CODC’s collaboration with data specialists to compile information points to an appetite for data analytics, dashboards, and integrated reporting for infrastructure planning and budgeting. Potential products include data platforms, GIS-enabled dashboards, and governance-ready analytics for performance measurement.

Compliance & Records Public records and privacy requirements underline the need for compliant information governance, records management, and audit-ready reporting. Sales opportunities include enterprise content management, privacy impact assessments, PRA and LGOIMA aligned workflows, and secure data retention solutions.