IAM IS Support · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£14,830,182published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 23 Dec 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Bentley Systems UK Ltd.2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

National Highways has a requirement for the ongoing provision of AssetWise Linear Network Management configured to enable Structures, Network Event Manager and Network Manager, provided by Bentley Systems. The service utilizes a configured solution for National Highways based on Bentleys COTS solutions. The service areas and capabilities included in the on-going AssetWise service will be Hosting Services to provide the infrastructure of the systems and services, Management Service to provide availability, capacity and performance management, Security Management to provide the management of access control, information rights and security protocols, support Desk covering the AssetWise service including Incidents, Service requests and Change requests, and Licensing Service to provide appropriate licenses for the infrastructure.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

Extensions: Option to extend for a further period of 12 months period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 25 Oct 2024, 13:19 BST
Last source update: 20 Jan 2025, 13:52 GMT
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-001872
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b161 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: National Highways is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to justify the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication for the following reasons:
The service utilizes a configured solution for NH’s based on the proposed service providers COTS solution AssetWise and has bespoke coding elements and design elements in the core software made specifically to meet NH’s specific requirements (e.g. utilization of NH’s network model, calculation of KPI 3 data, Roadwork Clash Analysis) that provide critical functionality.
Further, the Asset Management Systems landscape within National Highways uses several solutions for different asset classes like pavements, geotechnical, drainage, lighting and ancillaries, with which the IAM IS solution integrates and interoperates in a highly ad-hoc configured and complex data model that is embedded in business processes. The complexity of the dependency, interoperability and integration with numerous existing systems cannot be achieved due to these technical reasons before the current contract ends or within at least around 18 months.
The complexity and criticality of the requirement results in a minimum lead time of 18 months to be factored into an implementation plan for a replacement solution, with a considerable investment. A significant investment has been made to deploy the existing solution which still has several years before it reaches ‘end of life’ and to undertake a wholesale replacement of it at this juncture would therefore be a disproportionate and unreasonable cost in the circumstances.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender

Buyer details updated
20 Jan 2025, 13:52 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £14,830,1821 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 23 Dec 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Bentley Systems UK Ltd.	£14,830,182 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Bentley Systems UK Ltd.Subcontracting: declared	£14,830,182 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

IAM IS Support · Bentley Systems UK Ltd.
Signed
23 Dec 2024
Value
£14,830,182
Status
active
Contract 034668-2024-1 · Bentley Systems UK Ltd.
Signed
25 Oct 2024
Value
£14,830,182
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

National Highways

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeTransportGeneral public services B1 1RN, Birmingham, UKContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Department for TransportReview body watford
HighcourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

BENTLEY SYSTEMS (UK) LTDAwarded supplier 43RD FLOOR,8 BISHOPSGATE,LONDON,EC2N 4BQ, London, UK
Bentley Systems (UK) LTDAwarded supplier London, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.