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Published 2 Sept 2025, 14:31 BST

Official UK procurement notice

NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal

Official notice

Authority: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilities
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Northern Ireland (UKN)
Awarded value£1,357,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This engagement ensures that the critial operations system, Oracle Network Management System (NMS)1 maintenance and licencing remains in place. Given NMS’ integral role in NIE Networks’ network operations outage management, fault and emergency response and storm escalations, it is essential to maintain NMS and ensure it is fully supported so that continuity of service can remain. As this supplier has intellectual property rights only this supplier can supply the services required, and there are no reasonable alternatives.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Northern Ireland
72212218 License management software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
2 Sept 2025, 14:31 BST
Last source update
2 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-053258
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05924b Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Clause 41 “Direct Award in Special Cases” of the Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5 where due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Sept 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 14:31 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    2 Sept 2025, 15:49 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    3 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,357,0001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oracle Corporation UK Limited1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sept 2028£1,357,0002 Sept 2025Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited

Contracting authorityPrivate utilityNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-COH: NI026041 120 Malone Road, Belfast, UK, BT9 5HTContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Oracle Corporation UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 01782505 Oracle Parkway,Thames Valley Park, Reading, Berkshire, South East, RG6 1RAContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender