Official UK procurement notice
VertiGIS Enterprise License Agreement
Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionScope and Deliverables
The agreement covers unrestricted use of key VertiGIS technologies, including Geocortex Essentials and VertiGIS Studio modules for Workflow, Reporting, Printing, Mobile, Web, Access Control, and Search. Licenses can be deployed across NGN environments without limitations on users, installations, or environments, ensuring scalability for future projects.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 17 Dec 2025, 12:07 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Dec 2025, 12:21 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083786- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f7b9Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Previous spend and this new term spend collectively is over threshold, hence the transparency notice publication.
Key Considerations
- Integration & Switching Costs: VertiGIS is already embedded in NGN's workflows and systems. Replacing it would involve significant migration effort, retraining, and potential disruption to critical operations.
For VertiGIS software in the UK & Ireland, 1Spatial is the sole distributor/reseller, so the required licensing and associated rights are only available through that route
Continuity/interoperability - NGN already has VertiGIS (incl. Geocortex/VertiGIS Studio) embedded in live environments. Moving to an alternative would likely entail significant re
engineering, migration risk and incompatibilities with existing ArcGIS based workflows;
these are the kinds of technical reasons Schedule 5 within the Procurement Act 2023 is
designed to address. Government guidance recognises direct award where only one
supplier can meet the requirement and there are no reasonable substitutes.
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025- Transparency notice published17 Dec 2025, 12:07 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published17 Dec 2025, 12:21 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected11 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1Spatial Group Ltd11 Jan 2026 – 10 Jan 2029Options: Relevant and associated upgrades and additional licences as necessary to the service | £256,000 | 17 Dec 2025 | Awarded |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- 1SPATIAL GROUP LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender