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# 713725451 - IMS Tender Notice

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713725451-ims-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Defence Equipment and Support: "713725451 - IMS Tender Notice". Published status: active. Published Value: £9,300,500. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 14 May 2025, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: contracts.mod.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Defence Equipment and Support](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/defence-equipment-and-support-gov-ot495)
- **Published Value:** £9,300,500 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 14 May 2025 at 23:59 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive flexible procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Database services, Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
- **Delivery Location:** Not published
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713725451-ims-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713725451-ims-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [contracts.mod.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcontracts.mod.uk%2Fesop%2Fguest%2Fgo%2Fopportunity%2Fdetail%3FopportunityId%3D59299)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713725451-ims-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8#participate

## Description
This Tender Notice outlines the Authority’s intent to competitively assess, select and award a contract to deliver the Integrated Management System (IMS). IMS consists of Assurance Management System (AMS) and Business Process Improvement System (BPIS). 
The IMS will house the Authority’s Business Process Management System architecture which should be accessible by users comprising Civil Servants and Industry partners of initially up to circa 15000 users. The tool should have the ability to scale users.
The IMS is a tool that the Authority will use to access all published policy, process, procedure and control information when they need it. 
The AMS will provide customisable workflow capability which will enable users to follow processes and capture information to assure that processes have been followed and control points have been satisfied.
Using attributes related to the IMS and process performance data, the BPIS will allow the Authority to model changes to its business processes and evaluate the impact.
Further information on Key User Requirements for each element of the IMS can be found in the IMS Procurement Specific Questionnaire (PSQ) Briefing pack.
The Authority is looking to procure Commercially available Off-the-Shelf software. 
The Authority is willing to consider licensing, support and hosting models for the COTS software which both meet its stated requirements and offer value for money. This may include a perpetual licensing model or another delivery model such as SaaS (Software as a Service).
The solution can be hosted using MOD Cloud hosting or utilising an alternative hosting arrangement compliant with JSP 453 (Digital Policies and Standards for Defence) and National Cyber-Security Centre (NCSC) policies.
The solution must comply with both solution security and cyber protection requirements. IMS will adhere to Secure by Design (https://www.security.gov.uk/policy-and-guidance/secure-by-design/). The IMS solution, and provider, has a mandatory requirement to facilitate, manage and support data up to Official Sensitive.
A formal Service Management support wrap will be provided by the tenderer including Service Level Agreements from when IMS becomes operational.
The tenderer will be responsible for determining the best COTS fit and software delivery model to meet the IMS requirement. The tender evaluation process will be centred on an evidenced based process and be agnostic of how the tenderer opt to meet the COTS approach.
The evaluation of pricing by the Authority will take into account relevant tenderer, internal and/or third party costs to the Authority arising from the software licensing, support and hosting models adopted by the tenderer.
The IMS contract will mandate the use of a COTS product(s) described as follows:
“An item that can be bought on the open market. Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the...
> [Read full procurement scope and specification on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/713725451-ims-tender-notice-ocds-h6vhtk-0502a8)

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72222000, 72320000

- **Estimated Value:** £9,300,500

- **Contract Period:** 10/11/2025 to 10/11/2030
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F015023-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-04-14T14:10:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T04:28:07.049Z
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