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Published 17 Mar 2025, 13:55 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Construction Contract Management Software

Official notice

Authority: Portsmouth Water Limited (Public body)

Direct awardUtilitiesSME suitable
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: South East (UKJ35)
Awarded value£800,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Thinkproject Uk Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

To contract the delivery of our circa £500m regulated capital programme over the next 5 years, Portsmouth Water use a range of NEC contract types. To facilitate the ongoing deliver and management of these contracts, there is a requirement for a Construction Contract Management Software suite suitable for NEC3 and NEC4 contracts including ECC and PSC and all option types. Software is to be securely provided as a service (SAAS) with all hosting, licenses, and support included. Software must support the full lifecycle of NEC contract management including all contractor inactions.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligible
48490000 Procurement software package

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
17 Mar 2025, 13:55 GMT
Last source update
17 Mar 2025, 13:55 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-009670
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ35)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04edde Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement
Published justification

Due to current contracts already managed in existing system and their elongated lifecycles, it is not technically feasible to migrate contract data part way through delivery.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 17 Mar 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    17 Mar 2025, 13:55 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    28 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £800,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Thinkproject Uk Limited1 Apr 2025 – 30 Mar 2030£800,000 inc. VAT—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

PORTSMOUTH WATER LIMITED

Contracting authorityPrivate utility GB-COH: 02536455 · GB-PPON: PTQG-7125-BLXM Brockhampton Springs, Havant, South East, PO9 1LGContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • THINKPROJECT UK LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05430351GB-PPON: PHDY-9824-CYXZ Welland House Meteor Court, Barnett Way, Gloucester, South West, GL4 3GGContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender