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Published 19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Contract award notice OAWMS (Confirm On Demand)

Authority: National Highways Limited (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£8,099,790published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 13 Jun 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Brightly Software Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Operational Asset Works Management Systems (OAWMS) solution plays a critical role in facilitating the organisation's operations, directly impacting the safety of both internal users and external stakeholders, notably road users. The service is deeply integrated with various interfacing systems, serving as a linchpin for data exchange and operational processes. Its uninterrupted functionality is paramount for maintaining data quality, ensuring regulatory compliance, and upholding business efficiency standards.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
72200000 Software programming and consultancy 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
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST
Last source update
19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST
Authority reference
OCAMS0094 - pro_20830 - OAWMS
Latest notice
Contract performance notice (UK9)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05065e
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
This is a transparency notice to inform the market that National Highways is renewing its contract with Brightly Software Limited for Confirm Enterprise Asset Management and optional support services from July 2025 to June 2028 with an option to extend for an additional year to June 2029. The Confirm software application has been configured to provide an operational asset and workflow management solution which is more…integral to National Highways’ delivery model, maintenance and response operations. It supports the delivery of core functions such as responding to incidents, delivering asset inspections, managing cyclical maintenance and responding to network defects. National Highways uses different asset management systems for different asset classes such as pavements, geotechnical, drainage, lighting and ancillaries. To maintain data continuity and integrity, the Confirm system has been tailored to provide connectivity and integration with each of these asset management databases. Further it holds asset information for assets where National Highways does not currently have an asset management system. It has also been configured to connect directly with National Highways’ supplier system for works ordering and payment processing. A significant investment has been made to deploy the existing solution which has several years before it reaches ‘end of life’. To undertake a replacement of the solution at this juncture would come at a disproportionate and unreasonable cost as any off the shelf replacement solution would require considerable work and configuration to meet National Highways’ specific requirements. Any replacement solution will need to factor in significant time to transition to a new supplier to maintain service delivery. National Highways is in the interim developing an asset management transformation programme. This will make future procurements of both asset delivery and management solutions simpler and more cost effective. Renewing the Confirm contract aligns with this long-term strategy, providing stability and continuity while strategic planning for the eventual transition to a new works management system. National Highways is therefore relying on Section 41 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 to justify the use of direct award in special cases on the basis that there is an absence of competition for technical reasons and there are no reasonable alternatives to those services.

How it was run

Submission deadline
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Timeline

2 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Standstill ends
    24 Jun 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published99 days ago
    19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £8,099,7901 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Brightly Software Limited 25 Jul 2025 — 24 Jun 2028 · up to 24 Jun 2029Extensions: Option to extend for a further period of 12 months period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority. · Options: Additional scope and functionality may be required to enhance the scope of the solution. · Amended: Correction on notice dates£8,099,79013 Jun 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • OAWMS (Confirm on Demand) · Brightly Software Limited

    Signed
    25 Jun 2025
    Value
    £8,099,790
    Period
    25 Jun 2025 — 24 Jun 2028 · up to 24 Jun 2029 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Option to extend for a further period of 12 months period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.
    Options
    Additional scope and functionality may be required to enhance the scope of the solution.
    3 agreed KPIs: System Availability · Scheduled downtime · Vulnerability Resolution Timeline
    • System Availability — Supplier warrants that the Service will be available 98% of the Available Hours of Operation, except as provided below. Availability will be calculated on a Service Period basis. The formula used to calculate Availability is: (Service Period – Unexpected Downtime) * 100 (Service Period) Unexpected Downtime = any minutes when the Service is inaccessible by Customer at the fault of Supplier, except for Scheduled Downtime and Service Disruption
    • Scheduled downtime — Scheduled downtime only within agreed 4 hour weekly window, changes to be notified within 48 hours
    • Vulnerability Resolution Timeline — Vulnerability fixes for critical and high vulnerabilities (as determined by their CVSS Scores) to take no longer than 6 months from identification to implement in all environments
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI System availability · to 31 May 2026
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Scheduled downtime · to 31 May 2026
    • Good - performance is meeting or exceeding the KPI Vulnerability Resolution Timeline · to 31 May 2026

Notice history

9 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Apr 2025
  1. Contract performance notice published
    19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BSTUK9
  2. Status changed
    19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST
  3. Procurement method changed
    19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST
  4. Buyer details updated
    19 Jun 2026, 09:49 BST
  5. Contract details notice published
    21 Jul 2025, 12:27 BSTUK7
  6. Contract signature expected
    25 Jun 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  7. Contract award notice published
    13 Jun 2025, 16:10 BSTUK6
  8. Contract award notice published
    13 Jun 2025, 15:37 BSTUK6
  9. Transparency notice published
    23 Apr 2025, 14:08 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2025-06: 1 release · 13 Jun 2025
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 23 Apr 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Highways

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: 09346363 Bridge House, 1 Walnut Tree Close, Guildford, South East, GU1 4LZ

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (7)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published
  • Signed contract contractSigned contractPDF

Notices published for this procedure