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# Gartan Availability (Electronic Retained Availability System) Hosting and Licensing

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gartan-availability-electronic-retained-availability-system-hosting-and-licensing-ocds-h6vhtk-050d3a). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NI Fire and Rescue Service: "Gartan Availability (Electronic Retained Availability System) Hosting and Licensing". Published status: complete. Concession Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [NI Fire and Rescue Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-fire-and-rescue-service-GB-PPON-PLBR-6377-MHGZ)
- **Concession Value (operator's expected revenue):** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Below threshold - without competition
- **Main Category:** Not published
- **Classifications (CPV):** None published
- **Delivery Location:** UKN
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Awarded Value:** £106,892 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gartan-availability-electronic-retained-availability-system-hosting-and-licensing-ocds-h6vhtk-050d3a#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050d3a`

## 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/gartan-availability-electronic-retained-availability-system-hosting-and-licensing-ocds-h6vhtk-050d3a#tl-md)

## Description
NIFRS has a requirement to renew licensing, hosting, support and maintenance for the Electronic Retained Availability system (ERAS). This system provides NIFRS with enhanced operational assurance in mobilising ~900 retained (On-Call) personnel.
ERAS (in the form of the Gartan Availability solution) was supplied by and is supported by Gartan Technologies. Gartan has been the sole supplier of support and maintenance for this system and therefore possess expert knowledge of the design, configuration and interdependencies with other systems and is therefore the only supplier who can provide updates, technical services, support and training on this system.
This supplier holds the Source Code for this system and therefore is the only supplier able to provide the required support and maintenance.​
NIFRS' existing licensing contract expires at the end of December 2025. Originally it did not include hosting as it was hosted on NIFRS servers. However, it moved to being a Cloud hosted service mid-way through 2024 and so the hosting expires at the end of April 2025.​
This DAC is required to continue the provision of this service / solution whilst a full business case is approved and solution procured for a new Crewing and Payments System which will include functionality to manage On-Call availability. To ensure business continuity is maintained until the new system is live, the following services are required:
- Cloud hosting for Gartan Availability solution from 1st May 2025 until 31st Dec 2025 to align with current licensing contract.
- Cloud hosting and licensing for Gartan Availability from 1 Jan 2026 to 31 Dec 2026 with optional 1 year extension until 31 Dec 2027.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Gartan Availability (Electronic Retained Availability System) Hosting and Licensing (pending)
  - Award id: `1`
  - Supplier(s): **Gartan Technologies**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-147195`
  - Value: £106,892 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F019131-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-06T13:40:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T21:11:22.568Z
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