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title: "GIS Maintenance and Licensing 25-27​​"
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# GIS Maintenance and Licensing 25-27​​

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gis-maintenance-and-licensing-25-27-ocds-h6vhtk-050c36). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** NI Fire and Rescue Service: "GIS Maintenance and Licensing 25-27​​". 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:** £41,650 (exc. VAT, 1 award)
- **Official Documents:** 1 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/gis-maintenance-and-licensing-25-27-ocds-h6vhtk-050c36#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-050c36`

## 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/gis-maintenance-and-licensing-25-27-ocds-h6vhtk-050c36#tl-md)

## Description
Northern Ireland fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has used the NEC Software Solutions UK, (Previously known as Northgate Information Solutions), Geographical Information System (GIS) in its current iteration, since 2015. It comprises bespoke software licensed and maintained by NEC, who hold the intellectual property rights (IPR) for the software code and its constituent parts. This is made up of Software licences for Compass, which is a powerful address management gazetteer application that is fully compliant with the BS 7666 standard - this standard specifies a national format for storing property and street information.  The database of addresses it supplies is required by Systems Support, to provide address information vital for the effective mobilisation of resources by the Regional Control Centre (RCC). It also allows additional information such as the location of hydrants, fire stations etc. to be stored.
 xc is the operator's visualisation tool, augmenting  the NIFRS's command and control by dynamically tracking the current operational situation and facilitating informed decision making. It does this by providing locations of resources and incidents on Blueworld8.

## 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:** 1 (pending)

  - Supplier(s): **NEC Software Solutions UK Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-141155`
  - Value: £41,650 (exc. VAT)

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018746-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-05-02T11:48:12.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T21:12:00.075Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-050c36