Official UK procurement notice
ID 5989013 - DOF - LPS- The provision of a Feature Manipulation Engine (FME) Enterprise License Agreement
Authority: Department of Finance (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLand and Property Services LPS wish to procure Feature Manipulation Engine FME licensing which allows scalability to meet changing business needs and provides a Feature Manipulation Engine FME Enterprise License type Agreement ELA to support the use of FME Server and Desktop. The contract will commence of the 1st April 2026 for an initial period of 4 years until 31st March 2030 with 2 optional extension periods of 2 years each.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 1 Dec 2033, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · License management software package · Mapping software development services · Mapping software package · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedRenewalPublished value£584,000
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender Documentation.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- AC1 - Service Delivery and Contract Management: AC1 - Service Delivery and Contract Management weighting = 10 percent as per Tender Documentation
- AC2 - Social Value: AC2 - Social Value weighting = 10 percent per Tender Documentation
- AC3 - Cost: AC3 - Cost weighting = 80 percent per Tender Documentation
- Technical & professional ability
As per Tender Documentation.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Cancelled
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 1 Dec 2033
- First published
- 17 Dec 2025, 11:40 GMT
- Last source update
- 25 Feb 2026, 16:44 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 13 Feb 2026
- Authority reference
ID 5989013- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-083745- Latest notice
- Procurement termination notice (UK12)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f7a3Find a Tender- Contract terms summary
For further details on invoicing procedures please see : www.finance-ni.gov.uk/ar ↗ ticles/account-ni-good-invoicing-practice Contract Value
The estimated value figure indicated in the Scope Section represents an overall estimated contract value. This value reflects the potential scale of the contract and takes into account potential optional extension periods and the uptake of potential optional services as detailed in the tender documents. This figure does not however take into account the application of indexation or increases to charges due to increases in the Real Living Wage. Neither CPD nor the contracting Authority can provide any guarantee as to the level of business under this contract. The Contracting Authority does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. Suppliers remain responsible for all costs and expenses incurred by them or by any third party acting under instructions from the Supplier in connection with taking part in this procurement process regardless of whether such costs arise as a consequence, directly or indirectly of any amendments made to the procurement documents by the Contracting Authority at any time. No legally binding contract shall arise (and a Supplier shall have no legitimate expectation that a contract will be entered into) until such time as entry into the Contract has been confirmed by the Contracting Authority.
- Risks
The Contracting Authority has identified the following risks as risks that satisfy the criteria of Schedule 8 sub-paragraph (6)(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 i.e. that the risk/s could jeopardise the satisfactory performance of the contract but, because of its/their nature, cannot be addressed in the contract as awarded:
- Embedding software appropriately across all business areas of LPS to meet business objectives.
- Additional Service Days may be required to allow for continuous improvement and also to cover unknown risks that may arise throughout the contract period. These additional service days may be used to cover the following as a minimum;
- Support to apply patches and upgrades
- Support in migrating workbenches between versions
- Training
- Development of Workbenches
- Workbench interoperability between 32-Bit and 64-Bit
- Support publishing to FME Server
- Support regarding Software updates
The Pricing Schedule includes an area for Suppliers to insert their daily rate for the provision of additional services.
The Contracting Authority has concluded that there is a possibility that the contract may have to be modified as a result of a materialisation of the known risk/s at a later date in accordance with Schedule 8 paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023.
Exclusions
If at any time during the procurement, or post award, it comes to the attention of the Contracting Authority (CA) or CPD, by whatever means, that a Supplier has become ‘excluded’ or ‘excludable’ as per Sec 57 of the PA 2023, the CA, after compliance with its obligations under the PA 23, reserves the right to exclude said Supplier from the procurement procedure or terminate any contract they have been awarded.
The Contracting Authority expressly reserves the rights:
(I). not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice;
(II). to make whatever changes it may see fit to the content and structure of the tendering Competition;
(III). to award (a) contract(s) in respect of any part(s) of the [services] covered by this notice; and
(IV). to award contract(s) in stages.
and in no circumstances will the Authority be liable for any costs incurred by candidates.
This project will be used to progress the Government’s wider social, economic and environmental objectives.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 20 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 9 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Tenders must be submitted electronically via the relevant Call for Tender (CfT) opportunity on eTendersNI, website details immediately below.
Paper submissions will not be accepted or considered and will be rejected by the Contracting Authority / Buyer.
The tender documents are available with unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: URL etendersni.gov.uk/epps ↗
Timeline
17 Dec 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 6 dates- Tender notice published309 days ago17 Dec 2025, 11:40 GMT
- Clarification questions by286 days ago9 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Submission deadline275 days ago20 Jan 2026, 15:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by251 days ago13 Feb 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice published239 days ago25 Feb 2026, 16:44 GMT
- Contract starts205 days ago1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Dec 2025- Tender notice published17 Dec 2025, 11:40 GMTUK4
- Procurement termination notice published25 Feb 2026, 16:44 GMTUK12
- Status changed to complete25 Feb 2026, 16:44 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published | — | 4 Feb 2026 | CancelledThe Tender competition was terminated due to an error in the Buyers pricing model, this tender was retendered under ID 6378755 on 4 Feb 2026, under notice reference 2026/S 000-010128. |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
3 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- CPDBeneficiary authority
- CPD - Supplies & Services DivisionProcess contact pointProcuring entityConstruction and Procurement Delivery - Supplies and Services Division, is a Centre of Procurement Expertise and provides a central procurement function for central government in Northern Ireland
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Procurement termination notice Procurement termination notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender