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Published 27 Jul 2026, 11:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Maximo Upgrades · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: The Corporation of Trinity House of Deptford Strond (Central government)

ServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove thresholdSME suitable
Published estimate£692,000≈ £692k / year · £830,400 inc. VAT
Submissions closed 21 Aug 2026
Contract term 1 yrends 2 Nov 2027 · up to 2 Nov 2031 with extensions · starts 3 Nov 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Trinity House wishes to procure three work packages (through one supplier):

  1. Act as the third-party reseller to facilitate our IBM Passport Advantage subscription. This will be for an initial year’s term with the option for four subsequent years. This may include providing additional licences as may be required in the future.
  2. Provision of 2nd Line Support. Trinity House IT will act as 1st Line Support and IBM can be seen as the 3rd Line Support under the Passport Advantage subscription.
  3. Upgrade Maximo from our current version, 7.6.1, to the latest stable supported Maximo Application Suite (MAS) deployment. Provide other Maximo related consultancy as may be required from time to time.
  • How the procedure runs: Competitive flexible with conditions of participation (CoP). Only those who meet the CoP will be invited to tender.

CPV: Software package and information systems · Software-related services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Renewal 1 yrSMEPublished value£692,000
Contract period: 3 Nov 2026 – 2 Nov 2027 (1 yr) · up to 2 Nov 2031 with extensionsValue: £692,000 exc. VAT · £830,400 inc. VAT
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: 1 year initial term, with 4 x 1-year optional extensions available.
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)2
  • Economic & financial standing
    1. Please confirm details of financial standing to a minimum standard of a turnover 1.5 times the expected annual contract value, equating to £207,600 ex vat GBP, or the provision of mitigations for TH consideration. Any mitigations must include evidence of being able to successfully delivery similar contracts of a similar value in the recent past, capped at five years.
    2. Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtaining prior to contract award, the levels of insurance cover indicated below. Please provide evidence in the form of insurance certificates (if this cover is already in place) or a letter from an insurer confirming that the cover would be available, together with a written commitment to put the insurance in place prior to contract award if successful.

    a. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £5,000,000 or any legal requirement as may be at any material time in force;

    b. Public Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for any one incident, and unlimited during the policy term;

    c. Product Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for any one claim, and in the aggregate, during any one policy period.

    It is to be noted, an accepted criteria of the £10m may be by way of a £5m main policy and additional £5m excess layer for each of the two insurances, such excess layer to be affected by the supplier upon contract award.

  • Technical & professional ability
    1. Confirmation that your solution provides:

    -Single sign-on functionality

    -Multi-factor authentication

    -Secure M365 integration

    -Data secured in-transit and at rest

    -Intellectual property rights over data held by Trinity House

    -Compliance with UK Data Protection Act (GDPR)

    1. Provide evidence of appropriate security accreditations (Cyber Essentials as a minimum).

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 75%Price: 25%
Published sub-criteria (8)
  • Detail and quality of the proposed consultancy for the upgrade of Maximo to the new MAS deployment, including both methodology and proposal content.: 20%
  • Evidence of your previous successful experience of upgrading Maximo to MAS for both on premise solutions and Cloud hosted solutions.: 10%
  • Response to Annex 3, Appendix A (security questions) which is compliant with TH requirements.: 10%
  • Suitability of the proposed project plan for the transition process.: 10%
  • Legal considerations including; -Confirmed acceptance of Terms and Conditions or a proposed schedule of acceptable minor amendments to the terms. N.B. Significant and unacceptable proposed amendment: 10%
  • Proposed Service Level Agreement provided for any on-going annual support associated with work package (2).: 5%
  • Demonstrate action to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce.: 10%
  • Financial proposal of the tender submission, including; -Proposed fixed Prices for each of the 3 work packages -Period of fixed price stability until contract renewal -Cost adjustment matrix agreed: 25%
Published award criteria (8)
  • Detail and quality of the proposed consultancy for the upgrade of Maximo to the new MAS deployment, including both methodology and proposal content.
  • Evidence of your previous successful experience of upgrading Maximo to MAS for both on premise solutions and Cloud hosted solutions.
  • Response to Annex 3, Appendix A (security questions) which is compliant with TH requirements.
  • Suitability of the proposed project plan for the transition process.
  • Financial proposal of the tender submission, including; -Proposed fixed Prices for each of the 3 work packages -Period of fixed price stability until contract renewal -Cost adjustment matrix agreed
  • Legal considerations including; -Confirmed acceptance of Terms and Conditions or a proposed schedule of acceptable minor amendments to the terms. N.B. Significant and unacceptable proposed amendment
  • Proposed Service Level Agreement provided for any on-going annual support associated with work package (2).
  • Demonstrate action to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce.
Conditions of participation2
  • Economic & financial standing
    1. Please confirm details of financial standing to a minimum standard of a turnover 1.5 times the expected annual contract value, equating to £207,600 ex vat GBP, or the provision of mitigations for TH consideration. Any mitigations must include evidence of being able to successfully delivery similar contracts of a similar value in the recent past, capped at five years.
    2. Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtaining prior to contract award, the levels of insurance cover indicated below. Please provide evidence in the form of insurance certificates (if this cover is already in place) or a letter from an insurer confirming that the cover would be available, together with a written commitment to put the insurance in place prior to contract award if successful.

    a. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £5,000,000 or any legal requirement as may be at any material time in force;

    b. Public Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for any one incident, and unlimited during the policy term;

    c. Product Liability Insurance = £10,000,000 for any one claim, and in the aggregate, during any one policy period.

    It is to be noted, an accepted criteria of the £10m may be by way of a £5m main policy and additional £5m excess layer for each of the two insurances, such excess layer to be affected by the supplier upon contract award.

  • Technical & professional ability
    1. Confirmation that your solution provides:

    -Single sign-on functionality

    -Multi-factor authentication

    -Secure M365 integration

    -Data secured in-transit and at rest

    -Intellectual property rights over data held by Trinity House

    -Compliance with UK Data Protection Act (GDPR)

    1. Provide evidence of appropriate security accreditations (Cyber Essentials as a minimum).
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Jul 2026, 11:56 BST
Last source update
27 Jul 2026, 11:56 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 23 Oct 2026
Authority reference
CM60
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-070731
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systemsSoftware-related services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d428 Find a Tender
How it runs

Competitive flexible with conditions of participation (CoP).

Only those who meet the CoP will be invited to tender.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Delta eSourcing · Who buys & how to bid on Delta
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission not allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Select account; no DUNS asked at signup
Requests to participate (first stage)
21 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
21 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
18 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Not allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Please submit bids by creating an account via (www.delta-esourcing.com ↗) and using the access code: 553KF754QS.

Timeline

27 Jul 2026 → 3 Nov 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Tender notice published86 days ago
    27 Jul 2026, 11:56 BST
  2. Clarification questions by63 days ago
    18 Aug 2026, 17:00 BST
  3. Submission deadline61 days ago
    21 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
  4. Today
    21 Oct 2026
  5. Award decision expected byin 3 days
    23 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  6. Contract startsin 13 days
    3 Nov 2026

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Tender notice published
    27 Jul 2026, 11:56 BST
    UK4

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Trinity House

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXWM-8968-LPJY TRINITY HOUSE, LONDON, London, EC3N 4DHContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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