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Published 17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

MRI housing system — UK public procurement notice

Authority: West Northamptonshire Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East Midlands (UKF24)
Awarded value £910,800published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to MRI SOFTWARE LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

supply of MRI (formerly Capita) One Housing Upgrade

including deployment/training, Custom Code, Integrations,

and Interfaces plus software maintenance

This is required for a 2 year period

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: East Midlands
72222300 Information technology 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
17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
Last source update
17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BST
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
East Midlands (UKF24)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07747a
Why no open competition
Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
Published justification
under PA23, Schedule 5, Clause 7 as set out below. Additional or repeat goods, services or works 7. The public contract concerns the supply of goods, services or works by the existing supplier which are intended as an extension to, or partial replacement of, existing goods, services or works in circumstances where- (a)a change in supplier would result in the contracting authority receiving goods, services or works more…that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing goods, services or works, and (b)the difference or incompatibility would result in disproportionate technical difficulties in operation or maintenance we have already procured a new system that we are in the process of implementing, and we need to carry on using the current system in the meantime

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £910,8001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MRI SOFTWARE LIMITED1 Apr 2027 — 31 Mar 2029 · up to 31 Mar 2030Extensions: 1 year option extension at £506872£910,800—Standstill

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2026
  1. Contract signature expected
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
  2. Transparency notice published
    17 Sept 2026, 13:59 BSTUK5

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Northamptonshire Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PGDV-8944-CMBP Angel Street, Northampton, East Midlands, NN1 1ED [email protected]
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Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender