Official UK procurement notice
Open For Business - Saas Agreement - Oracle
Authority: NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED (Central government)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,982,000published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOracle Fusion Software as a Service - Open For Business
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Utilities
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Oct 2026, 11:56 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 11:56 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098417- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078a9aFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights; Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Fusion SaaS is embedded in Netwrok Rails CRM Processes. Oracle own IPR and no other company can deliver this service on Oracle Software. Switching at this stage in Nr's progress to GBR will involve disproprtionate cost, introduce unacceptable risk and cannot fully take acocuntof the GBR future.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 19 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published19 Oct 2026, 11:56 BSTUK5
- Contract signature expected29 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £1,982,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| supplier not published10 Nov 2026 – 9 Nov 2029 | £1,982,000 | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender