Find a TenderCancelledProcurement termination notice
Published 8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST

Official UK procurement notice

P-3244 Insurance Claims Management System

Official notice

Authority: Translink (Public body)

ServicesOpen procedureAbove thresholdUtilities
Published estimate£600,000≈ £150k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT · 2 value updates
Submissions closed 30 Jul 2025
Contract term 4 yrsup to 7 yrs with extensions · starts 1 Jan 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Translink wishes to appoint a provider for the provision of a fully functioning and supported Insurance Claims Management System. The required solution must be cloud-based SaaS that is already available ‘commercially off the shelf’ (COTS). Your response must be submitted via the relevant call for tender (CfT). No other method of submission will be accepted.

CPV: Compliance software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Lot 1AwardedRenewal 4 yrsPublished value£600,000
Contract period: 1 Jan 2026 — 31 Dec 2029 (4 yrs) · up to 7 yrs with extensionsDelivery: Northern Ireland
Value
£600,000 exc. VAT · £600,000 inc. VAT
Extensions
The contract will run for an initial term of 4 years, with a further option to extend for a period of up to three years (4+1+1+1).
48000000 Software package and information systems48100000 Industry specific software package48170000 Compliance software package72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

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: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Technical60%
  • Commercial40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • TechnicalEvaluation criteria as detailed in tender documents.
  • CommercialFinancial criteria as detailed in tender documents.

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
Utilities
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
Last source update
8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end — 31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
Latest notice
Procurement termination notice (UK12)
Classification (CPV)
Compliance software packageIT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Northern Ireland (UKN)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050cec Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: eTendersNI · Who buys & how to bid on eTendersNI
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free Northern Ireland registration
Submission deadline
30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

8 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Planning notice published
    6 May 2025, 11:10 BST
  2. Market engagement
    20 May 2025, 23:59 BST
    This is a Pre-Market Engagement exercise (PME) that seeks input from the market to inform the upcoming procurement of a replacement Insurance Claims Management System. Translink are seeking to invite suitable suppliers in this sector to respond to the below questionnaire. Following assessment of more…the responses received, Translink may invite suppliers to attend a short Teams session to further discuss their responses. Questionnaires must be submitted via the messaging portal for the relevant CfT on eTendersNI by no later than 12:00 on 20th May 2025.
  3. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
  4. Clarification questions by
    23 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  5. Submission deadline
    30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
  6. Latest notice published379 days ago
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  7. Award decision expected by326 days ago
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  8. Contract starts265 days ago
    1 Jan 2026, 00:00 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded toValueDateStatus
supplier not published3 Sept 2025CancelledNo suitable tenders received.

Notice history

12 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025
  1. Procurement termination notice published
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BSTUK12
  2. Published value updated
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  4. Procurement method changed
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  5. Deadline withdrawn
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  6. Buyer details updated
    8 Sept 2025, 14:19 BST
  7. Tender notice published
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BSTUK4
  8. Published value updated
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
  9. Status changed to active
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
  10. Procurement method changed
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
  11. Deadline published: 30 Jul 2025, 23:59 BST
    30 Jun 2025, 10:40 BST
  12. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 May 2025, 11:10 BSTUK2

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Translink

Contracting authorityPublic undertakingNorthern Irish devolved regulations apply GB-PPON: PTMT-7134-NRMV 22 Great Victoria Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT2 7LX [email protected]

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Conflict of interest declarationtenderConflict of interest declarationNot published

Notices published for this procedure