Official UK procurement notice
Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) – Information and Communications Services (ICS) – The Provision of Autodesk Licence Subscriptions including Support and Training 2025 - 2030
Authority: Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) (Central government)·On behalf of: CPD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the Police Service that serves Northern
Ireland and is responsible for the prevention and investigation of crime in Northern Ireland.
Autodesk is a software application which is used within PSNI to provide maps and drawings
to Operational Officers, used specifically by Mapping Section; Estate Services Business Unit;
and ICS Work Services and s also used in order to view mapping supplied by external
partners. This contract is for the Provision of Autodesk Licence Subscriptions including
Support Training and renewal of existing subscriptions for a number of Autodesk
applications. In particular it is for the full or partial renewal of subscriptions for a period of
five years. The current subscriptions will expire on 25th May 2025. Therefore the contract
for the renewal of existing subscriptions will commence on 26th May 2025 for a period of
five years. For further details regarding the requirement, please refer to document entitled
ID 5923321 – Specification.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 25 Sept 2029, 23:59 BST.
CPV: Computer-aided design (CAD) software development services · Computer-aided design (CAD) software package · Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package · Drawing and imaging software package · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£250,000
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- AC1 - Contract and Account Management: 15%
- AC2 - Total Contract Price: 85%
Published award criteria (2)
- AC1 - Contract and Account Management: As per Tender documentation
- AC2 - Total Contract Price : As per Tender Documentation.
- Price carries 85 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 8.5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Awarded
- 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 25 Sept 2029
- First published
- 25 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
- Last source update
- 9 Jun 2025, 11:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 12 May 2025
- Authority reference
ID 5923321- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017157- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0507f4Find a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 7 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- 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
25 Apr 2025 → 9 Jun 2025 · 8 dates- Tender notice published25 Apr 2025, 17:29 BST
- Clarification questions by1 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Submission deadline7 May 2025, 15:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent12 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected by12 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Standstill ends21 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts26 May 2025, 00:00 BST
- Latest notice published9 Jun 2025, 11:36 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Apr 2025- Tender notice published25 Apr 2025, 17:29 BSTUK4
- Contract award notice published12 May 2025, 15:59 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete12 May 2025, 15:59 BST
- Contract signature expected23 May 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Jun 2025, 11:36 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Withheld Section 94 SupplierID 5923321 - Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) - Information and Communications Services (ICS) - The Provision of Autodesk Licence Subscriptions including Support and Training 2025 - 203026 May 2025 – 25 May 2030 | £337,080 | 12 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
ID 5923321 - Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) - Information and Communications Services (ICS) - The Provision of Autodesk Licence Subscriptions including Support and Training 2025 - 2030 · Withheld Section 94 Supplier
- Signed
- 23 May 2025
- Value
- £250,000
- Period
- 26 May 2025 – 25 May 2030
- Status
- active
1 agreed KPI: The value of this contract is not above the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT
- The value of this contract is not above the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT, There is no requirement to report on KPIs as the value of this contract is not above the relevant threshold of £5 million including VAT
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
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
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Withheld Section94 supplierAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender