Official UK procurement notice
Replacement Engineering MRP/ERP Platform
Authority: NPL Management Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNPL Engineering requires a manufacturing-focused MRP solution with selected ERP functionality to support its Engineering-to-Order (ETO) operating model, replacing the current JAVELIN system which has been in service for approximately ten years.
The solution will provide end-to-end support for engineering activities including customer engagement, estimating, resource planning, work order management, material control, production planning, manufacturing execution, quality management, invoicing, reporting and performance monitoring.
The solution must support both manufacturing and non-manufacturing engineering activities through a common work-order-based framework and provide appropriate integration with existing corporate and engineering systems.
NPL is seeking a modern, scalable and supported platform which will improve operational visibility, workflow control, delivery performance, cost management and customer engagement whilst supporting future engineering business requirements
Estimated budget for implementation costs:
suppliers to provide costs based on above requirements.
- excluding VAT: 83,333
- including VAT: £100,000
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedPipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How NPL Management Limited buys Software package and information systems (CPV 48), and who usually turns up
NPL Management Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Software package and information systems (CPV 48) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
Here, local means registered in Greater London.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered in Greater London.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 48 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid12%
2–324%
4–635%
7+29%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate52%
Within ±2%23%
Above estimate26%
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1Estimate not published
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 49 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid12%
2–324%
4–635%
7+29%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- 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
- 19 Oct 2026, 14:40 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Oct 2026, 14:40 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-098556- Latest notice
- Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078aeaFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Oct 2026 → 1 Jul 2027 · 3 dates- Planning notice published2 days ago19 Oct 2026, 14:40 BST
- Today21 Oct 2026
- Market engagementin 38 days27 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Suitably qualified and experienced suppliers who may have an interest in this project are invited to register for this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME).The purpose of this market engagement is to assess market capability and capacity, understand potential risks, opportunities and innovations within the market, and inform the development of a robust and future-proof procurement strategy and resulting contract.
As part of this Preliminary Market Engagement, suppliers will be invited to participate in a supplier demonstration, during which they will be required to demonstrate their proposed solutions and capabilities. The demonstration will form an important element of NPL's market assessment process and will enable NPL to gain a better understanding of the solutions available in the market and their suitability for meeting its requirements.
Following completion of the Preliminary Market Engagement activities, NPL will be running a formal competitive process. The procurement may include a structured shortlisting stage, with evaluation criteria and any limitation on the number of suppliers progressing being clearly set out in the procurement documents. This approach is intended to ensure that the future procurement is proportionate, transparent, non-discriminatory and informed by market engagement undertaken.
Any submission or participation in response to this exercise, including attendance at the supplier demonstration, will not constitute any contractual agreement between the respondent and NPL. Nor does participation in the Preliminary Market Engagement automatically entitle a supplier to be invited to tender.
A future Tender Notice will be issued following the demonstration stage and will provide details of how the procurement documentation can be accessed and the timescales for submission of tender responses.
Interested parties shall bear their own costs of participation in this Preliminary Market Engagement, including any costs associated with preparing submissions or attending demonstration sessions. NPL shall not be liable for any costs, expenses or losses howsoever arising (including, without limitation, any loss of profit or other economic loss incurred) as a result of participation in this market engagement exercise.
The next stage in the process will be considered once this Preliminary Market Engagement exercise has been completed.
If you have any questions, or would like to register interest to the above, please email: [email protected] to request a Preliminary Market Engagement Supplier Questionnaire & Functional Specifications document.
Please return all responses by 27th November 2026
- Contract startsin 253 days1 Jul 2027
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Oct 2026, 14:40 BSTUK2
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender