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Published 30 Jul 2026, 15:34 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UK2 – Preliminary Market Engagement – Sellafield Limited: Software Asset Management Services

Official notice Competition analysis

Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD11)
Planned pipeline value£4,800,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 30 Nov 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 3 yrsends 4 Apr 2030 · up to 4 Apr 2031 with extensions · starts 5 Apr 2027

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Sellafield Ltd is considering a call for competition for Software Asset Management (SAM) Services under the Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework Agreement (RM6190) Lot 4 – Infrastructure Management. We anticipate launching this call for competition in October 2026.

Sellafield Ltd is seeking supplier insights and feedback on the proposed competition and scope.

The scope of the Software Asset Management Services is as follows:

  • Effective Licence Position (ELP) Assessments

o Reconciling software licence entitlements against actual software consumption.

o Delivering SAM insights through reporting and analytical services.

o Supporting informed decision-making for cost optimisation and risk mitigation.

  • Software Advisory and Audit Services

o Ensuring contractual obligations are met for all licensor audits.

o Provision of expert guidance, evidence-based compliance assessments, and audit support.

  • Software Licensing and Compliance Advice

o Comprehensive support for managing and defending of third-party software audits.

o Specialised focus on Tier 1 licensor audits to navigate complex requirements.

  • SAM Tooling & Process Management Support

o Front-end and back-end technical support for Flexera (SAM tooling).

o SAM process management.

o SAM Service Request / Request Fulfilment.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1PlannedRenewal 3 yrsSME
Contract period: 5 Apr 2027 – 4 Apr 2030 (3 yrs) · up to 4 Apr 2031 with extensions
Delivery: North WestEligibility: SME eligible
Extensions: Extension options published
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Sellafield Limited buys IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72), and who usually turns up

Sellafield Limited’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: IT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerSellafield Limited · division 72
The marketIT services: consulting, software, internet (CPV 72) · North West England
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 0 of 24 known-size awards · market: division 72 · North West England, n=557
0%36%

No small-firm winners recorded among this authority’s published awards in this sample. Small firms win less of this buyer’s work than the market’s: 0% against 36%, n=24.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Local means the winner is registered in the region where that award was delivered. The market figure counts awards delivered in North West England.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 1 of 10 known-location awards · market: division 72 · North West England, n=676
10%14%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered outside the region where that award was delivered.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on competitions that published both.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: no decision dates published · market: division 72 · North West England, n=51
—62 days

Half of these awards have an award date within 62 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

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.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 26 of 30 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: division 72 · North West England, n=868
87%65%

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyer18 lots with bid counts · all categories
11% had one bid
The market75 lots with bid counts · division 72 · North West England
9% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid11% / 9%
Buyer: 2 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 7 of 75 lots with published bid counts.
2–328% / 31%
Buyer: 5 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 23 of 75 lots with published bid counts.
4–644% / 21%
Buyer: 8 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 16 of 75 lots with published bid counts.
7+17% / 39%
Buyer: 3 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 29 of 75 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

i

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.

Last 36 months.

This buyerToo few to chart: 4 lots with estimate and award, 5 needed · all categories
The market65 lots with estimate and award · division 72 · North West England
32% below estimate
Market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate32%
Market: 21 of 65 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%51%
Market: 33 of 65 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17%
Market: 11 of 65 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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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 #1CPV 7236 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£4.8m

This lot lists more than one class in CPV 72. The comparison uses that group.

Expected competition
i

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 75 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet9% chance of a single bid
Past bids on 75 similar lots
1 bid9%
7 of 75 similar past lots received 1 bid (9%).
2–331%
23 of 75 similar past lots received 2–3 (31%).
4–621%
16 of 75 similar past lots received 4–6 (21%).
7+39%
29 of 75 similar past lots received 7+ (39%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 5 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

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.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £4.8m, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

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.

SupplierThis buyer’s earlier contractLotAward valueWhy listed
Atos IT Services UK LimitedEarlier contractAtos WER-7148 Software Asset Management project servicesnotice published Mar 2025—£49kMatched as the earlier contract

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.

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
Services
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
30 Jul 2026, 15:34 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 16:42 BST
Authority reference
C25988
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094439
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
North West (UKD11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06d7ed Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Jul 2026 → 5 Apr 2027 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published87 days ago
    30 Jul 2026, 15:34 BST
  2. Market engagement73 days ago
    13 Aug 2026, 23:59 BST

    Sellafield Ltd is conducting this Request for Information (RFI) to offer potential participants the opportunity to engage with Sellafield Ltd to better understand the contract opportunity and provide feedback. This feedback will inform and shape the procurement of the Software Asset Management (SAM) Services.

    To obtain further information and provide feedback, suppliers must register their interest via the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and Sellafield Ltd E-procurement system, Atamis.

    This can be found at the following address: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗

    Once registered on Atamis, you can access all documentation and provide feedback using the record reference C32180 Preliminary Market Engagement - Software Asset Management Services.

    Please submit your feedback by completing the RFI template and returning it via the messaging function on Atamis record C32180. The deadline for return is 23:59 on 13th August 2026.

  3. Latest notice published19 days ago
    6 Oct 2026, 16:42 BST
  4. Today
    25 Oct 2026
  5. Tender notice expectedin 37 days
    30 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
  6. Contract startsin 161 days
    5 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

4 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Jul 2026
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2026, 15:34 BST
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    30 Jul 2026, 16:35 BST
    UK2
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    3 Aug 2026, 10:26 BST
    UK2
  4. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    6 Oct 2026, 16:42 BST
    UK2
Published amendments (3)

Amendment to the link for access to Atamis, there is a full stop that stops the link working

change time of return in description from midday to 23:59

Date of tender issue changed to end November 2026

Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2026-07: 1 release · 30 Jul 2026

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

Sellafield Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWYP-8439-MZWY Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Warrington, North West, WA3 6GRContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure