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UKRI-4610 Eclipse Suite RAL Space 2025-30

Software package and information systems
South East (UKJ14)
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
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Tenderline Synopsis: UK Research & Innovation: "UKRI-4610 Eclipse Suite RAL Space 2025-30". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & InnovationScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
1Bids / Report
100% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
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Payment Terms
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Coverage: 2 active published awards; 2 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityUK Research & Innovation
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04e9a3
What is being bought
UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    cancelled
    Published valueNot published
    UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system. Expression of Interest advertised during December 2024 and only 1 supplier can fulfil the requirement, which is the current supplier.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 12 Feb 2025, 00:00 GMT · £460,141
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Serco Ltd
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£460,141 · signed 12 Feb 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statistics
bids: 1 (lot 1)
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authority GB-FTS-67378
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  • UK Research & Innovation
    buyer
    centralPurchasingBody

    Science & Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, Swindon, UKK14, SN2 1FL
    STFCProcurement@ukri.org
    +44 7720143639

  • Serco Ltd
    supplier

    00242246
    16 Bartley Wood, Business Park Bartley Way, Hook, UKJ36, RG27 9UY
    generalenquiries@serco.com
    +44 1256745900

  • UK Research & Innovation
    reviewBody

    Science & Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, SN2 1FL
    STFCProcurement@ukri.org
    +44 7720143639
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleSerco is the only supplier of the Eclipse system and Eclipse is the only document management system which integrates NCRs and Actions as concluded by the tender action which determined our use of Eclipse from 2017. Significant advantages accrue from our use of Eclipse because it is widely used across the European space industry. ESA uses it on all its large projects, and it is also used by all the prime contractors in Europe (Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and OHB) who are the immediate customers for many of our projects. Eclipse provides specific functionality for the easy export and import of collections of records and files between different instances of the tool suite; loading information into customer and ESA instances of Eclipse is required on multiple large projects in RAL Space and being able to do so natively from our own Eclipse server makes this straightforward and significantly improves our efficiency.