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Published 5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4610 Eclipse Suite RAL Space 2025-30

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£460,141published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 12 Feb 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Serco Limited
Contract term 7 Mar 2025 to 6 Mar 2030Contracts Finder. This notice did not publish these dates.
Notice summaryFrom the published notice

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.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system.

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement…Awarded

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.

Delivery: South East · Oxfordshire

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
Last source update
5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007975
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9a3 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

Serco 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.

Publisher note: Procurement Contract Transparency Data: Redacted contract documents will be made available within the next 30 days on the UKRI website at: https://www.ukri.org/about-us/procurement-contract-transparency-data/ To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=927839537 GO Reference: GO-202535-PRO-29655010

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

5 Mar 2025 → 6 Mar 2030 · 3 dates
  1. Notice published
    5 Mar 2025, 10:05 GMT
  2. Contract startsContracts Finder. This notice did not publish a start date.
    7 Mar 2025
  3. Today
    2 Nov 2026
  4. Contract endsContracts Finder. This notice did not publish an end date.
    6 Mar 2030, 23:59 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £460,1411 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 12 Feb 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Serco Limited7 Mar 2025 – 6 Mar 2030£460,141 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 007975-2025-1 · Serco Limited

    Signed
    12 Feb 2025
    Value
    £460,141
    Period
    7 Mar 2025 – 6 Mar 2030
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch Science & Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Serco LtdAwarded supplier00242246 16 Bartley Wood, Business Park Bartley Way, Hook, South East, RG27 9UYContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.