Tender

NDA9/00974 - Lot C: End-To-End Contract Management System

NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY

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Tender

30 Sep 2021 at 10:42

Summary of the contracting process

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is currently engaged in an open tender for the "NDA9/00974 - Lot C: End-To-End Contract Management System," aimed at enhancing its commercial IT systems capability. This procurement, valued at £6,500,000, is classified under procurement software packages and is set to improve governance and management of contracts, ensuring compliance and risk management across multiple contracts. The tender period concludes on 17 November 2021, with required submissions needing to address technical, user experience, and financial components as outlined in the Invitation to Tender documentation.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in contract management software and related services. Companies capable of providing innovative solutions that support governance, compliance, and risk management, particularly in the context of the nuclear sector, would be well-positioned to compete. Given the contract's focus on enhancing project delivery and management systems, businesses offering tailored software solutions, integrated reporting features, and strong customer support will find themselves at an advantage in this competitive bidding environment.

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Notice Title

NDA9/00974 - Lot C: End-To-End Contract Management System

Notice Description

This procurement is for the Lot C: End-to-End Contract Management System. This system will support the delivery of end-to-end project managed contracts, for example, the NEC3 and NEC4 contract families, enabling effective governance and management of delivery, compliance and risk. Where multiple contracts are put in place to deliver a project (for example, separately for design and construction), the system will provide visibility of performance across the whole project. The system will also support tailored workflows and collaboration between contract parties to manage tasks, "events" and approvals; and will provide operational reporting for commercial, project and contract managers.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) has established an NDA group-wide project, "Project Victory", to replace expiring contracts and significantly enhance the group's current commercial IT systems capability and associated ways of working. The new systems suite will cover all aspects of how we manage our PS1.9bn annual supply chain spend including: our procurement pipelines, sourcing, contracts, commercial benefits and savings tracking, identifying and managing supply chain risk, and strategic supplier relationship management. This procurement is for the Lot C: End-to-End Contract Management System. This system will support the delivery of end-to-end project managed contracts, for example, the NEC3 and NEC4 contract families, enabling effective governance and management of delivery, compliance and risk. Where multiple contracts are put in place to deliver a project (for example, separately for design and construction), the system will provide visibility of performance across the whole project. The system will also support tailored workflows and collaboration between contract parties to manage tasks, "events" and approvals; and will provide operational reporting for commercial, project and contract managers. The system will also support the export and import of data via Application Programming Interfaces between our Lot A: Source-to-Contract System (Atamis 3.0) to keep our master contract register (held in Atamis 3.0) up to date, and to enabling performance reporting and dashboarding through our Microsoft Power BI analytics platform. The new systems are being procured, contracted for, or built by NDA in five parts, referred to hereafter as lots: * Lot A: Source-to-Contract System - Atamis 3.0; * Lot B: Market and Supplier Intelligence; * Lot C: End-to-End Contract Management System - this Lot; * Lot D: Supply Chain Risk Management System; * Lot E: Analytics, Reporting and Dashboarding System - Microsoft Power BI. Service recipients: The recipients of the services provided under this contract are: (a) the contracting authority; (b) Sellafield Ltd (company number 01002607); (c) Low Level Waste Repository Ltd (company number 05608448); (d) Magnox Ltd (company number 02264251); (e) Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (company number SC307493); (f) International Nuclear Services Ltd (company number 01144352); (g) Direct Rail Services Ltd (company number 03020822) (h) Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (company number 08920190); (i) National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd (company number 03857752). The contracting authority reserves the right to provide the services under the contract to the following services recipients on an optional basis: (j) any other UK public sector contracting authority that delivers services to the UK in respect of the nuclear decommissioning programme; and (k) any person that is owned or controlled by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the contracting authority or any of the entities listed at paragraphs (a) to (j) above; (l) and any successor bodies thereto that perform any of the functions previously performed by any of the foregoing bodies. Additional information: Any submissions received after the time limit for receipt of tenders shall not be accepted.

Renewal: An optional requirement in this tender is for continued service and support following the initial contract term, there are two further 24 month optional extensions that are to be taken at the sole discretion of the NDA.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02e655
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/024294-2021
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

48490000 - Procurement software package

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£6,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£6,500,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
30 Sep 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Nov 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
NUCLEAR DECOMMISSIONING AUTHORITY
Contact Name
Stephen Peters
Contact Email
commercialsystemsprocurement@nda.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 7514622996

Buyer Location

Locality
MOOR ROW
Postcode
CA24 3HU
Post Town
Carlisle
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD1 Cumbria
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD13 Cumberland
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Cumberland
Electoral Ward
Egremont North and St Bees
Westminster Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington

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