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title: "M365 software licences"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04e5e2"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS"
published: "2025-03-24"
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# M365 software licences

Buyer: NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04e5e2

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## Summary

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIE Networks) has completed a procurement process for M365 software licences. This procurement, classified under the industry category "Software package and information systems" (CPV 48000000), was carried out with extreme urgency, bypassing a competitive procurement exercise due to unforeseen events requiring immediate action. The process used a limited procurement method described as "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition". The total value of the contract awarded to Bytes Software Services Ltd amounts to £771,000. The contract was signed on 17 February 2025, and the procurement aligns with directives for situations of extreme urgency and bargain purchases.

This procurement offers significant growth opportunities for businesses specialising in software package utilities, business transaction software, industry-specific software, and miscellaneous computer systems. Firms with the capability to act swiftly and provide specialised software solutions can benefit from such urgent procurement needs. Bytes Software Services Ltd, a large enterprise, was identified as the well-suited supplier for this contract. Companies with comparable agility and specialisation in software and IT systems may find similar opportunities in urgent and high-demand procurement activities conducted by large utility and infrastructure organisations such as NIE Networks.

## Notice

M365 software licences

### Lot Information

Lot 1

M365 software licences. Additional information: A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently, until such times as a new procurement process is in place.

### Procurement Information

A competitive procurement exercise to source this requirement from another vendor is not possible due to the need to progress the outputs urgently, until such times as a new procurement process is in place.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010906-2025 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Framework |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 17 Feb 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £771,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS |
| Locality | BELFAST, |
| Post town | Northern Ireland |
| Postcode | BT9 5HT |
| Country | Northern Ireland |
| ITL 1 | Not specified |
| ITL 2 | Not specified |
| ITL 3 | Not specified |
| Local authority | Not specified |
| Electoral ward | Not specified |
| Westminster constituency | Not specified |
| Delivery location | TLN Northern Ireland |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
- 48700000 - Software package utilities
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems

## Release History

- 24 Mar 2025 at 13:37 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/010906-2025
- 21 Feb 2025 at 09:30 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006536-2025

## Notice URLs

- http://www.nienetworks.co.uk

## Provenance

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