---
title: "NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05924b"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED"
published: "2025-09-02"
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# NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal

Buyer: NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05924b

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## Summary

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited, a private utility headquartered in Belfast, has awarded a contract to Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the "NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal." This procurement falls under the services category, specifically related to license management software development services in the Northern Ireland region. The procurement used a direct award method due to Oracle's exclusive intellectual property rights for the required services, as stipulated under the Procurement Act 2023. The contract was awarded on 2nd September 2025, with the contract period commencing on 1st October 2025 and ending on 30th September 2028. The total contract value is £1,628,400 gross.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in specialised software and IT support services, particularly those that can offer complementary services to Oracle or enhance the existing network management systems used by utilities. Large multinational companies, especially those with expertise in critical infrastructure software and ICT service solutions, stand to benefit by potentially engaging in collaborative projects or securing similar contracts through strategic partnerships or as subcontractors to Oracle. This tender also highlights the importance of intellectual property rights in procurement, suggesting opportunities for innovative software developers to protect and capitalise on their unique offerings in niche markets.

## Notice

This engagement ensures that the critial operations system, Oracle Network Management System (NMS)1 maintenance and licencing remains in place. Given NMS' integral role in NIE Networks' network operations outage management, fault and emergency response and storm escalations, it is essential to maintain NMS and ensure it is fully supported so that continuity of service can remain. As this supplier has intellectual property rights only this supplier can supply the services required, and there are no reasonable alternatives.

### Procurement Information

Clause 41 "Direct Award in Special Cases" of the Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5 where due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053258-2025 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Sep 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Sep 2025 |
| Contract period | 30 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,357,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED |
| 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 | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ORACLE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72212218 - License management software development services

## Release History

- 2 Sep 2025 at 14:49 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053258-2025
- 2 Sep 2025 at 13:31 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053200-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053258-2025
  2nd September 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/053200-2025
  2nd September 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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