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Contract summary

Industry

• Procurement software package - 48490000

Location of contract

EH2 3DA

Value of contract

£83,850

Procurement reference

FACS/EPRO/2506

Published date

26 January 2026

Closing date

30 September 2025

Closing time

2pm

Contract start date

1 November 2025

Contract end date

31 October 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

• A web based eSourcing solution provided on a Software as a Service (Saas) basis, that supports effective and efficient tendering and contract/supplier management.
• The solution provided must be fully compliant with PCR2015, and compliant with all aspects of PA23 which can Publish direct to, Central Digital Platform, Find a Tender and Contracts Finder buyer portals.
• The ability to complete an online tendering and sourcing exercise with a Selection Questionnaire (SQ), Request for Information (RFI), Invitation to Tender (ITT), Invitation to Quote (ITQ) then complete the tendering exercise to award, and the publication of an award notice.
• Plan and execute complex procurement projects, multi-Lots, with multiple users to build the tender exercise.
• An online supplier database, to allow the ability to interact with a network of registered suppliers. Giving the opportunity to identify suppliers as part of a market scoping exercise or to invite to a mini-competition or request for quotation.
• Ability to allow Awarding Authority to work in a collaborative manner with third party partners, i.e. allow NLB to invite evaluators from other organisations.
Evaluation
• The ability to complete auto-score online questionnaires for online evaluations, in a side by side evaluation.
• Create tendering work areas, to assign internal and external roles and to allow a team to work collaboratively with other departments and buying organisations to complete complex multi lot evaluations.
• An evaluation process that is secure, and auditable with an activity log, and the ability to separate users to different elements of the evaluation process and exercise.

Contract Management
• The ability to register contracts within a Contracts Register at the award stage, set reminders, record performance and track changes
• A fully accessible and easily downloaded Contracts Register
• An online dashboard to easily analyse contract and supplier details. Provide an overview on number of open contracts and their suppliers. Identify Key Suppliers, Spend information, and expiry dates.

Sourced from G-Cloud framwork RM1557.14

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Award information

Awarded date

31 October 2025

Contract start date

1 November 2025

Contract end date

31 October 2028

Total value of contract

£83,850

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Bip Solutions Ltd

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About the buyer

Contact name

Euan Kidd

Address

84 George Street
EDINBURGH
EH23DA
Scotland

Telephone

07766906186

Email

euan.kidd@nlb.org.uk