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713725451 - IMS Tender Notice

Awarded to Arribatec UK Ltd

Defence Equipment and Support(buyer)

Published
Published 14 April 2025

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Overview

Defence Equipment and Support has awarded a contract to deliver an Integrated Management System (IMS), comprising an Assurance Management System and a Business Process Improvement System. The requirement covers commercial-off-the-shelf software to house business process management architecture for up to 15,000 initial users, including licensing, support, and hosting options capable of handling data up to Official Sensitive. The contract has been awarded to Arribatec UK Ltd for a value of £8,634,166.

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Key details

Country
United Kingdom
Status
In delivery
Category
Services
Estimated value
£9,300,500
Procedure
Competitive flexible procedure
Rules
Procurement Act 2023
Published
14 April 2025
Questions by
5 May 2025
Classification (CPV)
Information systems or technology strategic review and planning servicesDatabase services

Award outcome

Awarded value
£8,634,166
Award date
9 November 2026
Contract period
10 November 2025 → 10 November 2030
Contract length
5 years
Could run to
23 November 2034
Against estimate
7% below
Bids received
1
Winner
  • Arribatec UK Ltd

This contract ends on 10 November 2030, or 23 November 2034 if every extension is used.

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About the winner

Arribatec UK Ltd

Based in
Leicester
Public contracts won
16
Across UK and EU notices

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Competition and scoring

Bids received

1

0 from SMEs

Open and restricted tenders in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support drew a median of 3 bids over the last 24 months; 32% received only one.

Who bid

  • Arribatec UK LtdWinner

How bids were scored

  • PSQ

Market context

Typical award in IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

£132,000

Median of 13,254 awards in the last 24 months

This award is 65.4× the median.

Defence Equipment and Support in the last 12 months

95

contracts awarded, worth £2,796,050,481 in total

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Notice history

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  1. Contract

    9 November 2026

  2. Contract Notice

    14 April 2025

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