NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal

A Contract Award Notice
by NORTHERN IRELAND ELECTRICITY NETWORKS LIMITED

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £1M

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 02 Sep 2025
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Concepts

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Belfast

1 supplier

Oracle Corporation Berkshire

Description

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.

Award Detail

1	Oracle Corporation (Berkshire) NMS Software Licence Purchase and Support Renewal Reference: 1 Value: £1,357,000

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

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.