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UKRI-4610 Eclipse Suite RAL Space 2025-30

UK Research & Innovation · compiled

Tender information last checkedLast checked 29 Sept 2026, 22:25.

Opportunity overview

UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Serco Ltd

Matched by exact name
Contract value
£460.1k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
12 Feb 2025
Award ID
007975-2025-1
Status
active
Identifier
00242246
Location
Hook, UKJ36, RG27 9UY, United Kingdom

Classification

  • CPV48000000 — Software package and information systems

Lots

  • UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system. Expression of Interest advertised during December 2024 and only 1 supplier can fulfil the requirement, which is the current supplier.Value not stated

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
ocds-h6vhtk-04e9a3
Status
complete
Procurement Method
limited
Main Procurement Category
goods
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Why this procedure was chosen
Serco is the only supplier of the Eclipse system and Eclipse is the only document management system which integrates NCRs and Actions as concluded by the tender action which determined our use of Eclipse from 2017. Significant advantages accrue from our use of Eclipse because it is widely used across the European space industry. ESA uses it on all its large projects, and it is also used by all the prime contractors in Europe (Airbus Defence and Space, Thales Alenia Space, and OHB) who are the immediate customers for many of our projects. Eclipse provides specific functionality for the easy export and import of collections of records and files between different instances of the tool suite; loading information into customer and ESA instances of Eclipse is required on multiple large projects in RAL Space and being able to do so natively from our own Eclipse server makes this straightforward and significantly improves our efficiency.

Covered By

GPA

Legal basis

Id
32014L0024
Scheme
CELEX

Classification

Id
48000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Software package and information systems

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
D_TECHNICAL
Scheme
TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL
Description
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
cancelled
Has Options
No
Description
UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facility Centre had a requirement for the Eclipse system. Expression of Interest advertised during December 2024 and only 1 supplier can fulfil the requirement, which is the current supplier.

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
price

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery Location

Description
Oxfordshire

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKJ14

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-FTS-67378
Name
UK Research & Innovation

Roles

buyer
centralPurchasingBody

Address

Region
UKK14
Locality
Swindon
Postal Code
SN2 1FL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Science & Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
BODY_PUBLIC
Scheme
TED_CA_TYPE
Description
Body governed by public law
Entry 2
Scheme
COFOG
Description
Research

Identifier

Legal Name
UK Research & Innovation

Contact

Name
STFC Procurement
Telephone
+44 7720143639
Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-139829
Name
Serco Ltd

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKJ36
Locality
Hook
Postal Code
RG27 9UY
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
16 Bartley Wood, Business Park Bartley Way

Details

Scale
large

Identifier

Id
00242246
Legal Name
Serco Ltd

Contact

Telephone
+44 1256745900
Organisation 3
Id
GB-FTS-133641
Name
UK Research & Innovation

Roles

reviewBody

Address

Locality
Swindon
Postal Code
SN2 1FL
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Science & Technology Facilities Council, Polaris House, North Star Avenue

Details

Identifier

Legal Name
UK Research & Innovation

Contact

Telephone
+44 7720143639

Award information

Award 1
Id
007975-2025-1
Status
active

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-139829
Name
Serco Ltd

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
007975-2025-1
Status
active
Award ID
007975-2025-1
Date Signed
12 Feb 2025, 00:00

Value

Amount
460,140.81
Currency
GBP

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Swindon · UKK14 · SN2 1FL · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKJ14

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-04e9a3-2025-03-05T10:05:10Zcompiled ·