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Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service · Contract award notice on Find a Tender

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Opportunity overview

Northern Ireland fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) has used the NEC Software Solutions UK, (Previously known as Northgate Information Solutions), Geographical Information System (GIS) in its current iteration, since 2015. It comprises bespoke software licensed and maintained by NEC, who hold the intellectual property rights (IPR) for the software code and its constituent parts. This is made up of Software licences for Compass, which is a powerful address management gazetteer application that is fully compliant with the BS 7666 standard - this standard specifies a national format for storing property and street information. The database of addresses it supplies is required by Systems Support, to provide address information vital for the effective mobilisation of resources by the Regional Control Centre (RCC). It also allows additional information such as the location of hydrants, fire stations etc. to be stored. xc is the operator's visualisation tool, augmenting the NIFRS's command and control by dynamically tracking the current operational situation and facilitating informed decision making. It does this by providing locations of resources and incidents on Blueworld8.

Awarded to

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Published award value
£41.7k
Awarded
1 May 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Location
Alderley Edge, UKD62, SK9 7RR, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

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-050c33
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

concession

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PLBR-6377-MHGZ
Name
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKN0E
Country
GB
Locality
Lisburn
Postal Code
BT27 4SX
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
1 Seymour Street

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthorityCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - central government
Entry 2
Id
GB-NIR
Scheme
UK_CA_DEVOLVED_REGULATIONS
Description
Northern Irish devolved regulations apply

Identifier

Id
PLBR-6377-MHGZ
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Organisation 2
Id
GB-FTS-146446
Name
NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

Roles

supplier

Address

Region
UKD62
Country
GB
Locality
Alderley Edge
Postal Code
SK9 7RR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
​Queens Court Wimslow Road

Details

Vcse
No
Scale
large

Contact

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Date
2 May 2025, 00:00
Status
active
Above Threshold
No
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKN
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
72000000
Scheme
CPV
Description
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Value

Amount
41,650
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
49,980

Documents

Entry 1
Id
018742-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK6
Description
Contract award notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
awardNotice
Published
2 May 2025, 12:39

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-FTS-146446
Name
NEC Software Solutions UK Limited

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
1
Type
futureSignatureDate
Status
scheduled
Due
2 May 2025, 23:59

Related lots

1

Contract period

Ends
30 Apr 2027, 23:59
Starts
15 May 2025, 00:00

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Lisburn · UKN0E · BT27 4SX · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-050c33-2025-05-02T12:39:30+01:00Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·