Provision of source to contract solution
Details
- Supplier(s)
- PROACTIS GROUP LIMITED
- Value
- £321,975.63
- Duration
- 3 years
- Topic
- Procurement software package
- Published
- 30 September 2026
- Source
- uk:contracts_finder
Tender description
The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has awarded a contract for the provision of a cloud-based eProcurement and supplier management solution via G-Cloud 14. The solution will provide an integrated platform to support procurement and commercial activities across the organisation, including sourcing and tender management, supplier onboarding and supplier relationship management, contract lifecycle management, approval workflows, reporting and analytics, and access to an online procurement marketplace. The platform will support the management of procurement activities from initial sourcing through to contract management, whilst improving governance, transparency, efficiency, and auditability across NOC's procurement processes. The contract includes software licensing, implementation, configuration, supplier onboarding, user training, support services, maintenance, and ongoing system updates.
Timeline
- Completed: Award date2 September 2026
- Completed: Award published30 September 2026Current notice
- Next: Contract expiry date1 September 2029in 3 years
About the buyer
National Oceanography Centre is one of the world's top oceanographic institutions, and a dedicated procurement team runs its purchasing. Contracts above threshold are advertised through Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. Much of its buying goes through pre-negotiated framework agreements and the Crown Commercial Service. A framework covers refit, maintenance and equipment support for research vessels including RRS Discovery and RRS James Cook. Just over 1,400 suppliers work with the centre, four in five of them based in the UK. The procurement team is currently implementing the Procurement Act 2023 across its processes.
£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.
Over the past 5 years, most of National Oceanography Centre's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.
Relevant CPV codes
- 48490000 · Procurement software package
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@national-oceanography-centre.gov |
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