# E-Procurement Portal

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Northern Lighthouse Board](/buyers/northern-lighthouse-board/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Bip Solutions Ltd](/contract-winners/bip-solutions/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £83,850
- Tender value: £83,850
- Award date: 31 October 2025
- Published: 26 January 2026
- Contract start: 1 November 2025
- Contract end: 31 October 2028
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: efa5240c-a7cb-4ddb-a646-2722efdc4497-880757
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8e31c78f-1024-4b37-8054-d15e738c6a06

## Description

• A web based eSourcing solution provided on a Software as a Service \(Saas\) basis, that supports effective and efficient tendering and contract/supplier management\. • The solution provided must be fully compliant with PCR2015, and compliant with all aspects of PA23 which can Publish direct to, Central Digital Platform, Find a Tender and Contracts Finder buyer portals\. • The ability to complete an online tendering and sourcing exercise with a Selection Questionnaire \(SQ\), Request for Information \(RFI\), Invitation to Tender \(ITT\), Invitation to Quote \(ITQ\) then complete the tendering exercise to award, and the publication of an award notice\. • Plan and execute complex procurement projects, multi-Lots, with multiple users to build the tender exercise\. • An online supplier database, to allow the ability to interact with a network of registered suppliers\. Giving the opportunity to identify suppliers as part of a market scoping exercise or to invite to a mini-competition or request for quotation\. • Ability to allow Awarding Authority to work in a collaborative manner with third party partners, i\.e\. allow NLB to invite evaluators from other organisations\. Evaluation • The ability to complete auto-score online questionnaires for online evaluations, in a side by side evaluation\. • Create tendering work areas, to assign internal and external roles and to allow a team to work collaboratively with other departments and buying organisations to complete complex multi lot evaluations\. • An evaluation process that is secure, and auditable with an activity log, and the ability to separate users to different elements of the evaluation process and exercise\. Contract Management • The ability to register contracts within a Contracts Register at the award stage, set reminders, record performance and track changes • A fully accessible and easily downloaded Contracts Register • An online dashboard to easily analyse contract and supplier details\. Provide an overview on number of open contracts and their suppliers\. Identify Key Suppliers, Spend information, and expiry dates\. Sourced from G-Cloud framwork RM1557\.14

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efa5240c-a7cb-4ddb-a646-2722efdc4497-880757)