Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
UK INDUSTRIAL FUSION SOLUTIONS LTD
14620804
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon
OX143DB
UK
Contact person: Fred Franklin
E-mail: fred.franklin@ukifs.uk
NUTS: UKJ14
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-industrial-fusion-solutions
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Enterprise Change Strategy
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The requirement is to secure specialist consultancy services to support UKIFS in delivering its Enterprise Change Strategy.
This work is critical to achieving transformation objectives and ensuring alignment with organizational priorities.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
241 750.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Onsite in Culham office.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Short-term (3 months) service to develop UKIFS's
The supply will provide specialist consultancy services to develop UKIFS's enterprise change strategy, with a specific focus on developing a digital transformation plan aligned with organisational priorities. This will include developing a stakeholder-centric change management approach to embed digital-first behaviours and provide supplementary AI enablement integrated into the overall strategy.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: MAT Tenderer
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ Weighting:
50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
UKIFS awarded this contract through the MCF4 framework, Lot 2, following the buyers guide to assess the supplier base. The supplier is a pre-qualified member of this Lot. There was no requirement to publish this onto FTS as per the process laid out in the framework guide.
This framework was previously competed and allows for Direct Award.
The contract was awarded based on MAT criteria, determining that the supplier has unique experience and understanding of relevant engineering products (PLM tools) within the Nuclear sector.
Therefore, this opportunity to was not posted as we deemed running a competitive process poor value for money (time and resources) for this short-term contract.
The next phase of any piece of work will be released to the market.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
24/11/2025
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Accenture (UK) Limited
04757301
30 Fenchurch Street
London
EC3M 3BD
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 241 750.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
UK Industrial Fusion Solution
Culham Science Centre
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
OX14 3DB
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
19/12/2025