UK-Abingdon: Business and management consultancy and related services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd
Culham Science Centre, Hutton, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 00000000000, Email: operationalprocurement.step@ukifs.uk
Contact: Operational Procurement Team
Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-industrial-fusion-solutions
NUTS Code: UK

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Other activity: Energy

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: Enterprise Change Strategy
Reference number: Not Provided

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services.


II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

II.1.4) Short description: This procurement was of strategy services (business consulting) with a focus on Enterprise Change Strategy and AI. This was delivered through the Management Consultancy Framework 4, Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy, which the supplier is a member of. The selection of the supplier was completed following an assessment that they met MAT criteria.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 241,750

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
Not Provided

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UK - UNITED KINGDOM

Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This procurement was of strategy services (business consulting) with a focus on Enterprise Change Strategy and AI. This was delivered through the Management Consultancy Framework 4, Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy, which the supplier is a member of. The selection of the supplier was completed following an assessment that they met MAT criteria.
The works will be completed over 10 weeks, following which no extension will be allowed.

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Capability / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Experience / Weighting: 40

Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 10


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


II.2.14) Additional information: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union in the cases listed below (please complete Annex D1)


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No


IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Not Provided


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: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: PP-UKIFS-444
Lot Number: Not Provided
Title: UKIFS Enterprise Change Strategy

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
Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided
Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Accenture (UK) Limited, 04757301
30 Fenchurch Street, London, EC3M 3BD, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UK
The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 241,750
Total value of the contract/lot: 241,750
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://ukifs.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=1002639141
VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA)
Culham Campus, Abingdon, OX14 3DB, United Kingdom

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Not Provided

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 19/12/2025




ANNEX D

2. Other justification for the award of the contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive: Yes

3. Explanation
This procurement was run through the Management Consultancy Framework Four (MCF4), RM6309, Lot 2 - Strategy and Policy, which is a framework under PCR15. This framework allows for selection of a sole-source supplier in cases where MAT criteria (most advantageous tendered) is met. UKIFS determined that due to Accenture's unique experience working with Dassault's 3DX platform within a Nuclear setting and their expertise in the use AI in enterprise organisations, the value for money criteria to run a competitive process would not be met for this short term contract (10 weeks).