UK Industrial Fusion Solutions Ltd: Enterprise Change Strategy

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).