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Northern Lighthouse Board · awarded 31 October 2025

Who

Buyer	Northern Lighthouse Board EDINBURGH
Supplier	Bip Solutions Ltd
Category	services
Classification	Procurement software package CPV 48490000
Notice published	26 January 2026

What it is for

• 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…

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