The procurement contact named on the official notice.

The National Wealth Fund (“NWF”), successor to the UK Infrastructure Bank, has been established to drive the nation's growth by creating a stable investment environment and mobilising private capital to align with the UK Government's strategic priorities.

As NWF we will support a wider range of sectors beyond infrastructure, aligning with the Government's industrial strategy.

NWF have a total capital of £27.8 billion, with at least £5.8 billion dedicated to green hydrogen, carbon capture, ports, gigafactories, and green steel.

This aligns with the principle of achieving policy objectives via sound banking.<br/><br/>Our private sector function will provide corporate and project finance and invest across the capital structure, including senior debt, mezzanine, guarantees and equity. <br/><br/>Our local authority function will lend to local authorities at a preferential rate for high value and strategic projects of at least £5 million<br/><br/>We are wholly owned and backed by HM Treasury.<br/><br/>We are undertaking early market engagement to understand the market offerings for an investment management solution (s) which focuses on the financial and operational lifecycle of a deal post go-live, namely:- <br/><br/>• Investment set up (booking a deal) <br/>• Output for the purposes of accounting in-line with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). <br/>• Investment management of a deal (calculation of cashflow) <br/>• Investment closure (ending a deal) <br/>• The continual risk management of the deals including IFRS ECL & economic capital calculations<br/>• Professional services related to the above<br/><br/>NWF currently has a number of tools providing these services internally.<br/><br/>The outcome of the early market engagement will inform our procurement pipeline for procuring any software or associated services as further described in Section VI.3 below.