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Alemba Service Manager Software Licenses

Buyer: Police and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire →

BuyerPolice and Crime Commissioner for Cheshire
StatusAwarded
DeadlineNot published
ValueValue not published
Published18 Jul 2025

What is being bought

This is a Contract Details Notice. The system is used to provide self service capability to log details of faults or requests for support from the business services functions. The capability covers faults and support for IT, HR, Payroll, Finance and Inventory.

Lot details

Lot LOT-0001

No lot description published.

Statuscomplete

Comparable-procurement analytics

No usable CPV category has been published, so a comparable market set cannot yet be built.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleThis notice is presented on the basis of an exemption permitting direct award without competition under the Procurement Act 2023. Where the provider is the sole supplier of the goods, services or works. Alemba is the developer and proprietor of the Licences and Support. Only Alemba themselves or Alemba via a reseller can support their own software licenses. This means there is an absence of competition for technical grounds as only a specific supplier can supply (or a particular supplier holds the intellectual property or other exclusive rights) and there are no reasonable alternatives.
Rationale classificationssingleSuppliersTechnicalReasons, additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement, additionalRepeatFurtherFollowingCompetitiveProcedure
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

Alemba Service Manager Software Licenses

Statusactive
Value£271,286

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-054942
Latest release ID041350-2025
Latest release timestampFri Jul 18 2025 13:45:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methoddirect
Procurement method detailsDirect award
Main procurement categoryNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source0
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
18 Jul 2025award, contract041350-2025
16 Jun 2025award, contract032631-2025
16 Jun 2025award, contract032589-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (3 releases)
18 Jul 2025 · 041350-2025 · award, contract
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16 Jun 2025 · 032589-2025 · award, contract
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