Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 11 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Atlassian Licences Call-Off Contract

Official notice

Authority: NHS Business Services Authority (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£300,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Sept 2020no call for competition
Awarded to ATLASSIAN PTY LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Renewal of current Atlassian software licences and ability to call-off additional licences up to the maximum contract value for a period of 36 months.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Renewal of current Atlassian licences for cloud-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)Awarded

Renewal of current Atlassian licences for cloud-hosted Software as a Service (SaaS). The Atlassian application suite is a key contributor to 'Our Tools, Process and Governance Help Us', which is one of the five enablers of the NHSBSA's Digital Strategy 2020 - 2023. It supports the successful delivery of NHSBSA's digital transformation projects by managing the workflow, tasks and collaboration across multi-supplier and multi-discipline delivery teams, whilst also being a key component of the NHSBSA’s Agile and DevOps methodologies.

The volumes of licences can be increased or decreased throughout the contract term. The maximum contract value has been set at a level which caters for unforeseen increase in organisation growth as well as mitigating the risk of significant market factors impacting price.

Delivery: UK
Extensions: Volumes of licences can be increased or decreased throughout the contract term, as long as the total expenditure remains within the maximum contract value published within this award notice.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update
11 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004992
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029af1 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

This is necessary due to the unique nature of Atlassian’s integrated product suite of agile development and collaboration software. These licences are a key contributor to the NHSBSA's Digital Strategy 2020 - 2023, which supports a number of NHSBSA's core services - both internal and public-facing. There is a reseller market available for Atlassian licences, which could allow for a degree of competition to be created. However, this option has been explored previously and for the NHSBSA this route would only add additional cost, an extra tier to manage in the supply chain and add little to no value. Hence, the decision was taken that a direct relationship with Atlassian represents better value for money than a reseller competition.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Sept 2020
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ATLASSIAN PTY LTD£300,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Atlassian Licences Call-Off Contract · ATLASSIAN PTY LTD

    Signed
    22 Sept 2020
    Value
    £300,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Business Services Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsHealth Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, NE15 8NYContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Atlassian Pty LtdAwarded supplier Level 6, 341 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Sydney, 00, NSW 2000

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.