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Published 11 Jun 2021, 08:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

ESRI ELA Licences · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED (Public body)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£1,657,690published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 23 Aug 2021no call for competition
Awarded to ESRI (UK) Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

ESRI ARC GIS software is a critical suite of software which is used by our NGN field engineers and other operational staff to help identify, maintain and capture gas data information on all our below ground assets and geographical information.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
11 Jun 2021, 08:42 BST
Last source update
27 Sept 2021, 15:08 BST
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-023960
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
Yorkshire & Humber (UKE42)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02babd Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

ESRI ARC GIS software is a critical suite of software which is used by our NGN field engineers and other operational staff to help identify, maintain and capture gas data information on all our below ground assets and geographical information.

NGN's GIS landscape is built up of multiple complex, bespoke systems, which were set up by ESRI and added over time, and contain custom code supported by ESRI.

ESRI UK is the official UK distributor of this software and NGN have chosen to work directly with ESRI to secure competitive pricing rather than use a reseller, which is our only other alternative to buy these licences.

Review and risk notes
Review procedure

Notice history

3 releases on Find a Tender
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.4—Additional Services to be provided by ESRI: NGN contract ESRI to provide technical support for custom code on our legacy applications, such as Collector App, which form a critical part of our data capturing process. The current agreement expires in August which will need extending for a period of up to 6 months until such time NGN's new ARC GIS system goes live, after which this support will no lo…

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £1,657,6901 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 23 Aug 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
ESRI (UK) Limited£1,657,690 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
ESRI (UK) Limited£1,657,690 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • ESRI ELA Licences · ESRI (UK) Limited

    Signed
    23 Aug 2021
    Value
    £1,657,690
    Status
    active
  • Contract 013132-2021-1 · ESRI (UK) Limited

    Signed
    9 Jun 2021
    Value
    £1,657,690
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic bodyProduction, transport and distribution of gas and heat 1100 Century Way Thorpe Park, LEEDS, Yorkshire & Humber, LS158TUContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Northern Gas NetworksReview body Leeds

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.