Official UK procurement notice
ID 4866411 DAC 55/23 - DfC - Mitigation Measures Upgrade
Authority: Department for Communities (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDAC 55/23 - DfC - Mitigation Measures Upgrade
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- 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
- 16 Jun 2023, 11:10 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Jun 2023, 15:19 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-018560- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03d6ebFind 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
The Department for Communities requires Microsoft support for their Mitigation Measures IT system, for 6 months to 31 December 2023. This is permitted under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) – technical reasons; whereby it is considered that given the amount of custom code currently in the system that only Microsoft could perform this upgrade.
- Review procedure
CPD complied with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) and incorporated a standstill period (i.e. a minimum of 10 calendar days) at the point information on the award of contract was communicated to tenderers. That notification provided full information on the award decision. This provided time for the unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract was entered into.
Publisher note: The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements is a serious matter. It means the public purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for further action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels within the specified period, this may be considered grounds for termination of the contract at your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination, CPD may issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in receipt of multiple Notices of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be excluded from future public procurement competitions for a period of up to three years..
Notice history
3 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextV.2.3) | Microsoft Limited Microsoft Campus, Thames Valley Park Reading RG6 1WG | MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED Atrium Building Block B, Carmanhall Road Sandyford Industrial Estate DUBLIN 18 |
The Contractors Details at v.2.3 have been updated to the following: MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED Atrium Building Block B, Carmanhall Road Sandyford Industrial Estate DUBLIN
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Ltd | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
| MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITEDContract | £500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract · MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITED
- Signed
- 28 Jun 2023
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Contract 017150-2023-1 · Microsoft Ltd
- Signed
- 15 Jun 2023
- Value
- £500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- MICROSOFT IRELAND OPERATIONS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
- Microsoft LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.