Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 2 Oct 2025, 13:59 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Informix Support Renewal · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Registers of Scotland

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Awarded value£157,957published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 2 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Oninit Consulting Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of IBM Informix software and associated technical services (renewal for 24 month period).

CPV: Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of IBM Informix software and associated technical services (24 months)Awarded
Delivery: Scotland · Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, Edinburgh, EH8 7AU

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
Goods
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
2 Oct 2025, 13:59 BST
Last source update
20 Nov 2025, 12:57 GMT
Authority reference
CNTR0016997
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075646
Classification (CPV)
Software package and information systems
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM75)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a6da Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Intellectual Property Rights are an issue, e.g., bespoke designs, some research programmes, software are unique to this supplier.

Publisher note: It should be noted that this VEAT notice is intended to inform the market of the intention to award a contract under Regulation 33.4.b(ii) and whilst the system requires an award date prior to the notice publication for the avoidance of doubt it should be noted that the contract has not been entered into prior to the publication of this notice. (SC Ref:816386)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £157,9571 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 2latest 2 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oninit Consulting LtdSME£165,542 †same award published again · counted once—Awarded
Oninit Consulting LtdSME£157,957 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic1——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Registers of Scotland

Contracting authorityRegional or local agency/officeLand Registry Meadowbank House, 153 London Road, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH8 7AUContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Edinburgh Sheriff CourtReview body Edinburgh

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Oninit Consulting LtdAwarded supplier 39 Mount Street, Cirencester, UK, GL7 1TJContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.