Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 10 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Insight Cloud Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: NHS Business Services Authority (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,200,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Feb 2021no call for competition
Awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purchase of Oracle Universal Credits to run Oracle cloud products and services for the existing Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence solution. The requirement covers the provision of Oracle Cloud Services to ensure the continuation of the availability of ePACT2 and eDEN for a further 12 months which are critical NHS Systems used in relation to Prescriptions and Dental activity. A memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the procurement of Oracle Cloud Services has been established by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) which NHSBSA are named on. Oracle Corporation has agreed that the discounts negotiated through CCS will be honoured for orders placed by NHSBSA.

CPV: Data services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK

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
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
10 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update
10 Mar 2021, 22:56 GMT
Authority reference
20_01_07
FTS notice number
2021/S 000-004899
Classification (CPV)
Data services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029a94 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to restricted procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products, and competition is absent here for technical reasons in any event i.e. a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the procurement of Oracle Cloud Services has been established by crown commercial services (CCS) which NHSBSA are named on, and Oracle Corporation has agreed that the discounts negotiated through CCS will be honoured for orders placed by NHSBSA, under the MoU, in respect of services drawn down using the purchased Oracle Universal Credits.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,200,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Feb 2021
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Oracle Corporation UK Limited£1,200,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NHS Business Services Authority

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawHealth Stella House, Goldcrest Way, Newburn Riverside Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK, NE15 8NYContact name, email

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.