Official UK procurement notice
Oracle Database Administrator Services
Authority: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) will be entering into a contract with Applications DBA Ltd to supply Oracle Database Administrator Services for its business-critical Database Environment to support the COPFS Database Team and lead on migration of the current Database Environment and Infrastructure to a modern, flexible system, capable of supporting COPFS Case Management Systems for the foreseeable future.
CPV: System and support services
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
- 8 Sept 2025, 15:39 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 10:25 BST
- Authority reference
COPFS-2025-197- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059541- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059607Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons. COPFS has encountered issues attracting and recruiting experienced staff for its Database Team. This has dramatically increased COPFS reliance on 3rd party services as the team are not fully resourced and are still acquiring the required knowledge and skills to migrate the current Database Environment and Infrastructure and to support the legacy systems. It is crucial to ensure continuity and successful management of the database environment, that the 3rd party service is supplied by an organisation that has the required in-depth knowledge of COPFS environment and infrastructure, including FOS and PROMIS, as well as extensive experience and up to date qualifications and skills in Oracle DBA.
Publisher note: (SC Ref:811243)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Applications DBA LtdSME | £292,500 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Applications DBA LtdSME | £292,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 059541-2025-COPFS-2025-174-1 · Applications DBA LtdSME
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- £292,500
- Status
- active
Contract 054743-2025-COPFS-2025-197-1 · Applications DBA LtdSME
- Signed
- 5 Sept 2025
- Value
- £292,500
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sherriff Clerk's OfficeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Applications DBA LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.