Oracle Java SE Universal · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Jisc (Public body)

Framework agreementGoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: UK

Framework ceiling (notional)Value not publishedframework ceiling, not attributable revenue

Awarded 28 May 2025no call for competition

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions .

CPV: Programming languages and tools · Software package and information systems

How this framework works

From the published notice

Bids received: 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation…Awarded

Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions listed in Section VI. The agreement includes the waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023.

Delivery: UK

48000000 Software package and information systems

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: Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement: Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 1 Feb 2025, 01:16 GMT
Last source update: 9 Jun 2025, 14:17 BST
Authority reference: Proc2632
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-030963
Classification (CPV): Programming languages and toolsSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04dadd 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: Institutions that use Oracle Java SE are required to purchase subscriptions. Following consultations with the HE and FE sectors, institutions have instructed Jisc to purchase Oracle Java SE Universal Subscriptions (collectively) based on the applicable procurement relationship. In this case it is not possible to competitively tender this requirement on behalf of our members and would not be in the public interest, both in terms of cost associated and the significant operational risks associated with changing suppliers. Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products, and the waiver of historic fees as mentioned in the description cannot be provided by any other than Oracle.
No alternative route is possible other than direct negotiation with and award to Oracle itself. Jisc therefore relies on Regulation 32.2b (ii) of PCR2015, because the use of Oracle Java is necessary and there is no competition for technical reasons. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute approach available at this time.
Jisc Services Limited observed, without challenge, a 30 day standstill period.

Publisher note: The scope of the framework is open to the organisations supporting education in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland such as the following: • Higher Education institutions • Further Education institutions • Consortiums and any other Organisation or Body whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research. • Any other education institute such as a School or College • Multi Academy Trusts and other such organisations established and acting on behalf of Schools and Colleges • Specialist Colleges Research Council establishments Membership lists for existing higher and further education purchasing consortia may be found at: https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 28 May 2025

2 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

All 2 of these contracts carry the same published figure, £9,863,839, the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each contract's own value. They are not eleven separate sums.

Oracle Java SE Universal
Signed
28 May 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active
Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription
Signed
31 Jan 2025
Value
ceiling above
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Jisc

Contracting authorityPublic bodyBody governed by public lawEducation 05747339 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, UK, BS1 6NBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

2 commercial parties on the notice

Oracle Corporation UK LimitedFramework contractor1782505 Oracle Parkway, Thames Valley Park, Reading, UK, RG6 1RA
Oracle Corporation UK LimitedFramework contractor Reading, UK

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.