Paper River Software Support for NPU

Official notice

Authority: Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM)

Awarded value£66,130published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 18 Jan 2022no call for competition

Awarded to Paper River Consulting Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is entering into a contract with Paper River Consulting Ltd to renew the support, maintenance and development of its National Print Unit (NPU) scanning solution. This includes maintaining and updating the bespoke forms and workflows developed on behalf of COPFS which enable the NPU to provide output from business critical systems such as the National Database. As the system is fully integrated with other business critical systems across COPFS and is a proprietary application from Paper River competition is absent for technical reasons.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1

Delivery: Scotland

Extensions: The contract includes the option for additional professional services days to be called off during the contract term up to the value of 11050 GBP to develop new forms and workflows as required.

72261000 Software support services

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: 19 Jan 2022, 12:25 GMT
Last source update: 19 Jan 2022, 12:25 GMT
Authority reference: COPFS-2021-151
FTS notice number: 2022/S 000-001584
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportSoftware support services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9 Find 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 and to protect exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Paper River Consulting Ltd own the IPR for the forms and workflows developed for COPFS as well as the IPR of the scanning solution itself, which they support and maintain. The solution is integrated to other COPFS critical business systems.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:680122)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £66,1301 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 18 Jan 2022

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Paper River Consulting Ltd	£66,130 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 001584-2022-COPFS-2021-151-1 · Paper River Consulting Ltd
Signed
18 Jan 2022
Value
£66,130
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

Contracting authorityNational or federal agency/officeSocial protection Crown Office, 25 Chambers Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH1 1LAContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Sheriff Clerk's OfficeReview body Glasgow

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Paper River Consulting LtdAwarded supplier Nexus Building , Broadway, Letchworth, UK, SG6 3TA

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.