Procurement of CAS Data Licenses

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

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

28 Nov 2024, 09:12 GMT

Last source update

28 Nov 2024, 09:12 GMT

FTS notice number

2024/S 000-038382

Classification (CPV)

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIT software package

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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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

The justification for the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication is against two items:<br/><br/>a) The thresholds for the Public Contract Regulations 2015 under Regulation 5 set out the minimum thresholds for Works, Services or Supply. For Services, Regulation 5 sets out the following “This Part applies to procurements with a value [inclusive] of VAT estimated to be equal to or greater than the following thresholds…for public supply contracts and public service contracts awarded by central government authorities, and design contests organised by such authorities, [£139,688]…” Therefore, it has been judged that due to the quoted figure from the Supplier, this would fall under the PCR 2015 Threshold for Services and therefore the Procurement Regulations will not apply.<br/><br/>b) The existing Supplier (Chemical Abstracts Service) owns the system for the internal CAS Database and the Chemical Identifiers, and therefore any new supplier would need to subcontract CAS for use of their tool (and subsequent licenses and expertise). Therefore Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) applies as competition is absent for technical reasons.

Publisher note: The justification for the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication is against two items:<br/><br/>a) The thresholds for the Public Contract Regulations 2015 under Regulation 5 set out the minimum thresholds for Works, Services or Supply. For Services, Regulation 5 sets out the following “This Part applies to procurements with a value [inclusive] of VAT estimated to be equal to or greater than the following thresholds…for public supply contracts and public service contracts awarded by central government authorities, and design contests organised by such authorities, [£139,688]…” Therefore, it has been judged that due to the quoted figure from the Supplier, this would fall under the PCR 2015 Threshold for Services and therefore the Procurement Regulations will not apply.<br/><br/>b) The existing Supplier (Chemical Abstracts Service) owns the system for the internal CAS Database and the Chemical Identifiers, and therefore any new supplier would need to subcontract CAS for use of their tool (and subsequent licenses and expertise). Therefore Regulation 32 (2)(b)(ii) applies as competition is absent for technical reasons.

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