Procurement of Land Cover Plus Crops License

CPV: 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

Goods

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

13 Dec 2024, 08:56 GMT

Last source update

13 Dec 2024, 08:56 GMT

FTS notice number

2024/S 000-040195

Classification (CPV)

IT software package

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-04c7c5 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

Single Source contract with UKCEH for the Data License due to the Supplier being the only provider of these key licenses. Although this requirement is below the PCR 2015 threshold for supplies and services (£139,688), the justification for single source under regulation 32 (2) (b) of the PCR 2015 for use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication is against reason ii) “competition is absent for technical reasons” – the justification for this is as follows:<br/>o Due to the specific level of detail provided by UKCEH against the Land Cover dataset, this license provides the requisite performance for the Customer to meet the required outputs and any deviation from this dataset would be detrimental to DEFRA’s mission.<br/>o The unique maps that only UKCEH can offer provide a dataset of application rates at a fine resolution and national scale. The fertiliser map estimates average fertiliser applications between 2010 and 2015 for the whole of England and the pesticide map looks at average pesticide applications between 2012 and 2017 in England, Wales and Scotland. The data for both is provided at a 1km resolution, showing the kg of the active ingredients per 1km2. This meets the requirements of DEFRA to meet its missions.<br/>o Due to the scope of the UKCEH Dataset and the unique detail it provides, DEFRA cannot use any other provider.

• UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology Enterprise LimitedAwarded supplier12251749 Maclean Building, Benson Lane, Crowmarsh Gifford, Wallingford, Wallingford, UK, OX10 8BB

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