Provision of a Mobilising System Support and Maintenance Agreement

Official notice

Authority: Hertfordshire County Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: East of England (UKH23)

Awarded value£370,346published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 25 Sept 2024no call for competition

Awarded to NEC Software Solutions LTD

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is an Award Notice for the Provision of a Mobilising System Support and Maintenance Agreement. This is a direct award because competition is absent for technical reasons.

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

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This is an Award NoticeAwarded

This is an Award Notice. Hertfordshire County Council has awarded a contract for the Provision of a Mobilising System Support and Maintenance Agreement.

In order to maintain the combined control room for the East Coast & Hertfordshire Control Room Consortium until the dissolution, there is a requirement to extend the Vision 4 mobilising system contract with the current supplier in order to align with each of the four consortium fire and rescue services' timelines to implement their replacement systems.

Delivery: East of England

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: 9 Oct 2024, 13:48 BST
Last source update: 9 Oct 2024, 13:48 BST
FTS notice number: 2024/S 000-032430
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: East of England (UKH23)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04a729 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: Hertfordshire County Council (HCC) is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 in making this award without prior publication. Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) permits such an award where competition is absent for technical reasons.
In order to maintain the combined control room for the East Coast & Hertfordshire Control Room Consortium until the dissolution, there is a requirement to extend the Vision 4 mobilising system contract with the current supplier in order to align with each of the four consortium fire and rescue services' timelines to implement their replacement systems.
The current solution needs to continue with all 4 consortium fire and rescue services and not individually. Each of the 4 services have completed separate successful procurements of new mobilising contracts which will all go live at various stages of 2025.
The Council has therefore awarded a contract to NEC to ensure on-going service delivery. The contract will be for 6 months with the option to extend for a further 6 months to allow services to take a shorter extension to align with their timelines and reduce unnecessary cost.
The contract is due to start on 01/04/25 until 30/09/25 with the option to extend for a further 6 months until 31/03/26.

Publisher note: Where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator because competition is absent for technical reasons.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £370,3461 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
NEC Software Solutions LTD	£370,346 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Provision of a Mobilising System Support and Maintenance Agreement · NEC Software Solutions LTD
Signed
25 Sept 2024
Value
£370,346
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Hertfordshire County Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services PEGS LANE, HERTFORD, East of England, SG138DQContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

NEC Software Solutions UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00968498 Hemel Hempstead, East of England

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.