Official UK procurement notice
Provision of i2 Licences and Associated Services
Authority: BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionBlueLight Commercial Ltd (the "Authority") intends to enter into an agreement with Commerce Decisions Ltd (the "Supplier") for the provision of i2 licences, support, consultancy and associated services for i2 products. The Authority is entering into this contract as a national contracting body for UK Policing and wider public sector agencies who have expressed an interest in participating in a single contract ("User Organisations").
This software is used by the User Organisations for the development and presentation of criminal intelligence, bringing together information from a variety of sources to create an evidential package for prosecution / charging of offenders.
The proposed contract is for a period of three years.
CPV: Computer support services · Industry specific software package · Personnel-training services · Software consultancy services · Software maintenance and repair services · Software supply services · Software support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority intends to enter into an agreement with the Supplier for the provision…
The Authority intends to enter into an agreement with the Supplier for the provision of i2 licences, support, consultancy and associated services for i2 products only.
The proposed contract is for a period of three years and has a total anticipated value of 26,000,000 GBP excluding VAT.
The main items / services to be provided by the Supplier shall include the following:
- The provision of i2 software Licences: concurrent, perpetual licences for on-premise software based on the requirements of the User Organisations.
- The provision of i2 software-specific training: delivered virtually, on-site at User Organisation premises or classroom-based 'open' courses.
- The provision of consultancy / professional services to User Organisations to support them with items such as i2 software-specific upgrades and linking to other data sources.
- The provision of i2 software-specific support to resolve incidents and bugs identified by User Organisations in their day-to-day usage of the i2 software.
- Access for User Organisations to ongoing releases and new versions of the i2 software.
The value of the procurement noted at II.1.7 above is up to £26,000,000. This is made up of:
- The contract price;
- Indexation;
- Potential downstream additional licences and requirements
for training / professional services for the User Organisations;
- Additional organisations joining the agreement during the
three-year term.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:12 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2024, 15:12 BST
- Authority reference
BLC-0182- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034517- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- 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 Authority intends to enter into this agreement with the Supplier on the basis that regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 applies, i.e. that only the Supplier can provide the services required because the competition is absent for technical reasons. The Authority considers that no reasonable alternative substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement. This is for the following reasons:
- The critical nature of the i2 software in use as part of criminal /
civil investigations undertaken by the User Organisations.
- Due to the proprietary nature of the i2 software owned solely
by the Supplier, no other supplier is able to provide support,
training or new features, updates, patches or licences for the
products.
- The Authority is satisfied that there is no comparable product
on the market that meets the User Organisations'
requirements in one solution.
Publisher note: BlueLight Commercial work in collaboration with blue light organisations to maximise commercial benefits to UK emergency services. The current membership of BlueLight Commercial consists of policing bodies, as well as bodies responsible for Fire and Rescue services and other bluelight sector members. For the avoidance of doubt, at the time of publication, BlueLight Commercial has not entered into a new agreement with the Supplier for these services.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| COMMERCE DECISIONS LIMITED | £26,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034517-2024-BLC-0182-1 · COMMERCE DECISIONS LIMITED
- Signed
- 24 Oct 2024
- Value
- £26,000,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Commerce Decisions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.