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Provision of IBM SPSS Licences and Support

Analytical or scientific software package
Industry specific software package
Mathematical or forecasting software package
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UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: BlueLight Commercial Limited: "Provision of IBM SPSS Licences and Support". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityBlueLight Commercial LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Published history for BlueLight Commercial Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
14.3Bids / Report
11.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 21 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityBlueLight Commercial Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
Last source update31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationAnalytical or scientific software package, Industry specific software package, Mathematical or forecasting software package, Software maintenance and repair services, Software supply services, Software support services, Statistical software package
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-04da9c
What is being bought
BlueLight Commercial Ltd (the "Authority") intends to enter into an agreement with IBM United Kingdom Limited (the "Supplier") for the provision of IBM SPSS licences and support for IBM SPSS 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 complex statistical data analysis. User Organisation utilise the software for a variety of purposes such as predictive crime analysis, user research and statistical model production. The proposed contract is for a period of three years.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The Authority intends to enter into an agreement with the Supplier for the provision of licences and support for IBM SPSS Software only. The proposed contract is for a period of three years and has a total anticipated value of 1,946,709.41 GBP excluding VAT. The main items / services to be provided by the Supplier shall include the following: • The provision of IBM Software Subscription and Support for on-premise installations of IBM SPSS software based on the requirements of the User Organisations. • The re-instatement of Software Subscription and Support Coverage for lapsed coverage. • The provision of SPSS software-specific support to resolve incidents and bugs identified by User Organisations in their day-to-day usage of the SPSS software. • Access for User Organisations to ongoing updates of the IBM SPSS products in use. The value of the procurement noted at II.1.7 above is up to £1,946,709.41. This is made up of: • The contract price; • Indexation; • Potential downstream additional licences;
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    31 Jan 2025, 14:18 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 31 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · £1,946,709
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
IBM UK Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Contract
£1,946,709 · signed 31 Jan 2025, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

BlueLight Commercial Limited

Contracting authority GB-COH-12517649
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  • BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED
    buyer

    GB-COH: 12517649
    5-8 The Sanctuary Lower Ground, LONDON, UKI32, SW1P3JS
    jake.laurie@bluelight.police.uk
    +44 2045704661

  • IBM United Kingdom Limited
    supplier

    GB-COH: 00741598
    Building C IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road,, Winchester, UKJ, SO21 2JN

  • The High Court of England and Wales
    reviewBody

    7 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London, EC4A 1NL
    +44 2079476000
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
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Procedure rationaleThe 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 IBM SPSS software in use as part of operations, investigations, and demand analysis undertaken by the User Organisations. • Due to the proprietary nature of the IBM SPSS software owned solely by the Supplier, no other supplier is able to provide new features, updates, patches or licences for the products. • The Authority is satisfied that there is no comparable licence available to allow User Organisations to continue to use the IBM SPSS.