Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Sensorium Support and Maintenance
Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement description1 gold maintenance support package
CPV: Data network support services · Maintenance of data network equipment
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #11 gold maintenance support package for Sensorium software package
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Cost: 90%
- Social Value: 10%
Published award criteria (2)
- Social Value: 10
- Cost: 90
- Price carries 90 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 9 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Sept 2024, 12:17 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2024, 12:17 BST
- Authority reference
PS/24/68- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-027899- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04972bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure; The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
2BM Ltd owns the IPR of the software. DVLA currently own perpetual Sensorium licences which can only be administered and supported by the vendor. 2BM Ltd are the only supplier that can configure the system and are the only supplier qualified to configure the software.
2BM Ltd only contract directly with customers and are not on any government frameworks.
For this requirement the justification is:
32 (2) (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons: —
(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons,
(iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2BM LtdSubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Provision of Sensorium Support and Maintenance · 2BM Ltd
- Signed
- 2 Sept 2024
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 gold maintenance support package for Sensorium software package | — | — | — | £111,220 – £166,829 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £111,220 – £166,829 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High COurtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- 2BM LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.