Find a TenderAwarded without competition

Published 20 Dec 2024, 15:49 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses

Official notice

Authority: OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (Education)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: South East (UKJ12)

Awarded value£2,000,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 17 Dec 2024no call for competition

Awarded to Salesforce UK Limited2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The Open University is procuring specialist software licenses from a third-party provider.

CPV: Sales or marketing software package

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1This procurement is for the on-going supply ofAwarded

This procurement is for the on-going supply of

licenses for the Salesforce Marketing Cloud

solution which is embedded into OU systems and

process and it currently heavily used in our current

marketing programme. The licenses are to be

renewed for a period of 3 years with an additional 3

years extension option (total 6 years), for c.

£275,000 per annum for the first three years, and

up to a total contract value of £2,000,000 (inc VAT)

including all extension options.

The OU's strategy is to move away from the reseller

model and go direct to Salesforce to deliver

savings.

Delivery: South East · Milton Keynes

Extensions: Option to extend for an additional 3 years beyond the initial 3 year period, giving a potential total value of the contract up to a maximum of £2.000,000 after all extension options.

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: 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: Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 20 Dec 2024, 15:49 GMT
Last source update: 30 Jan 2025, 10:20 GMT
Authority reference: OUPA11396
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-003057
Classification (CPV): Sales or marketing software package
Delivery area: South East (UKJ12)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cc4c Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Published justification: The procurement falls outside the scope of
application of the regulations
Explanation:
(32) Negotiated without a prior publication
(b) The works, supplies or services can be provided
only by a particular economic operator for the
following reason:
(ii) Proprietary items available from only owner of
intellectual property rights; copyrights or distribution
rights.

Publisher note: The Open University (OU) intends to award a contract to Salesforce UK Limited for the supply of Salesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses. This procurement is for the on-going supply of licenses for the Salesforce Marketing Cloud solution which is embedded into OU systems and process and it currently heavily used in our current marketing programme. The licenses are to be renewed for a period of 3 years with an additional 3 years extension option (total 6 years), for c. £275,000 per annum for the first three years, and up to a total contract value of £2,000,000 (inc VAT) including all extension options. The OU's strategy is to move away from the reseller model and go direct to Salesforce to deliver savings.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £2,000,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 1

Contracts signed 2latest 17 Dec 2024

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Salesforce UK LimitedSalesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses	£2,000,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Salesforce UK LimitedSalesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses	£2,000,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Salesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses · Salesforce UK Limited
Signed
17 Dec 2024
Value
£2,000,000
Status
active
Salesforce Marketing Cloud Licenses · Salesforce UK Limited
Signed
17 Dec 2024
Value
£2,000,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids	—	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation GB-CHC: RC000391 THE OPEN UNIVERSITY, MILTON KEYNES, South East, MK76AAContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

N/AReview body N/A

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Salesforce UK LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 05094083 Floor 26 Salesforce Tower, 110 Bishopsgate, London, London, EC2N 4AY

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.