Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
The Hartree Centre is to purchase a software system which is to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption. The Hartree Centre operates a number of production compute systems providing customer-facing services that run a particular software. In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support and this is required for a period of 12 months from 1st June 2023.
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Hartree Centre is to purchase a software system which is to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Hartree Centre operates a number of production compute systems providing…Awarded
The Hartree Centre operates a number of production compute systems providing customer-facing services that run a particular software. In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support and this is required for a period of 12 months from 1st June 2023. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Doc… ↗
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
- 4 May 2023, 10:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 May 2023, 10:05 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-3081- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-012747- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c631Find 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
In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support. This can only be achieved by one supplier in the market for compatibility and for software related issues. This is compliant to regulation 32 B, ii competition is absent for technical reasons,
Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=779149370" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=779149370</a> GO Reference: GO-202354-PRO-22783875
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
4 May 2023 → 31 May 2024 · 3 dates- Contract startsContracts Finder. This notice did not publish a start date.4 May 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published4 May 2023, 10:05 BST
- Contract endsContracts Finder. This notice did not publish an end date.31 May 2024, 23:59 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| IBM UK Limited4 May 2023 – 31 May 2024 | £137,987 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 012747-2023-1 · IBM UK Limited
- Signed
- 3 May 2023
- Value
- £137,987
- Period
- 4 May 2023 – 31 May 2024
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- UK Research and InnovationReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- IBM UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.