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Published 13 May 2022, 13:03 BST

Official UK procurement notice

WP3827 - OneSource Support Service

Official notice

Authority: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesOpen procedure
Published estimate£498,000≈ £125k / year12.8% below published estimate
Submissions closed 6 Jun 2022awarded 8 Aug 2022
Awarded to Version 1 Solutions Limited
Contract term 4 yrsends 31 Aug 2026 · extension options published · starts 1 Sept 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

During 2020 and 2021 the Council upgraded its Human Capital Management (HCM) and Payroll systems from iTrent, and its Finance and Procurement systems from Oracle R12. These applications now sit within Oracle cloud which locally is referred to as the Council’s One Source system, emphasising the fully integrated aspect of the system now in operation.Since going live in June 2020 a contract with a system support provider has been in place. This contract is due to end on 31st August 2022 and the Council is therefore undertaking a tender to ensure a new contract is in place.

CPV: Computer-related management services · Computer-related professional services · Software programming and consultancy services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #11.1 The Council wishes to procure a provider to provide support to the Councils Oracle…AwardedRenewal 4 yrsPublished value£1,000,000

1.1 The Council wishes to procure a provider to provide support to the Councils Oracle Cloud One Source Project. specifically covering the: Constraints and Assumptions Scope and ObjectivesThe specification sets out the associated support requirements for the contract period. A review of support requirements will take place during the first 6 months of support as the Council continues to understand the support requirements of the business.

Contract period: 1 Sept 2022 – 31 Aug 2026 (4 yrs)
Delivery: West Midlands
Extensions: up to 2 x 12 months extensionVariant bids: allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 60%Price: 40%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Quality Weighting: 60%
  • price: 40%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality Weighting: 60
  • Price: 40
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Open procedure
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
Yes
First published
13 May 2022, 13:03 BST
Last source update
8 Aug 2022, 16:13 BST
Award evaluation window
6 Jun 2022 – …
Authority reference
WP3827
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-021775
Classification (CPV)
Computer-related management servicesComputer-related professional servicesSoftware programming and consultancy services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG38)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-033763 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bids opened
6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST

Timeline

6 Jun 2022 → 1 Sept 2022 · 4 dates
  1. Submission deadline
    6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    6 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    8 Aug 2022, 16:13 BST
  4. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST

Notice history

1 event · 3 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    8 Aug 2022, 16:13 BST
Published amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextII.1.5Total Value £498,000Total Value £500,000

1 amendment published without a description.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £434,2481 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 6
Contracts signed 1latest 8 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Version 1 Solutions LimitedOneSource Support Services£434,248 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
6bids · 6 electronic0——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Walsall Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Civic Centre, Darwall Street, Walsall, West Midlands, WS1 1TPContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria