Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership - Procurement Services
Cardiff and Vale UHB, Woodlands House, Maes-Y-Coed Road
Cardiff
CF14 4HH
UK
Contact person: Gareth Davies
E-mail: gareth.richarddavies@wales.nhs.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://nwssp.nhs.wales/ourservices/procurement-services/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0221
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Health
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Oracle Database Enterprise Edition - Processor Perpetual - Oracle GoldenGate for Non-Oracle Database
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72320000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) and operating on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (‘CAVUHB’) is placing this voluntary transparency notice to alert economic operators of its intention to award a contract to Oracle Corporation UK Ltd for Oracle database licensing for its Patient Administration System (PMS).
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
291 034.96
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72320000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL22
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
To provide Oracle licensing for CAVUHB Patient Administration System for 3 years from April 2024 to April 2027. Oracle has been the chosen database for PMS for over two decades and as the requirements for the Health Board has expanded, so has the Oracle features to meet the requirements and the expansion to the Database has grown during the past 2 decades.
The licensing allows for the continued use of the Oracle products that make up PMS.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Qualitative
/ Weighting: 50
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 50
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership-Procurement Services (hosted by Velindre University NHS Trust) and operating on behalf of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (‘CAVUHB’) is seeking to award contract to Oracle Corporation UK Ltd under Public Contracts Regulations 2015 Regulation 32 (2) (b): (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.
Oracle has been the chosen database for PMS for over two decades through All Wales contracts and as the requirements for the Health Board has expanded, so has the Oracle features to meet the requirements and the expansion to the Database has grown during the past 2 decades. The licensing allows for the continued use of the Oracle products that make up PMS which are not covered in the All Wales contract, however, the Health Board cannot operate a separate system for this element of the overall requirement.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2024/S 000-008990
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29/04/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ORACLE CORPORATION UK LTD
01782505
ORACLE CORPORATION UK LTD, ORACLE PKWY, THAMES VALLEY PK
READING
RG61RA
UK
NUTS: UKK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 291 034.96
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:142823)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
08/07/2024