Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Department of Finance
Lanyon Plaza 7 Lanyon Place
Belfast
BT1 3LP
UK
E-mail: SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
Address of the buyer profile: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
ID 5247749 Department of Finance - Land and Property Services - Oracle Software Support and Maintenance
Reference number: ID 5247749 DAC 120/23
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Department of Finance - Land and Property Services - Oracle Software Support and Maintenance
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
279 091.80
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKN
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Department of Finance - Land and Property Services - Oracle Software Support and Maintenance
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
This is a Direct Award Contract justified under regulation 32 B ii due to absence of competition for technical reasons. Crown Commercial have negotiated a Public Sector MOU pricing model, which we would like to avail of. The required support and maintenance will be purchased from Oracle directly and a Direct Award Contract is the vehicle to secure the (3 year) pricing via the CCS MOU.
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 000-005429
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: 1
Title: Contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
08/04/2024
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 U K LTD
ORACLE PARKWAY
READING
RG6 1RA
UK
Telephone: +44 7825100188
E-mail: darren.deehan@oracle.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://etendersni.gov.uk/epps
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 279 091.80
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
The successful contractor’s performance on the contract will be regularly monitored.. Contractors not delivering on contract requirements. is a serious matter It means the public. purse is not getting what it is paying for. If a contractor fails to reach satisfactory levels of. contract performance they will be given a specified time to improve. If, after the specified. time, they still fail to reach satisfactory levels of contract performance, the matter will be. escalated to senior management in construction and procurement delivery (CPD) for. further. action. If this occurs and their performance still does not improve to satisfactory levels. within the specified period, this may be. considered grounds for termination of the contract at. your expense as provided for in the Conditions of Contract. In lieu of termination,. CPD may. issue a Notice of Written Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. A supplier in. receipt of multiple Notices of Written. Warning or a Notice of Unsatisfactory Performance. may, in accordance with The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended), be. excluded. from future public procurement competitions for a period of. up to three years.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The UK does not have any such bodies with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures. Instead; any challenges are dealt with by the High Court, Commercial Division, to which proceedings may be issued regarding alleged breaches of the PCR 2015 as amended.
Belfast
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
09/04/2024