Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The University of Edinburgh
Charles Stewart House, 9-16 Chambers Street
Edinburgh
EH1 1HT
UK
Contact person: Laura Harkins
Telephone: +44 1316502508
E-mail: laura.harkins@ed.ac.uk
NUTS: UKM75
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.ed.ac.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00107
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
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
EDINA GeognoSIS Software
Reference number: NCA21136
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71354100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
GeognoSIS software is a key component of Digimap’s mapping infrastructure.
Digimap is an online service, operated by Edina, offering a variety of maps and spatial data to subscribing academic institutions across the UK higher and further education sectors. Digimap is used by 124 UK institutions with 75,000 registered users
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
82 075.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72212326
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM75
Main site or place of performance:
The University of Edinburgh
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
GeognoSIS software is a key component of Digimap’s mapping infrastructure.
Digimap is an online service, operated by Edina, offering a variety of maps and spatial data to subscribing academic institutions across the UK higher and further education sectors. Digimap is used by 124 UK institutions with 75,000 registered users.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: N/A
/ Weighting: 50
Price
/ 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 works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Recent market research studies have shown if the University of Edinburgh were to replace the Cadcorp software, would in fact require a complete re-engineering of the Digimap service. The Cadcorp software is an integral part of Digimap and no alternative software is immediately directly compatible without an entire re-development of every aspect of the service. In addition to this, the investment (in terms of time and staff effort) required to replace the software at this stage would force the service to close on financial grounds. Changing the software now would also offer no material improvement to the service either for the customer or for internal operational efficiency.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
Contract No: NCA21136
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
26/06/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1
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
Cadcorp
Sterling Court, Norton Rd
Stevenage
SG1 2JY
UK
Telephone: +44 7769677187
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 82 075.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:739820)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The University Court of the University of Edinburgh
Old College, South Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8 9YL
UK
E-mail: laura.harkins@ed.ac.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
26/07/2023