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The Support, Maintenance and Hosting of Business World

Renfrewshire Council has announced on 29 Dec 2020 that is accepting bids for the following project: The Support, Maintenance and Hosting of Business World.

The tender will take place in United Kingdom and will cover the Information Technology industry.

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Location: United Kingdom

General information

Donor:

Renfrewshire Council

Industry:

Information Technology

Consumer Goods & Services

Status:

Accepting bids

Timeline

Published:

29 Dec 2020

Deadline:

Not available

Value:

Not available

Contacts

Phone:

+44 3003000300

+44 0353879483992

Email: rachel.o'[email protected]

Description

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403319

Contract award notice

Results of the procurement procedure

Directive 2014/24/EU - Public Sector Directive

Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Renfrewshire Council

Renfrewshire House, Cotton Street

Paisley

PA1 1JB

Telephone: +44 3003000300

E-mail: rachel.o'[email protected]

NUTS: UKM83

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00400

I.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

I.5) Main activity

General public services

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

The Support, Maintenance and Hosting of Business World

Reference number: RC-CPU-19-384

II.1.2) Main CPV code

48100000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

II.1.4) Short description

In April 2016, Renfrewshire Council commissioned a contract for the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and a managed service to host, support and maintain the solution. As a result of this contract, the ‘Business World’ solution was implemented. The current contract expires on 31 March 2021.

Renfrewshire Council identified a need to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the renewal of the Right to Use Licence of Business World and support, maintenance and hosting of the Council’s current Business World solution as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 4 750 000.00 GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

72261000

71356300

72250000

72611000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKM83

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

This procurement for this Contract was conducted as a negotiated procedure in accordance with Regulation 33 (1)(b) (iii) of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 which states that “a contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases— (iii)the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.”

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 in the Official Journal of the European Union

Justification for selected award procedure:

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Explanation

To assess the level of interest in providing this replacement service the Council initially published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on 6 April 2020 asking interested suppliers to express their interest by answering a list of 6 questions relating to the requirements of this Contract. When no responses were received to the PIN, the Council contacted all fifteen (15) suppliers who noted interest on the Public Contract Scotland portal via email to ask if they would be willing to provide details regarding why they did not submit a response. The three (3) responses were received, one (1) stated that they would not be responding on this occasion and two (2) explained that only Unit 4 Business Solutions Limited, who own the licence for Business World can provide a SaaS for the continued support, maintenance and hosting of Business World.

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: RC-CPU-19-384

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

30/11/2020

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 other EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

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

Unit4 Business Software

Blackrock

Dublin

00000

Telephone: +44 0353879483992

NUTS: UK

The contractor is an SME: No

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: 4 750 000.00 GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:639882)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

See V1.4.3 below

VI.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI 2105/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.