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Provision of ORACLE Licences and Support

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, DEFENCE DIGITAL

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22 Mar 2021 at 22:56

Summary of the contracting process

The UK Ministry of Defence, specifically its Defence Digital team, has successfully completed the procurement process for the provision of Oracle Licences and Support. This contract, valued at £2,020,000, focuses on software support services and involves a tendering method classified as "limited," allowing for a negotiated procedure without a prior contract notice. The contract was awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Limited on 17 March 2021, and it is effective for a period of up to 38.52 months, with the majority of operations taking place within the UK as all data and support services must be provided domestically.

This procurement presents significant opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses offering software solutions and support services that comply with national security requirements. Companies specialising in HR, payroll, and expense management software, particularly those able to meet stringent Defence Security Accreditor standards, would be well-positioned to compete for similar future contracts. The exclusive nature of this award underlines the importance of technical expertise and compliance in the modulated defence sector, suggesting that emerging firms aligned with government IT strategies may find niches to exploit in future tenders.

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Notice Title

Provision of ORACLE Licences and Support

Notice Description

Single source for the provision of Software licenses for Payroll and Expenses Software as a Service

Lot Information

Lot 1

Single Source under Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons

Procurement Information

The Cloud Payroll and Expenses Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, ("the Authority"), intends to award a contract to Oracle Corporation UK LTD ("Oracle") for up to 38.52 months to acquire software licences for Payroll and Expenses Software as a Service (SaaS) with an estimated value of PS2,020,00.00. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Oracle using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because Oracle is the only Government Shared Services supported Tier One vendor for Payroll and Expense services which readily meets the Defence Security Accreditors (JSP 440) security requirements for the system and supporting infrastructure. In particular, given this requires the system and all supporting infrastructure must be hosted and controlled in the UK, all Data must be hosted, processed, stored, archived and controlled within the UK, all support to the system must be provided from within the United Kingdom and all staff need to be SC cleared UK nationals living in the UK. In addition, Oracle is the only Tier One vendor for HR, Payroll and Expenses SaaS solutions which has an existing single dedicated secure technical network between Defence Core Infrastructure their data centres which meets the Defence Security requirements. Further to this the Authority already licences Cloud SaaS from Oracle for 11 modules including, Core HR, Talent & Performance, Absence, Digital Assistant, Learning, Project and HR Helpdesk. Accordingly, Oracle is the only company able to meet Authority's requirement to have unified process in this area which provides greater scope for automation, improve scalability and usability of information, aligned with Government IT strategy.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-029e34
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005827-2021
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72261000 - Software support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£2,020,000 £1M-£10M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Mar 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
17 Mar 20214 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, DEFENCE DIGITAL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
john.wilmott102@mod.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
CORSHAM
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

ORACLE

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