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UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal

UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION

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04 May 2023 at 09:05

Summary of the contracting process

The UK Research & Innovation has completed the procurement process for the tender titled "UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal" in the goods main procurement category. This tender is an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, specifically to ensure software systems are maintained at current release levels. The contracting authority, UK Research & Innovation, located in Swindon, United Kingdom, awarded the contract to IBM UK Limited on 3rd May 2023 at a value of £137,987.06.

This procurement process carried out by UKRI offers growth opportunities for businesses capable of providing software subscription and support services, particularly in the information systems industry category. Businesses specialising in software packages and related information systems would be well-suited to compete for similar tenders. The awarded supplier, IBM UK Limited, a large-scale company located in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, successfully secured this contract through a limited procurement process awarded by UKRI for maintaining software systems at optimal performance levels.

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Notice Title

UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal

Notice Description

The Hartree Centre is to purchase a software system which is to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Hartree Centre operates a number of production compute systems providing customer-facing services that run a particular software. In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support and this is required for a period of 12 months from 1st June 2023. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- https://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Documents/UKRIPOTCs.pdf

Procurement Information

In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support. This can only be achieved by one supplier in the market for compatibility and for software related issues. This is compliant to regulation 32 B, ii competition is absent for technical reasons,

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c631
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012747-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems


CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£137,987 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
2 May 20232 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION
Contact Name
Elizabeth Gage
Contact Email
elizabeth.gage@ukri.org
Contact Phone
+44 7563420665

Buyer Location

Locality
SWINDON
Postcode
SN2 1FL
Post Town
Swindon
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLK South West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLK71 Swindon
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Swindon
Electoral Ward
Rodbourne Cheney
Westminster Constituency
Swindon North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

IBM

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