Notice Information
Notice Title
Housing Management System
Notice Description
East Lothian Housing Association is looking for software that can integrate with its MyHome portal, that can allow this integration to be continually developed to ensure it continues on the latest version of this system and has technical support should it have any issues.
Lot Information
Lot 1
East Lothian has bespoke API integrations with its other key IT systems as part of the MyHome offering to deliver key repairs and maintenance services to its tenants. The current MyHome customer portal has been assessed to meet the needs of the business and the organisation does not wish to seek to procure an alternative solution. We are seeking to procure a supplier than can maintain and develop the integration with the MyHome from our Housing Management, Asset and Finance databases.
Procurement Information
Competition is absent for technical reasons; and the protection of exclusive rights. ELHA use and rely upon a customer portal called the "MyHome customer portal" which is provided by a supplier called Housing Online. ELHA is procuring a contract for the provision of an HMS software system that must be interoperable, interactive and continue to be developed alongside the MyHome customer portal. ELHA's external IT consultants have advised that Designer Software has an exclusivity arrangement with Housing Online that includes a clause that allows Designer Software to veto any work that Housing Online might want to do that supports or develops its interactivity with a competitor's solution. Designer Software also has a significant shareholding in Housing Online and is capable of exercising considerable influence over its management decisions. As a consequence of this, only Designer Software's HMS solution will continue to be developed to ensure it is interoperable and interactive with the MyHome customer portal, which ELHA must use and is reliant upon. ELHA's IT external consultants have advised that that there is no reasonable alternative or substitute to contracting with Designer Software due to the exclusivity arrangements and, as there is no reasonable workaround, the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04cc9d
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000460-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £280,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 8 Jan 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 23 Dec 20241 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EAST LOTHIAN HOUSING ASSOCIATION LTD
- Contact Name
- Gary Alison
- Contact Email
- gary.alison@elha.com
- Contact Phone
- +44 1620825032
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HADDINGTON
- Postcode
- EH41 3JL
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM11 East Lothian and Midlothian
- Delivery Location
- TLM73 East Lothian and Midlothian
-
- Local Authority
- East Lothian
- Electoral Ward
- Haddington and Lammermuir
- Westminster Constituency
- Lothian East
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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