Notice Information
Notice Title
Oracle Java SE Universal
Notice Description
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions .
Lot Information
Lot 1
Jisc Services Limited has entered into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions listed in Section VI. The agreement includes the waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023.
Procurement Information
Institutions that use Oracle Java SE are required to purchase subscriptions. Following consultations with the HE and FE sectors, institutions have instructed Jisc to purchase Oracle Java SE Universal Subscriptions (collectively) based on the applicable procurement relationship. In this case it is not possible to competitively tender this requirement on behalf of our members and would not be in the public interest, both in terms of cost associated and the significant operational risks associated with changing suppliers. Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products, and the waiver of historic fees as mentioned in the description cannot be provided by any other than Oracle. No alternative route is possible other than direct negotiation with and award to Oracle itself. Jisc therefore relies on Regulation 32.2b (ii) of PCR2015, because the use of Oracle Java is necessary and there is no competition for technical reasons. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute approach available at this time. Jisc Services Limited observed, without challenge, a 30 day standstill period.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dadd
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/030963-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- 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
48980000 - Programming languages and tools
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £9,863,838 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jun 20258 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Jan 20251 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
- JISC
- Contact Name
- Chris Hallahan
- Contact Email
- procurement@jisc.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2081482444
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BRISTOL
- Postcode
- BS1 6NB
- Post Town
- Bristol
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLK South West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLK5 West of England
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLK51 Bristol, City of
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Bristol, City of
- Electoral Ward
- Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Bristol Central
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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