Notice Information
Notice Title
RHUL-25052 Unit4 - Enterprise Resource Planning System
Notice Description
Awarded to Unit4 for a SaaS Enterprise Resource Planning System
Lot Information
Lot 1
Awarded to Unit4 for a Enterprise Resource Planning System via a Negotiated procedure without a prior publication of a call for competition in accordance with Article 32 PCR 2015. For 36 months starting on 1st January 2026.
Procurement Information
This award is lawful pursuant to Regulation 32 (2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with, and in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) because competition is absent for technical reasons. The following details the justification for this: Unit 4 timing of announcements regarding product changes, coupled with a short timeframe to switch solutions, creates the urgency of the situation. The system is an essential part of the University's IT infrastructure would have a detrimental effect of the running of the University's services. Unit 4 have mandated the switch and withdrawn support of the onpremise solution. It will not be possible for the application and the data to be hosted on premise in the future due to the availability of support for third party hosting. The University could not have foreseen these events and no other economic provider would be able to provide this service. At the present time it would be impossible for the University to procure and implement an alternative economic operator to provide this service. This is because, the supplier will no longer support the current on premise software and the university risks a non-supported financial system. Therefore it is key that the University upgrades to the cloud software so stability of provision is ensured over the next few years to allow proper consideration of the above mentioned aspects.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050b7b
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018470-2025
- 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
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
48 - Software package and information systems
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
48000000 - Software package and information systems
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
- £889,500 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 26 Mar 202511 months 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
- ROYAL HOLLOWAY AND BEDFORD NEW COLLEGE
- Contact Name
- Procurement
- Contact Email
- procurement@rhul.ac.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 01784917194
Buyer Location
- Locality
- EGHAM
- Postcode
- TW20 0EX
- Post Town
- Twickenham
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ25 West Surrey
- Delivery Location
- TLJ South East (England)
-
- Local Authority
- Runnymede
- Electoral Ward
- Englefield Green East
- Westminster Constituency
- Windsor
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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