Notice Information
Notice Title
The Support, Maintenance and Hosting of Business World
Notice Description
In April 2016, Renfrewshire Council commissioned a contract for the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and a managed service to host, support and maintain the solution. As a result of this contract, the 'Business World' solution was implemented. The current contract expires on 31 March 2021. Renfrewshire Council identified a need to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the renewal of the Right to Use Licence of Business World and support, maintenance and hosting of the Council's current Business World solution as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.
Lot Information
Lot 1
This procurement for this Contract was conducted as a negotiated procedure in accordance with Regulation 33 (1)(b) (iii) of the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 which states that "a contracting authority may award a public contract following negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice or prior information notice in any of the following cases-- (iii)the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement."
Procurement Information
To assess the level of interest in providing this replacement service the Council initially published a Prior Information Notice (PIN) on 6 April 2020 asking interested suppliers to express their interest by answering a list of 6 questions relating to the requirements of this Contract. When no responses were received to the PIN, the Council contacted all fifteen (15) suppliers who noted interest on the Public Contract Scotland portal via email to ask if they would be willing to provide details regarding why they did not submit a response. The three (3) responses were received, one (1) stated that they would not be responding on this occasion and two (2) explained that only Unit 4 Business Solutions Limited, who own the licence for Business World can provide a SaaS for the continued support, maintenance and hosting of Business World.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000639882
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403319
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- OJEU - F3 - Contract 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
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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- CPV Codes
48100000 - Industry specific software package
71356300 - Technical support services
72250000 - System and support services
72261000 - Software support services
72611000 - Technical computer support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £4,750,000 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Dec 20205 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Nov 20205 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RENFREWSHIRE COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- PAISLEY
- Postcode
- PA1 1JB
- Post Town
- Paisley
- Country
- Scotland
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- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM33 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM83 Inverclyde, East Renfrewshire, and Renfrewshire
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- Local Authority
- Renfrewshire
- Electoral Ward
- Paisley East and Central
- Westminster Constituency
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Further Information
Notice Documents
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https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC403319
The Support, Maintenance and Hosting of Business World - In April 2016, Renfrewshire Council commissioned a contract for the implementation of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and a managed service to host, support and maintain the solution. As a result of this contract, the 'Business World' solution was implemented. The current contract expires on 31 March 2021. Renfrewshire Council identified a need to appoint a suitably qualified service provider for the renewal of the Right to Use Licence of Business World and support, maintenance and hosting of the Council's current Business World solution as a Software as a Service (SaaS) solution.
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