--- title: "Provision of ORACLE Licences and Support" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-029e34" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-029e34" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-029e34.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-029e34.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, DEFENCE DIGITAL" published: "2021-03-22" --- # Provision of ORACLE Licences and Support Buyer: MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, DEFENCE DIGITAL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029e34 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-029e34) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-029e34.json) ## Summary The UK Ministry of Defence, specifically its Defence Digital team, has successfully completed the procurement process for the provision of Oracle Licences and Support. This contract, valued at £2,020,000, focuses on software support services and involves a tendering method classified as "limited," allowing for a negotiated procedure without a prior contract notice. The contract was awarded to Oracle Corporation UK Limited on 17 March 2021, and it is effective for a period of up to 38.52 months, with the majority of operations taking place within the UK as all data and support services must be provided domestically. This procurement presents significant opportunities for growth, particularly for businesses offering software solutions and support services that comply with national security requirements. Companies specialising in HR, payroll, and expense management software, particularly those able to meet stringent Defence Security Accreditor standards, would be well-positioned to compete for similar future contracts. The exclusive nature of this award underlines the importance of technical expertise and compliance in the modulated defence sector, suggesting that emerging firms aligned with government IT strategies may find niches to exploit in future tenders. ## Notice Single source for the provision of Software licenses for Payroll and Expenses Software as a Service ### Lot Information Lot 1 Single Source under Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons ### Procurement Information The Cloud Payroll and Expenses Project Team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence, ("the Authority"), intends to award a contract to Oracle Corporation UK LTD ("Oracle") for up to 38.52 months to acquire software licences for Payroll and Expenses Software as a Service (SaaS) with an estimated value of PS2,020,00.00. It is considered that this contract can be awarded to Oracle using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Regulation 16(1)(a)(ii) of the UK Defence and Security Public Contracts Regulations 2011 for technical reasons. This is because Oracle is the only Government Shared Services supported Tier One vendor for Payroll and Expense services which readily meets the Defence Security Accreditors (JSP 440) security requirements for the system and supporting infrastructure. In particular, given this requires the system and all supporting infrastructure must be hosted and controlled in the UK, all Data must be hosted, processed, stored, archived and controlled within the UK, all support to the system must be provided from within the United Kingdom and all staff need to be SC cleared UK nationals living in the UK. In addition, Oracle is the only Tier One vendor for HR, Payroll and Expenses SaaS solutions which has an existing single dedicated secure technical network between Defence Core Infrastructure their data centres which meets the Defence Security requirements. Further to this the Authority already licences Cloud SaaS from Oracle for 11 modules including, Core HR, Talent & Performance, Absence, Digital Assistant, Learning, Project and HR Helpdesk. Accordingly, Oracle is the only company able to meet Authority's requirement to have unified process in this area which provides greater scope for automation, improve scalability and usability of information, aligned with Government IT strategy. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005827-2021 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Mar 2021 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 17 Mar 2021 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £2,020,000 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, DEFENCE DIGITAL | | Locality | CORSHAM | | Post town | Not specified | | Postcode | N/A | | Country | Not specified | | ITL 1 | Not specified | | ITL 2 | Not specified | | ITL 3 | Not specified | | Local authority | Not specified | | Electoral ward | Not specified | | Westminster constituency | Not specified | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | ORACLE | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72261000 - Software support services ## Release History - 22 Mar 2021 at 22:56 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005827-2021 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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