---
title: "UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03c631"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2023-05-04"
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# UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03c631

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## Summary

The UK Research & Innovation has completed the procurement process for the tender titled "UKRI-3081 Software Subscription and Support Renewal" in the goods main procurement category. This tender is an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, specifically to ensure software systems are maintained at current release levels. The contracting authority, UK Research & Innovation, located in Swindon, United Kingdom, awarded the contract to IBM UK Limited on 3rd May 2023 at a value of £137,987.06.

This procurement process carried out by UKRI offers growth opportunities for businesses capable of providing software subscription and support services, particularly in the information systems industry category. Businesses specialising in software packages and related information systems would be well-suited to compete for similar tenders. The awarded supplier, IBM UK Limited, a large-scale company located in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, successfully secured this contract through a limited procurement process awarded by UKRI for maintaining software systems at optimal performance levels.

## Notice

The Hartree Centre is to purchase a software system which is to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The Hartree Centre operates a number of production compute systems providing customer-facing services that run a particular software. In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support and this is required for a period of 12 months from 1st June 2023. Additional information: The term and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :- https://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Documents/UKRIPOTCs.pdf

### Procurement Information

In order to maintain installed instances of software to current release levels and retain access to patches including security patches, thereby helping to guard against service degradation and interruption, it is imperative that this software is subject to unbroken coverage by an appropriate level of vendor support. This can only be achieved by one supplier in the market for compatibility and for software related issues. This is compliant to regulation 32 B, ii competition is absent for technical reasons,

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012747-2023 |
| Notice type | 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 4 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 May 2023 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £137,987 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Post town | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | IBM |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems

## Release History

- 4 May 2023 at 09:05 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012747-2023

## Notice URLs

- https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=779149370
- https://www.ukri.org/
- https://www.ukri.org/,NorthStarAvenue
- https://www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Documents/UKRIPOTCs.pdf

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