--- title: "Licence Subscription Ingres/OpenRoads" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042906" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042906" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042906.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042906.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE" published: "2023-12-21" --- # Licence Subscription Ingres/OpenRoads Buyer: HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042906 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042906) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042906.json) ## Summary The Health & Safety Executive has awarded a contract to Actian UK LTD for the provision of license subscriptions for data base application and website hosting services. The tender was conducted through a limited procurement method, using an award procedure without prior publication. This contract involves the continued use and support of products on application servers and database servers, as Actian UK LTD is considered the only economic operator capable of supporting HSE in delivering the required services. The contract aims to replace existing services on Actian with new services on Microsoft Dynamics 365, with a multi-year transition period anticipated due to business process reengineering requirements. This contract opportunity with Health & Safety Executive presents business growth prospects for entities specializing in information technology services, particularly those experienced in data base application and website hosting. Businesses capable of providing support for application servers and database hosting may find this tender suitable for competition. The services requested are crucial for supporting HSE's regulatory duties alongside the ongoing Business Process Transformation programme, offering a unique opportunity for businesses to engage in a technically challenging and long-term service delivery project. ## Notice Licence Subscription for data base application and website hosting ### Lot Information Lot 1 Licence Subscription for data base application and website hosting ### Procurement Information Regulation 32 exempt: 32(2)(b)(ii) whereby competition is absent for technical reasons. HSE asserts its belief that Actian UK Ltd. is the only economic operator in the EU that is capable of supporting HSE in respect of delivering the services required. The contract is for licence subscriptions and database hosting. The licences permit the continued use and support of the products on application servers, (hosted) database servers and user licences for use of the products. Actian UK Ltd. owns the intellectual property and copyright; it sells licences and services direct to its customers and the licences and services are not available through resellers or any other third party. Licences are enabled by a unique key, provided by Actian UK Ltd. without which all products cease to work, functionality ceases and data becomes unavailable. All of Chemical Regulation Division's (a Division of the Health and Safety Executive) current business systems (circa 90) have been built using Actian's OpenRoad Applications and Ingres Databases. These systems were first built in 1995, transferred to HSE ownership from DEFRA in 2008 and have been in constant use since then, iterated upon and improved. Some of these systems are public facing and all 90 systems have to be replaced or decommissioned to allow this product suite to be removed from the HSE IT estate. As such, they are embedded inextricably in CRD's business operations. The CRD Biocides and Pesticides Transformation Programme (BPT) is targeting the removal of most of these services. HSE has procured the replacement Case Management and Database System in Microsoft Dynamics 365 and the BPT Programme has procured the Systems Integrator to design and build new services which will replace the existing services that are on Actian, ultimately conducting a data migration of data out of Actian and into Dynamics 365. Consequently, Actian will not be replaced with a "like for like" contract or solution, and will be decommissioned once new services are ready. It was fully anticipated that replacement would be a multi-year activity due to the scale of business process reengineering, design and service development. The BPT programme is behind schedule due to technical complications and, whilst delivering some replacement services in March 2024, it will not deliver all of its objectives for at least 24 months. HSE asserts its belief that it is not reasonable technically to expect that alternative services, to those either built on Actian's existing solutions or being developed by the BPT programme, could be procured to design and develop systems before the current replacement programme is expected to deliver its outcomes. Continued use of Actian is therefore considered the only reasonable technical mechanism to maintain the services supporting HSE regulatory duties alongside delivering its replacement programme. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037612-2023 | | 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 | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 21 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 21 Dec 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 | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HEALTH & SAFETY EXECUTIVE | | Locality | BOOTLE | | Post town | Liverpool | | Postcode | L20 7HS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD7 Merseyside | | ITL 3 | TLD73 Sefton | | Local authority | Sefton | | Electoral ward | Linacre | | Westminster constituency | Bootle | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | ACTIAN | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72222300 - Information technology services ## Release History - 21 Dec 2023 at 09:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037612-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.hse.gov.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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