--- title: "CST105 Implementation Partner for SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-042915" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042915" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042915.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042915.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL" published: "2023-12-21" --- # CST105 Implementation Partner for SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure Buyer: DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-042915 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-042915) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-042915.json) ## Summary The Derbyshire County Council has awarded a contract for an Implementation Partner to support a SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure to HCL Technologies UK Limited. The procurement stage was an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract title is "CST105 Implementation Partner for SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure" under IT services category. The contract was signed on December 15, 2023, and the process was completed on December 21, 2023. This contract opportunity with Derbyshire County Council can benefit businesses specialising in IT services, consulting, software development, and support. The award was based on the absence of competition for technical reasons, where the works could only be provided by a specific economic operator due to their unique expertise. Businesses with a strong background in SAP system implementation and Azure infrastructure services would be well-suited to compete for similar future opportunities in this sector. ## Notice Direct award of a contract for an Implementation Partner to support a SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure under Regulation 32 of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015, and Protocol 8 of the Council's Standing Orders Relating to Contracts. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Direct award of a contract for an Implementation Partner to support a SAP Upgrade and SAP on Azure Infrastructure under Regulation 32 of the Public Procurement Regulations 2015, and Protocol 8 of the Council's Standing Orders Relating to Contracts. ### Procurement Information The Council has awarded under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii), where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for technical reasons and no reasonable alternative or substitute exists. It is believed that this regulation is applicable for the following reasons: (1) HCL has built Derbyshire specific data loaders and gained detailed knowledge of the Derbyshire SAP system as it successfully completed three rounds of migration of 12 years worth of production data (3 TB) as well as the successful testing of 62 mission critical interfaces and full UAT including payroll regression testing. The re-use of HCL's data loaders and fix on fail code knowledge is an accelerator and will de-risk the delivery of the programme. Selecting a new system implementer would mean that both data migration and code remediation will have to be started afresh again at a significant additional cost and a much longer delivery time. (2) For the Azure infrastructure services, HCL have a detailed understanding of the specific implementation of SAP S/4HANA as per the Council's requirements as they were responsible for the SAP software implementation. Procuring these services from another 3rd party service provider would result in significant additional complexity in delivering the SAP Upgrade programme as the Council will need to provide knowledge transfer to the new party and manage all the interaction and dependencies between the new 3rd party and the implementation team. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037640-2023 | | 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 | 15 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 | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL | | Locality | MATLOCK | | Post town | Derby | | Postcode | DE4 3AG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) | | ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | | ITL 3 | TLF13 South and West Derbyshire | | Local authority | Derbyshire Dales | | Electoral ward | Matlock West | | Westminster constituency | Derbyshire Dales | | Delivery location | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | HCL TECHNOLOGIES | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 21 Dec 2023 at 11:16 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037640-2023 ## Notice URLs - http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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