Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
National Highways
199 Wharfside Street
Birmingham
B1 1RN
pablo.delfino@nationalhighways.co.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://nationalhighways.co.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
National or federal Agency/Office
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
IAM IS Support
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
National Highways has a requirement for the ongoing provision of AssetWise Linear Network Management configured to enable Structures, Network Event Manager and Network Manager, provided by Bentley Systems. The service utilizes a configured solution for National Highways based on Bentleys COTS solutions. The service areas and capabilities included in the on-going AssetWise service will be Hosting Services to provide the infrastructure of the systems and services, Management Service to provide availability, capacity and performance management, Security Management to provide the management of access control, information rights and security protocols, support Desk covering the AssetWise service including Incidents, Service requests and Change requests, and Licensing Service to provide appropriate licenses for the infrastructure.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £14,830,181.97
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
National Highways has a requirement for the ongoing provision of AssetWise Linear Network Management configured to enable Structures, Network Event Manager and Network Manager, provided by Bentley Systems. The service utilizes a configured solution for National Highways based on Bentleys COTS solutions. The service areas and capabilities included in the on-going AssetWise service will be Hosting Services to provide the infrastructure of the systems and services, Management Service to provide availability, capacity and performance management, Security Management to provide the management of access control, information rights and security protocols, support Desk covering the AssetWise service including Incidents, Service requests and Change requests, and Licensing Service to provide appropriate licenses for the infrastructure.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Option to extend for a further period of 12 months period at the sole discretion of the contracting authority.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
National Highways is relying on Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to justify the use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication for the following reasons:
The service utilizes a configured solution for NH’s based on the proposed service providers COTS solution AssetWise and has bespoke coding elements and design elements in the core software made specifically to meet NH’s specific requirements (e.g. utilization of NH’s network model, calculation of KPI 3 data, Roadwork Clash Analysis) that provide critical functionality.
Further, the Asset Management Systems landscape within National Highways uses several solutions for different asset classes like pavements, geotechnical, drainage, lighting and ancillaries, with which the IAM IS solution integrates and interoperates in a highly ad-hoc configured and complex data model that is embedded in business processes. The complexity of the dependency, interoperability and integration with numerous existing systems cannot be achieved due to these technical reasons before the current contract ends or within at least around 18 months.
The complexity and criticality of the requirement results in a minimum lead time of 18 months to be factored into an implementation plan for a replacement solution, with a considerable investment. A significant investment has been made to deploy the existing solution which still has several years before it reaches ‘end of life’ and to undertake a wholesale replacement of it at this juncture would therefore be a disproportionate and unreasonable cost in the circumstances.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-034668
Section five. Award of contract
Title
IAM IS Support
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 December 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Bentley Systems (UK) LTD
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £14,830,181.97
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Transport
DEPT 791 MANAGEMENT SERVICES CENTRE 58 CLARENDON ROAD
watford
WD17 1DE
Country
United Kingdom