Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Business Services Organisation I T S
Centre House,79 Chichester Street
BELFAST
BT14JE
Contact
Catherine Fegan
Telephone
+44 2895362561
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN06 - Belfast
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Health
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Purchase of Oracle Support Renewals HSC Oracle Estate
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
BSO ITS wish to renew their annual renewal of Oracle Licences and Advanced Customer Support(ACS). Oracle is used by a number of HSC applications including A&E, NIECR, NIMATs, HSC Pensions, Regional Data Warehouse, LCID and Procare. Additional Oracle software was acquired in recent years for projects and to cope with growth of systems - GPIP, NHSCT PARIS and HSC Growth.
Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the procurement of Oracle Licences has been established by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) which BSO are named on. Oracle Corporation has agreed that the discounts negotiated (75.5% off list price) through CCS will be honoured for orders placed by BSO - this discount applies to both capital and revenue expenditure.
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: £700,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
BSO ITS wish to renew their annual renewal of Oracle Licences and Advanced Customer Support(ACS). BSO ITS have used Oracle Advanced Support Assistance via their Advanced Customer Support service since 2011 to provide priority support, system health checks and escalation to Oracle expertise that would otherwise be unavailable to us in order to maintain the operation of our business critical Oracle database systems.
Oracle is used by a number of HSC applications including A&E, NIECR, NIMATs, HSC Pensions, Regional Data Warehouse, LCID and Procare. Additional Oracle software was acquired in recent years for projects and to cope with growth of systems - GPIP, NHSCT PARIS and HSC Growth.
Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the procurement of Oracle Licences has been established by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) which BSO are named on. Oracle Corporation has agreed that the discounts negotiated (75.5% off list price) through CCS will be honoured for orders placed by BSO - this discount applies to both capital and revenue expenditure.
The BOS Framework is not fully operational at present. It is expected that it could take at least another month before this could be used as a route to market.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
BSO ITS wish to renew their annual renewal of Oracle Licences and Advanced Customer Support(ACS). BSO ITS have used Oracle Advanced Support Assistance via their Advanced Customer Support service since 2011 to provide priority support, system health checks and escalation to Oracle expertise that would otherwise be unavailable to us in order to maintain the operation of our business critical Oracle database systems.
Oracle is used by a number of HSC applications including A&E, NIECR, NIMATs, HSC Pensions, Regional Data Warehouse, LCID and Procare. Additional Oracle software was acquired in recent years for projects and to cope with growth of systems - GPIP, NHSCT PARIS and HSC Growth.
Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products. A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the procurement of Oracle Licences has been established by Crown Commercial Services (CCS) which BSO are named on. Oracle Corporation has agreed that the discounts negotiated (75.5% off list price) through CCS will be honoured for orders placed by BSO - this discount applies to both capital and revenue expenditure.
The BOS Framework is not fully operational at present. It is expected that it could take at least another month before this could be used as a route to market.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Title
Purchase of Oracle Support Renewals HSC Oracle Estate
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
10 March 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Oracle
London
EC2M 2RB
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKI - London
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £700,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Business Services Organisation
2 Franklin Street
Belfast
BT2 8DQ
Country
United Kingdom