Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Forestry and Land Scotland
Great Glen House, Leachkin Road
Inverness
IV3 8NW
Contact
Daniella Peel, Regulated Procurement Officer
procurement@forestryandland.gov.scot
Telephone
+44 3000676000
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://forestryandland.gov.scot
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30371
one.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Forestry
Silvan House, 231 Corstorphine Road
Edinburgh
EH12 7AT
Contact
Mike Kerr, Head of GIS
Scottish.Forestry@forestry.gov.scot
Telephone
+44 1313705250
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM - Scotland
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA30372
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Environment
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Award Notice for Framework Call off Contract - ArcGIS Licences and associated software
Reference number
C0241
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 03000000 - Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
This is an Award Notice for a Framework Call Off Contract for C0241 – ArcGIS Licences and associated software. This is a Direct Award Call Off from Overarching Framework Agreement through Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) “Data and Application Solutions” framework agreement, reference: RM3821, Lot 2b: Environmental and Planning.
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: £1,336,830
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
- 48312000 - Electronic publishing software package
- 48315000 - Desktop-publishing software package
- 48324000 - Charting software package
- 48326000 - Mapping software package
- 48422000 - Software package suites
- 48517000 - IT software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48611000 - Database software package
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
- 48983000 - Development software package
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKM - Scotland
Main site or place of performance
National
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
This is an Award Notice for a Framework Call Off Contract for C0241 – ArcGIS Licences and associated software. This is a Direct Award Call Off from Overarching Framework Agreement through Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) “Data and Application Solutions” framework agreement, reference: RM3821, Lot 2b: Environmental and Planning.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Cost criterion - Name: Direct Award Call Off / Weighting: 100
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Potential for additional licence purchase for existing software access due to internal staff changes within Forestry and Land Scotland and Scottish Forestry
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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a Direct Award Call Off from Overarching Framework Agreement through Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) “Data and Application Solutions” framework agreement, reference: RM3821, Lot 2b: Environmental and Planning.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
C0241
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
13 April 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
ESRI (UK)
Millennium House, 65 Walton Street
Aylesbury
HP21 7QG
Telephone
+44 1296745616
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)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,336,830
Total value of the contract/lot: £1,336,830
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
This is a Direct Award Call Off from Overarching Framework Agreement through Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) “Data and Application Solutions” framework agreement, reference: RM3821, Lot 2b: Environmental and Planning.
ArcGIS is a Software as a Service (SaaS) provided by ESRI (UK) Ltd and is widely used by government organisations around the world. Data is hosted in cloud based databases via Amazon Web Services (AWS). ArcGIS is accessed via a web browser and the data stored can be accessed securely by a multitude of other applications from ESRI (UK) Ltd. FLS and SF have bespoke GIS software - Forester Web - this is based upon the ArcGIS platform that has been developed for the agencies by ESRI (UK) Ltd. ESRI (UK) Ltd hold the intellectual property rights to this software and therefore this software would not be available to purchase through any other software vendor.
(SC Ref:692037)
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Inverness Justice Centre
Longman Road
Inverness
IV1 1AH
Telephone
+44 1463230782
Country
United Kingdom