Award

Provision of ORACLE Licenses, Cloud, Hardware, Services and Support

  • Ministry of Defence

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-015746

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-045a83

Published 17 May 2024, 3:50pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Ministry of Defence

Bldg 405, MoD Corsham

Corsham

SN13 9NR

Contact

David Chapman

Email

David.chapman360@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7733140552

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/groups/defence-digital

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

Defence


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of ORACLE Licenses, Cloud, Hardware, Services and Support

Reference number

DDSFTW/103

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72261000 - Software support services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Single source for the provision of ORACLE Licenses, Cloud, Services and Support for a duration of 5 years.

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: £73,054,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Single Source under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 for technical reasons

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

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 contract has its object services listed in Annex II B

Explanation:

The UK Ministry of Defence, (“the Authority”), intends to renew its Enterprise Agreement with Oracle Corporation UK LTD (“Oracle”) for up to 60 months. This is a renewal of the Oracle Enterprise Agreement which ran from May 2021 to May 2024.

This renewal is justified under Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 where competition is absent for technical reasons and where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator.

Oracle provide on premise solutions used by the Authority for the core ERP solution for Finance and procurement systems, as well as an Oracle Cloud SaaS for the provision of Core Civilian HR, Talent & Performance, Absence, Digital Assistant, Learning, Project and HR Helpdesk, known collectively as MyHR. In order to provide access to these services the Authority requires software licences and support. Oracle, as the provider of the core services, is the only entity able to grant these for technical reasons and/or for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive rights.

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

Contract No

DDSFTW/103

Title

DDSFTW/103 - Provision of ORACLE Licences, Cloud, Services and Support

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 May 2024

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 Corporation UK Limited

Thames Valley Park

Reading

RG6 1RA

Email

uk-publicsector_gb@oracle.com

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ11 - Berkshire
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: £73,054,000

five.2.5) Information about subcontracting

The contract/lot/concession is likely to be subcontracted


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications.

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Ministry of Defence - Defence Digital

Spur B2, Building 405, MoD Corsham

Corsham

SN13 9NR

Email

Charline.bourges101@mod.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 7393327688

Country

United Kingdom