Award

Provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

  • Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-020499

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035692

Published 27 July 2022, 3:16pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

Longview Road,Clase

SWANSEA

SA67JL

Contact

Sue Roblin

Email

sue.roblin@dvla.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1792782562-82562

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKL18 - Swansea

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-licensing-agency

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

Central Government

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

Department for Transport


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

Reference number

PS/22/75

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 48700000 - Software package utilities

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

Contract is for the provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

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: £2,696,749

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 48700000 - Software package utilities

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL - Wales

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Contract is for the provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

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:

CA Europe Sarl own the IPR and exclusive rights to provide this software including upgrades and bug fixes, therefore the following applies:

32 (2) (b) where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:

ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons

iii) The protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, but only, in the case of paragraphs (ii) and (iii), where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement

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

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

27 July 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

CA Europe Sarl

Morges

Country

Switzerland

NUTS code
  • CH - Switzerland
Companies House

CH55010663595

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,696,749

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,696,749


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

London

Country

United Kingdom