Contract

ICT Maintenance Contract

  • Loreburn Housing Assosciation

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-030419

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02f5ff

Published 7 December 2021, 5:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Loreburn Housing Assosciation

Huntingdon, 27 Moffat Road

Dumfries

DG1 1NN

Contact

Kirsty Paul

Email

kirstyp@loreburn.org.uk

Telephone

+44 7593530316

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.loreburn.org.uk/

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA14442

one.2) Information about joint procurement

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Other type

Housing Association

one.5) Main activity

Other activity

ICT Maintenance Contract


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

ICT Maintenance Contract

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 50324100 - System maintenance services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice awarding a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Loreburn Housing Association is entering into a contract with Designer Software Ltd allowing them to continue to provide the annual maintenance and support for the “Homemaster” Housing Management and Finance IT system.

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: £168,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM92 - Dumfries & Galloway

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice awarding a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Loreburn Housing Association is entering into a contract with Designer Software Ltd to continue to provide the annual maintenance and support for the “Homemaster” Housing Management and Finance integrated IT system.

This also allows Loreburn to continue to use this operating platform that it has configured to meet its business requirement in relation to Housing Management, Financials, Income Maximation, Repairs and Maintenance Management, Document Storage and performance reporting. Loreburn has bespoke API integrations with its other key IT systems to deliver key repairs and maintenance services.

The contract allows Loreburn to have its systems maintained by the provider, Designer Software Ltd, and this contract ensures that Loreburn Housing Association continues on the latest version of the system and has technical support should it have any issues, particularly around the APIs with our systems.

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 services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

This Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) notice directly awarding this contract without prior publication is to allow Loreburn to continue to use its current IT operating platform that it has configured to meet its business requirement in relation in relation to Housing Management, Financials, Income Maximation, Repairs and Maintenance Management, Document Storage and performance reporting.

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: 2021/S 000-028306


Section five. Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

1 November 2021

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

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: 0

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Designer Software

Suite 2, 548-550 Elder House, Eldergate

Milton Keynes

MK9 1LR

Telephone

+44 1908260072

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME

Yes

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £168,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £168,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(SC Ref:676305)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Dumfries Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court

Sheriff Court House, Buccleuch Street

Dumfries

DG1 2AN

Country

United Kingdom