Award

SAP Enterprise Support

  • Cardiff Council

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-030487

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02fe8e

Published 8 December 2021, 11:24am



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

Cardiff Council

County Hall, Atlantic Wharf

Cardiff

CF10 4UW

Email

corporateframeworks@cardiff.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 2920873732

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.cardiff.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0422

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

SAP Enterprise Support

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72261000 - Software support services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Award of contract to SAP(UK) Ltd for Enterprise Support to cover deployments in Procurement, HR, Finance and Payroll.

Contract awarded using the Negotiated Procedure without publication of a notice under Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts

Regulations 2015.

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: £2,050,000

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKL22 - Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Award of contract to SAP(UK) Ltd for Enterprise support to cover deployments in Procurement, HR, Finance and Payroll

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

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:
    • absence of competition for technical reasons

Explanation:

The decision to award a contract to SAP (UK) Ltd is taken on technical grounds, as no equivalent support from any other supplier than SAP. Whilst it is possible to procure third-party SAP support, it does not provide all the functionality and services required by the Council that are exclusively offered by SAP (UK) Ltd

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/concession

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

7 December 2021

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

SAP (UK) Ltd

Clockhouse Place

Feltham

TW148HD

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: £2,050,000


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

(WA Ref:116289)

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Telephone

+44 2079477501

Country

United Kingdom