Scope
Reference
C5812
Description
Award of contract for Oracle Fusion Cloud SaaS Licences for West Midlands Fire Service for a 5 year period (2025 to 2030)
Contract 1. Oracle Cloud Licences for West Midlands Fire Service 2025-2030
Supplier
Contract value
- £2,259,480 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Date signed
16 June 2025
Contract dates
- 20 June 2025 to 19 May 2030
- 4 years, 11 months
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
Contract locations
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
Justification for not setting key performance indicators
The contract is below the £5m threshold for KPIs
Other information
Conflicts assessment prepared/revised
Yes
Procedure
Procedure type
Direct award
Direct award justification
- Single supplier - intellectual property or exclusive rights
- Single supplier - technical reasons
Direct award justified as a special case.
This procurement meets schedule 5, paragraph 6 of the Procurement Act.
'The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract-
(a)due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and
(b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.'
Oracle Corporation UK Ltd develops the ERP cloud-based system used to manage business critical functions such as finance, payrolls, HR, procurement and organisational development. Moving away from Oracle would cause technical and migration difficulties and the cost to change to a different system would be prohibitive.
Supplier
ORACLE CORPORATION UK LIMITED
- Companies House: 01782505
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PMDX-4517-DZXP
Oracle Parkway
Reading
RG6 1RA
United Kingdom
Email: uk-publicsector_gb@oracle.com
Website: http://www.oracle.com/uk
Region: UKJ11 - Berkshire
Small or medium-sized enterprise (SME): No
Voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE): No
Supported employment provider: No
Public service mutual: No
Contract 1. Oracle Cloud Licences for West Midlands Fire Service 2025-2030
Contracting authority
West Midlands Fire and Rescue Authority
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PPTP-2948-MYQP
Fire Service Headquarters, 99 Vauxhall Road
Birmingham
B7 4HW
United Kingdom
Email: procurement@wmfs.net
Region: UKG31 - Birmingham
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government