Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
STUDENT LOANS COMPANY
Memphis Building Lingfield Point
Darlington
DL11RW
Contact
Amanda Scott
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKC13 - Darlington
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/student-loans-company
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
EngageOne Maintenance and Support
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
24 months maintenance and support for EngageOne software.
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: £684,204.66
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKC - North East (England)
- UKD - North West (England)
- UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKI - London
- UKJ - South East (England)
- UKK - South West (England)
- UKM - Scotland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
24 months maintenance and support for EngageOne software. Software is on-premise.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: 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 procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations
Explanation:
The EngageOne suite supports SLCs customer journey and is anticipated to be required for the period of the contract. SLC require to procure the annual maintenance and support for this product suite, as the licences are owned perpetually and ensures the supplier's support in the event of any issues with the licences. Precisely Software Limited are the sole proprietor of the EngageOne suite and as such no other supplier can offer the maintenance and support of these licences. As such, the requirements cannot be procured competitively. As a result, it is considered that PCR Regulation 32, sub section (2)(b)(ii) applies.
PCR Regulation 32
32.-(1) In the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication.
General grounds
(2) The negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts in any of the following cases:-
(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,
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: Yes
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
2024-TR-0095
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
20 December 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Precisely Software Limited
Reading
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ - South East (England)
Companies House
01373158
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £684,204.66
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
SLC
Glasgow
Country
United Kingdom