Official UK procurement notice
eFinancials Software Hosting · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Forestry and Land Scotland (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract is for provision of hosting to enable the upgrade of FLS' eFinancials software.
CPV: Disaster recovery services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software-related services · System and support services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1FLS has made a decision to upgrade a current version of finance software due to the…Awarded
FLS has made a decision to upgrade a current version of finance software due to the risk of being out of support. As the current server and associated infrastructure does not have the capacity to support this, an upgrade to the infrastructure is required.
Not responding to the required hosting change would result in the organisation's eFinancials system falling out of support, which carries a high risk of inability to deal with system failure and to maintain adequate system security.
FLS therefore awarded this contract for the provision of hosting services without competition to the current supplier of the software.
The current contract for software upgrade is timebound
and having to establish a contract for hosting through a different route to market would add significant time and resource, and put the organisation in a breach of the existing contract due to the breach of timescales. It would also introduce further risks to FLS due to the delay in upgrading.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 19 Jan 2022, 15:34 GMT
- Last source update
- 17 Feb 2022, 16:34 GMT
- Authority reference
C0238- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-004565- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-030ce4Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The current contract for software upgrade is timebound and having to establish a contract for hosting through a different route to market would add significant time and resource, and put the organisation in a breach of the existing contract due to the breach of timescales. It would also introduce further risks to FLS due to the delay in upgrading.
- Review procedure
An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 , may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.
Court of Session
Parliament House
Parliament Square
Edinburgh
EH1 1RQ
0131 225 2595
Publisher note: (SC Ref:683850)
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced Business Software and Solutions | £206,000 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
| Advanced Business Software and Solutions | £206,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 001611-2022-1 · Advanced Business Software and Solutions
- Signed
- 14 Jan 2022
- Value
- £206,000
- Status
- active
Contract 004565-2022-C0238-1 · Advanced Business Software and Solutions
- Signed
- 14 Jan 2022
- Value
- £206,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 0 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The Inverness Justice CentreReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Advanced Business Software & Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.