Official UK procurement notice
HHT Affinity Group 1 and 3 - CIS PIP and CMS Migration Mobilisation
Authority: Department for Work & Pensions (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Direct Award Contract to Oracle Corporation UK Ltd for the provision of Customer Success Services (CCS) Engineering Professional Services to support the DWP Customer Information System (CIS), Personal Independence Payments (PIP), Child Maintenance Service (CMS) Mobilisation Planning and High-level design activity to support the migration of hosting from OPH to OCI hosting.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Oct 2024, 12:38 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Oct 2024, 12:38 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-034464- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04b0e3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
In summary, DWP has procured Customer Success Services (CCS) Engineering Professional Services from Oracle Corporation UK Ltd to support the DWP Customer Information System (CIS), Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and Child Maintenance Service (CMS) Mobilisation Planning and High-level design activity to support the migration of hosting from OPH to OCI hosting.
As explained below, DWP relied on Regulation 32 to award contract directly to Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.
(2) (b) ii. competition is absent for technical reasons: The underpinning platform(s) supporting CIS, PIP & CMS suites are based on legacy Oracle infrastructure and bespoke products/Oracle configuration. Therefore, for these Implementation activities, Oracle is the only supplier that can upgrade and configure the Oracle product stack, migrate to an upgraded platform and provide confidence that the CIS, PIP & CMS suites in the upgraded platform are supportable and tested to ensure it successfully meets required business functional requirements.
(2) (b) (iii) (iii) No reasonable alternative or substitute exists: The CIS, PIP & CMS Services relate to Oracle products which have already been procured, as such there are no reasonable alternative or substitute services available from any alternative software provider/third party.
(2) (b) (iii) (iii). The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement: The parameters of the procurement have not been artificially narrowed given the underlying technology infrastructure is already on DWP's estate and the required CIS, PIP & CMS Services relate to work on that technology infrastructure.
Publisher note: .
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oracle Corporation UK Limited | £399,198 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 034464-2024-1 · Oracle Corporation UK Limited
- Signed
- 18 Aug 2024
- Value
- £399,198
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Oracle Corporation UK LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.