Official UK procurement notice
Mainframe Support Services · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Met Office (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport service for existing IBM mainframes and associated operating systems and the overall environment. The requirement includes a technical knowledge transfer before the end of September, on-going support, 24x7 support and ad hoc work such as completing an enterprise storage refresh, carrying out a planned upgrade to the z/VM mainframe and other works.
CPV: Repair and maintenance services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 14 Aug 2024, 11:47 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Aug 2024, 11:47 BST
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-025768- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-048ac3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
- Published justification
The primary driver behind the urgency to put the support service in place is the premature and unforeseen departure of key technical resources within Met Office that will effectively leave existing IBM mainframes without support and expose the Met Office to significant operational risk. For the z/OS mainframe this would mean a stop to the critical services/products issued from the Product and Commercial suites where currently the key technical resources are needed to manually generate products on a daily basis for systems and internal/external customers. For the z/VM mainframe the impact would be on important internal systems and services such as WAVE/Ripple, Decoupler, the Cloud Transfer Service (CTS), as well as other services.
An immediate urgent need is for knowledge transfer from the current support resource who is scheduled to leave in early October 2024 and the selected provider. If Met Office is unable to proceed this opportunity will be lost and critical technical knowledge will be lost to the Met Office and the 3rd party support provider.
The Met Office undertook market discussions with a number of providers and concluded that the market for supporting the full scope of Met Office requirements for this support service is niche. Only the selected provider was able to evidence a sufficient depth of technical knowledge, experience and resource capacity to fully meet the Met Office requirements in the timescales needed.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vertali Limited | £416,075 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Mainframe Support Services · Vertali Limited
- Signed
- 14 Aug 2024
- Value
- £416,075
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Vertali LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.