Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 27 Jul 2022, 15:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

Official notice

Authority: Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (Central government)

GoodsAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£5,393,4982 contracts · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Aug 2022no call for competition
Awarded to CA Europe Sarl, CA Europe Sarl Route de la Longeraie 7 Morges CH-11102 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract is for the provision of CA GEN Subscription Licences

CPV: Software package utilities

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
Goods
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
27 Jul 2022, 15:16 BST
Last source update
23 Aug 2022, 12:32 BST
Authority reference
PS/22/75
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-023449
Classification (CPV)
Software package utilities
Delivery area
Wales (UKL)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-035692 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights

Published justification

CA Europe Sarl own the IPR and exclusive rights to provide this software including upgrades and bug fixes,therefore the following applies:

32 (2) (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

iii) The protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights, 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

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £5,393,4982 contracts exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 2latest 9 Aug 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CA Europe Sarl£2,696,749 †—Awarded
CA Europe Sarl Route de la Longeraie 7 Morges CH-1110£2,696,749 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentCentral GovernmentDepartment for Transport Longview Road,Clase, SWANSEA, Wales, SA67JLContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body London

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.