Find a TenderAwarded without competition
Published 6 Apr 2022, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-2060 Visual Programming Language and Software Toolset Licence

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Awarded value£696,138published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Mar 2022no call for competition
Awarded to National Instruments Corporation (UK) Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) is a visual programming language and software toolset. It provides the ability to design and develop scientific research systems, have automated control over scientific instruments and enables the manipulation and analysis of output data. LabVIEW is the intellectual property of National Instruments Corporation and they are the sole suppliers.

The contract was awarded following a Direct Award procedure without prior publication, in accordance with regulation

32, (2), (b), (ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons, of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South West · Swindon

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
6 Apr 2022, 16:05 BST
Last source update
6 Apr 2022, 16:05 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009290
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
South West (UKK14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032ae5 Find a Tender
Why no open competition

The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons

Published justification

Laboratory Virtual Instrument Engineering Workbench (LabVIEW) is a visual programming language and software toolset. It provides the ability to design and develop scientific research systems, have automated control over scientific instruments and enables the manipulation and analysis of output data. LabVIEW is the intellectual property of National Instruments Corporation and they are the sole suppliers.

The contract was awarded following a Direct Award procedure without prior publication, in accordance with regulation

32, (2), (b), (ii) Competition is absent for technical reasons, of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Publisher note: To view this notice, please click here: https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=681001014 GO Reference: GO-202246-PRO-19923111

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £696,1381 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Mar 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
National Instruments Corporation (UK) Ltd£696,138 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
1bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentBody governed by public lawResearch Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.