Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-3660 Licence to the Desktop and Web versions of Cambridge Structural Database
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract involves acquiring a 2-year license for the Desktop Cambridge Structural Database System for STFC.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract involves acquiring a 2-year license for the Desktop Cambridge Structural…Awarded
This contract involves acquiring a 2-year license for the Desktop Cambridge Structural Database System and WebCSD, accessible via a central machine, catering to the UK Academic Community within the UK Physical Science Database Service, ensuring continued access for a community with established data needs. Additional information: The terms and conditions relating to this purchase are provided in the Contract, which matches the Contract number cited in the narrative to this Purchase Order and are specific to this Contract. Where the Contract number is not so cited, then our standard terms and conditions will apply which are available at :-www.uksbs.co.uk/services/procure/Doc… ↗
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
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jan 2024, 16:06 GMT
- Last source update
- 5 Jan 2024, 16:06 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-000406- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042b23Find 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
The contract award is suitable for publication without prior publication in accordance with Regulation 32.2.iii where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator as competition is absent for the protection of exclusive rights. The supplier holds exclusive rights to this specific collection of data and the intellectual content it contains, which grants them exclusive database rights.
Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. To view this notice, please click here: <a href="https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=833267254" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=833267254</a> GO Reference: GO-202415-PRO-24908480
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre | £150,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000406-2024-1 · Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
- Signed
- 3 Jan 2024
- Value
- £150,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- The Cambridge Crystallographic Data CentreAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.