Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-3676 Licence to the ICSD Database
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract entails securing a 2-year license for the ICSD database for STFC RAL.
CPV: Software package and information systems
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract entails securing a 2-year license for the ICSD database within the UK…Awarded
This contract entails securing a 2-year license for the ICSD database within the UK Physical Science Database Service for the UK Academic Community. It ensures the continuation of a service managed by the Physical Sciences Data-science Service (PSDS), addressing the ongoing data access needs of the same community with established requirements. 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 000-000405- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-042b22Find 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=833287063" target="_blank">https://ukri.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=833287063</a> GO Reference: GO-202415-PRO-24908478
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut fur | £205,215 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 000405-2024-1 · FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut fur
- Signed
- 4 Jan 2024
- Value
- £205,215
- 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- FIZ Karlsruhe – Leibniz-Institut furAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.