Oracle support and Maintenance

Concepts

• oracle
• newcastle upon tyne
• information technology
• oracle support
• maintenance agreements
• oracle uk
• maintenance
• oracle uk limited
• veat notice
• voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Location

Newcastle upon Tyne

Description

CQC is required to annually renew the Oracle support and maintenance agreements for the database engines that underpin CRM; the CRM data warehouse; the Endeca database; the Siebel CRM application that users work with; the tools used by the CRM developers; and Endeca intelligence tools. The renewal agreement commences on the 06 April 2021 and is valid for 12 months.

Total Quantity or Scope

CQC published VEAT notice ("Voluntary ex ante transparency notice") notice number: 2021/S 000-004920 via Find a Tender on the 11 March 2021 in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 to inform the market of our intention and justification of our decision to award a contract directly to Oracle UK Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication to renew the Oracle support and maintenance agreements via a contract with Oracle using new Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Crown commercial service (CCS) and Oracle UK Limited. The justification for this decision is that competition is absent for technical reasons i.e. Oracle is the only operator able to carry out the support and maintenance.

Award Detail

Award Criteria

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Indicators

• Award on basis of price.

Legal Justification

CQC is required to annually renew the Oracle support and maintenance agreements for the database engines that underpin CRM; the CRM data warehouse; the Endeca database; the Siebel CRM application that users work with; the tools used by the CRM developers; and Endeca intelligence tools. CQC published VEAT notice ("Voluntary ex ante transparency notice") notice number: 2021/S 000-004920 via Find a Tender on the 11 March 2021 in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) namely "in the specific cases and circumstances laid down in this regulation, contracting authorities may award public contracts by a negotiated procedure without prior publication." The VEAT Notice was published to inform the market of our intention and justification of our decision to award a contract directly to Oracle UK Limited using the negotiated procedure without prior publication to renew the Oracle support and maintenance agreements via a contract with Oracle using new Memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Crown commercial service (CCS) and Oracle UK Limited. The justification for this decision is that competition is absent for technical reasons i.e. Oracle is the only operator able to carry out the support and maintenance.