Contract Award for Oracle Enterprise Solutions

Concepts

• financial analysis and accounting
• oracle corporation uk ltd.
• oracle fusion epm
• oracle fusion erp
• oracle enterprise solutions
• oracle
• the oracle corporation
• two core products - oracle fusion erp
• the software solutions
• oracle for a

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The Guinness Partnership Ltd. currently employs the software solutions provided by the Oracle Corporation as the business' core financial management, planning and budgeting systems. This includes a number of licences for software provided by Oracle, which can be grouped into two core products - Oracle Fusion ERP, and Oracle Fusion EPM. Guinness' current contract for these services with Oracle ends shortly, and the business intends to renew these contracts for with Oracle for a 10 year (5+5) period, without further competition, on the basis of a specified exemption under the Public Contract Regulations 2015. See below for further details.

Total Quantity or Scope

Financial management, planning and budgeting systems provided by Oracle Corporation UK Ltd.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
• 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package

Legal Justification

Guinness' intends to renew its contract for these services directly with Oracle, without further competition, on the basis of a specified exemption under the Public Contract Regulations (PCR) 2015. Under Regulation 32 of the PCR, authorities are able to make use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication where the works, supplies or services can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for any of the following reasons:- (i) the aim of the procurement is the creation or acquisition of a unique work of art or artistic performance, (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, or (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Guinness as the contracting authority is of the view that competition is absent for technical reasons (ii). The software configuration in place is deeply embedded into Guinness' IT architecture and is significantly bespoke to our business requirements, which makes changing systems highly complex and prohibitive. Furthermore Guinness considers that exemption (iii) also applies, on the basis that Oracle alone has exclusive ownership of the intellectual property which forms our bespoked solution. As per exemption (ii), the level of complexity of the current software implementation and licencing configuration embedded within Guinness' IT architecture is such that it can only feasibly be provided and maintained by Oracle. The Guinness Partnership therefore believes that the conditions for Regulation 32 of the PCR are met and therefore intends to enter directly into negotiations with Oracle. Guinness intends to formalise the extension of contract with Oracle once the 10-day standstill period for this VEAT notice has come to an end on 28/10/24.

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