Oracle Java SE Universal
A Contract Award Notice
by JISC
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Framework (Goods)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £10M
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 01 Feb 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:












1 buyer
- Jisc Bristol
1 supplier
- Oracle Corporation Reading
Description
Jisc Services Limited wishes to enter into a framework agreement with Oracle Corporation UK Limited for the ordering of Oracle Java SE Universal Subscription for any participating institutions listed in Section VI.
Total Quantity or Scope
The agreement includes the waiver of historic fees due for any institutions who have used Oracle Java since 2023.
Award Detail
1 | Oracle Corporation (Reading)
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CPV Codes
- 48980000 - Programming languages and tools
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
Legal Justification
Institutions that use Oracle Java SE are required to purchase subscriptions. Following consultations with the HE and FE sectors, institutions have instructed Jisc to purchase Oracle Java SE Universal Subscriptions (collectively) based on the applicable procurement relationship. In this case it is not possible to competitively tender this requirement on behalf of our members and would not be in the public interest, both in terms of cost associated and the significant operational risks associated with changing suppliers. Oracle Corporation has sole technical rights to their products, and the waiver of historic fees as mentioned in the description cannot be provided by any other than Oracle. No alternative route is possible other than direct negotiation with and award to Oracle itself. Jisc therefore relies on Regulation 32.2b (ii) of PCR2015, because the use of Oracle Java is necessary and there is no competition for technical reasons. There is no reasonable alternative or substitute approach available at this time. Jisc Services Limited will observe a 30 day standstill period.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The scope of the framework is open to the organisations supporting education in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland such as the following: • Higher Education institutions • Further Education institutions • Consortiums and any other Organisation or Body whose core purpose is the support or advancement of further or higher education or of research. • Any other education institute such as a School or College • Multi Academy Trusts and other such organisations established and acting on behalf of Schools and Colleges • Specialist Colleges Research Council establishments Membership lists for existing higher and further education purchasing consortia may be found at: https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/members
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-04dadd
- FTS 003393-2025