Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Dudley MBC · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unit 4 Business Software Ltd
- Value
- £958,355
- Procedure
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Sector
- IT services · Software-related services (CPV 72260000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 008726-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Mar 2024
- Published18 Mar 2024Published the same day
Description
The Unit 4 Agresso (Business World Enterprise Resource Planning) application is the system used by the entire council for the management of its finances. The application is essential IT infrastructure as it provides accounting functionality which enables budget allocation and management across the whole council. This award is lawful pursuant to Regulation 32 (2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with, and in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) because competition is absent for technical reasons. The following details the justification for this: Unit 4 timing of announcements regarding product changes, coupled with a 12-month timeframe to switch solutions, creates the urgency of the situation. The system is an essential pa…
About the supplier
Unit 4 Business Software Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01737985).