Procedure
Procedure as published: Other - In accordance with regulation 32.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Fenland District Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Unit4 Business Software Limited SME
- Value
- £240,000
- Procedure
- Other - In accordance with regulation 32
- Sector
- IT services · System and support services (CPV 72250000)
- Region
- East of England
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date17 Dec 2024
- Published20 Dec 2024Published 3 days after the contract date
Description
The Council considers that the award of the contract to UNIT4 is permitted by Regulation 32(2)(c) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (PCR). Regulation 32 of the PCR allows contracting authorities to award a public contract by a negotiated procedure without prior publication in specified circumstances. Regulation 32(2)(c) allows the award of a public contract by negotiated procedure without prior publication for reasons of extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contracting authority, where the time limits for the open or restricted procedures or competitive procedures with negotiation cannot be complied with. UNIT4 gave notice that it would unilaterally withdraw its on premise software support from31st December 2024 and the Council considers that it has insufficient time to conduct market testing, performing a full scoping and specification exercise, carrying out an adequate procurement exercise and implementing a new cloud based solution. This is one of the …
About the supplier
Unit4 Business Software Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01737985).