Published date: 11 May 2018

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 25 May 2018

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£625,000

Procurement reference

BFDMDC001-DN340042-41635224

Published date

11 May 2018

Closing date

25 May 2018

Contract start date

1 January 2019

Contract end date

1 January 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Civica UPM2 Licences and support & Maintenance. this is for licencing and support of the West Yorkshire
Pension Funds Civica UPM2 pension system. The Council are not looking to procure a system, we are looking
to licence and support the system currently in place.
Civica Ltd is the owner of the Intellectual Property rights (IPR) of the UPM2 Pensions System software and is
the sole provider of UPM2 licences. Civica is therefore the only provider able to provide licences, maintenance
and support of the UPM2 software.Negotiated procedure without prior publication
• The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
• protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
• The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following
reason:
• protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Explanation:
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council (the Council) purchased the UPM2 Civica System
in 2012. This VEAT notice is for the ongoing User Licence Subscription and support.
The contract is not to procure a new system or solution, it is solely to support the system it has previously
procured. Competition is absent for technical reasons and the protection of exclusive rights (source code,
licencing, Civica do not allow other 3rd parties to provide licence subscription and support). No alternative or
substitute exists that can provide the required licence subscription and support services.

About the buyer

Contact name

Zoe Nichols

Address

Britannia House
Hall Ings
Bradford
BD1 1HX
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1274434662

Email

zoe.nichols@bradford.gov.uk

Website

http://www.bradford.gov.uk/bmdc