Published date: 3 April 2018

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 March 2018

Contract summary

Industry

  • Library software package - 48160000

Location of contract

North West, West Midlands

Value of contract

£200,000 to £340,000

Procurement reference

2018-Feb-V-01

Published date

3 April 2018

Closing date

5 March 2018

Contract start date

21 March 2018

Contract end date

20 March 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other: Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the Official Journal of the European Union

Justification for selected award procedure:

The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive

Explanation

The University wishes to upgrade its library management system from its current iteration and hosting platform ("Millennium", hosted on premise) to the latest release ("Sierra", hosted in Innovative's private cloud facility). Innovative own the intellectual property rights of the software.

The existing version of the system is several years old and the upgrade process will be complicated by the need to jump several versions. As Innovative is the developer of the software, it is envisaged that this upgrade will be executed with minimal risk of technical failure.

The existing system is tightly integrated with University business processes, other University systems and existing library hardware. The University has determined that transitioning to an alternative system at this time with different technical and operational characteristics would significantly impact on resources and processes and cause major disruption to all users. The significant risks of doing so would be financial, technical (including information security) and reputational.

The University therefore intends to issue the contract to Innovative for the reasons stated above. A VEAT notice was submitted on 23.02.2018 (2018/S 040-088199) regarding this procedure and the University of Chester has observed a 10-day standstill period which ended at midnight on the 05.3.2018.

Award information

Awarded date

6 March 2018

Contract start date

21 March 2018

Contract end date

20 March 2023

Total value of contract

£340,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Innovative Interfaces Global Ltd.

Address

9th Floor (Block A)
George's Quay Plaza
George's Quay
Dublin 2,
Ireland

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement Services

Address

Parkgate Road
CHESTER
CH14BJ
England

Telephone

01244512395

Email

procurement@chester.ac.uk