Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Commercial & Procurement ICT, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Telephone: +44 3000257095
E-mail: ICTProcurement@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://gov.wales/
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
All Wales Spend Analysis Tool
Reference number: D062/2022/2023, C364/2019/2020
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72316000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
- To provide secure access to spend data from the Welsh Public Sector to allow for a range of analysis and collaborative opportunities and to also allow individual organisations to have access to their data.
- Support evaluation of current levels of local/national spend by category
- Identification of local/national suppliers which are currently unused or under-used on NPS frameworks.
- Support MSA compliance monitoring / ethical Employment Details status for all suppliers to the Welsh Public Sector.
- Collection of Monthly MI Data to include framework supplier MI collection scheduled monthly e-mail, requests and automated reminders
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
262 358.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
48441000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
Remote
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A spend analysis data tool:
-To provide secure access to spend data from the Welsh Public Sector to allow for a range of analysis and collaborative opportunities and to also allow individual organisations to have access to their data.
-Support evaluation of current levels of local/national spend by category
-Identification of local/national suppliers which are currently unused or under-used on NPS frameworks.
-Support MSA compliance monitoring / ethical Employment Details status for all suppliers to the Welsh Public Sector.
-Collection of Monthly MI Data to include framework supplier MI collection scheduled monthly e-mail, requests and automated reminders
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated procedure without prior publication
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
This is a voluntary ex ante transparency notice is intended to provide notice of the Authority's decision to award a contract for the provision of a Procurement expenditure analysis services. The spend analysis tool provides the ability to analyse procurement spend across the Welsh Public Sector.
Welsh Government procured via the digital marketplace under G-Cloud 11 Framework Agreement (RM1557.11) for two years and this notice is to modify the contract during the term by extending for an additional 12 months under Regulation 72.(1)(c.) This extension represents value for money for Welsh Government as onboarding a new contractor at this stage would cause significant inconvenience and duplication of costs, with ongoing development work on the Digital Action plan and the Welsh Government will plan an exit strategy.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract/concession
Contract No: C364/2019/2020
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
01/08/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Atamis
South Gate House, Wood Street
Cardiff
CF101EW
UK
Telephone: +44 7896239625
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: 262 358.00 GBP
Total value of the concession/lot:
262 358.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(WA Ref:124196)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court
Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
Telephone: +44 2079477501
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/08/2022