Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312443509
E-mail: neil.stewart@gov.scot
NUTS: UKM
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA10482
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Postal Address File (Public Sector Licence)
Reference number: 198695
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48326100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Access (via the Public Sector Licence) to the Royal Mail's Postal Address File database.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
277 700.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48326100
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Direct award (by the extending of an existing agreement).
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the Directive
Explanation
Service Contract Awarded on the Basis of an Exclusive Right.
The One Scotland Mapping Agreement (OSMA) gives the Scottish public sector access to Ordnance Survey addressing products. These products require the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) deriving from the Royal Mail’s Postal Address File (PAF) and so attract royalty fees which are payable in the form of an annual licence arranged through a Royal Mail licensing framework.
PAF is the UK’s most complete database of residential and business postal addresses and PAF data is also used for a variety of other purposes across the Scottish public sector.
Under the Postal Services Act 2000, the Royal Mail are the owners of PAF and Royal Mail has exclusivity in creating the postcodes and other addressing information fields that make up PAF. The statutory definition of PAF is contained in section 116(3) of the Postal Services Act 2000.
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/03/2018
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Royal Mail Group Limited
100 Victoria Embankment
London
EC4Y 0HQ
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 277 700.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
(SC Ref:538428).
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Scottish Government
Victoria Quay, Leith
Edinburgh
EH6 6QQ
UK
Telephone: +44 1312443509
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.scotland.gov.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
06/04/2018