Voluntary ex ante transparency notice
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
RC000645
EDGBASTON
BIRMINGHAM
B152TT
UK
Contact person: Karen Aird
E-mail: k.aird@bham.ac.uk
NUTS: UKG31
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.birmingham.ac.uk
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Education
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Pure Software Renewal
Reference number: SC11235/22
II.1.2) Main CPV code
48000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
II.1.4) Short description
Pure software for Research Information Management System
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
85 924.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKG
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Pure software for Research Information Management System
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
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:
The current RIS (Pure) system is essential for the collection, management, analysis and provision of a range of research information internally and to regulatory authorities and funders, including the Research Excellence Framework (REF). Pure is integrated into various processes across the institution and vital to the managing open research. The current implementation of Pure requires a range of complex integrations from other core systems providing the data in a customised way.
As part of due diligence we will undertake a tender process for the provision of a Research Information System. We are currently collating process and technical requirements, including dependencies around the modernisation of hosting and integration approaches. There is a need to ensure that preliminary work to analyse, catalogue and plan the development of those integrations before the implementation of any new system. We intend to complete this work and proceed to tender ahead of the end of this licence term. This renewal will cover the time and resource it will take in order to carry out this tender work.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
Section V: Award of contract/concession
V.2 Award of contract/concession
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession
22/11/2022
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
Elsevier Limited
01982084
Oxfordshire
UK
NUTS: UKJ1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the concession and main financing terms (excluding VAT)
Total value of the concession/lot:
85 924.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
University of Birmingham
Birmingham
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
23/11/2022