Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-06-09
Buyer: Portsmouth City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Negotiated without a prior call for competition
CPV classification: 48326000 | 48326100 | 48810000: Information systems | 63712400 | 63712710
Estimated value: 150000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Portsmouth City Council (“the Council”) intends to enter into contract with Buchanan Computing Limited, for the provision of a cloud based mapping and analysis software solution. This contract includes for the provision of product licences, initial set up, training and on-going technical support. The contract will be for an initial term of 3 years commencing from 16.7.2018, with the option to extend on a rolling basis, in increments to be agreed, in accordance with Regulation 6, Paragraph 19 b) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015).
The estimated value of the contract is approximately 50 000 GBP per year. The Council reserves the right to utilise additional types or numbers of software licences as required to meet its on-going needs which will likely impact the estimated yearly contract value.
Portsmouth City Council (“the Council”) intends to enter into contract with Buchanan Computing Limited. The contract is for the provision of a cloud based software solution that provides mapping and analysis of:
The solution provides live interaction with mapping tools with instant analysis functions and convenient and customisable comparison reports highlighting national trends and assessment against other Local Authorities.
The contract includes software licences, initial set up, training and on-going technical support. The contract will be for an initial term of 3 years commencing from 16.7.2018, with the option to extend on a rolling basis, in increments to be agreed, in accordance with Regulation 6, Paragraph 19 b) of the Public Contract Regulations (2015).
The estimated value of the contract is approximately 50 000 GBP per year. The Council reserves the right to utilise additional types or numbers of software licences provided by Buchanan Computing Limited, as required to meet its on-going needs. This will likely impact the estimated yearly contract value.
Portsmouth City Council reserves the right to utilise additional types or numbers of software licences provided by Buchanan Computing Limited, as required to meet its on-going needs. This will likely impact the estimated yearly contract value.
In the interests of public safety the Council partners with Hampshire Constabulary on a number of initiatives. IT is a key enabler of effective partnering. Hampshire Constabulary utilise software solutions provided by Buchanan Computing Limited already. The Council's transport team relies heavily on Hampshire Constabulary's data. By utilising Buchanan Computing Limited software, the Council will have direct access to real time information provided by Hampshire Constabulary. If real time information is not available this could have a negative impact upon public safety and associated prioritisation given to transport network improvements. Use of another system would delay the transfer of information which would also require manual update at the cost of Officer time and introduce risk of error.


Winner: Buchanan Computing Limited
Award value: 150000
Number of bids: 1