Oracle provide Market Driven Support (now known as Upgrade Support) for older database versions 11.2, 12.1 and 12.2, which are out of Premier and Extended Support. MDS/Upgrade Support provides sever
A Contract Award Notice
by NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LTD
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £899K
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 04 Dec 2025
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Related Terms
Location
London
2 buyers
- Network Rail Infrastructure London
1 supplier
- Oracle Corporation Berkshire
Description
Oracle provide Market Driven Support (now known as Upgrade Support) for older database versions 11.2, 12.1 and 12.2, which are out of Premier and Extended Support. MDS/Upgrade Support provides severity one fixes, security updates, upgrade support and a Technical Account Manager (TAM). This is not available from other suppliers.
Award Detail
| 1 | Oracle Corporation (Berkshire)
|
Award Criteria
| Price | 100.0 |
| PRICE | 100.0 |
CPV Codes
- 72261000 - Software support services
Indicators
- Award on basis of price.
Legal Justification
Done under the new PA23 regime and is deemed compliant under Sch 5,6.a. “6 The following conditions are met in relation to the public contract— (a) due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the goods, services or works required”. This is enhanced support for end of life services which Oracle is the only one that can provide compliant Severity 1 fixes and security updates.
Reference
- FTS 079871-2025