ID 6458713 - DAC 17/25 - DoJ NIPS - License for Business Objects

A Contract Award Notice
by NORTHERN IRELAND PRISON SERVICE

Source: Find a Tender
Type: Contract ()
Duration: not specified
Value: £208K

Sector: MISCELLANEOUS
Published: 30 Apr 2026
Delivery: not specified
Deadline: n/a

Related Terms

Location

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

1 buyer

Northern Ireland Prison Service Belfast

1 supplier

[Redacted] Belfast

Description

NIPS already own the required licenses but Enterprise Support is required in order to download future software releases, updates and for technical support and maintenance. The Supplier of the current licences own the IPR of the support tools and are the only supplier who can provide the required support.

Award Detail

1	[Redacted] (None) ID 6458713 - DAC 17/25 - DoJ NIPS - License for Business Objects Reference: 1 Value: £208,333

CPV Codes

None found

Legal Justification

Direct award conditions and permissible justifications are set out under Chapter 3 and Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act. NIPS are proceeding with a direct award on the grounds set out under paragraph 5 where the following conditions are met; (a)due to a particular supplier having intellectual property rights or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods, services or works required, and (b)there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works.