Paper River Software Support for NPU
A Contract Award Notice
by CROWN OFFICE AND PROCURATOR FISCAL SERVICE
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £66K
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 19 Jan 2022
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
Scotland:
1 buyer
- Crown Office & Procurator Fiscal Service Edinburgh
1 supplier
- Paper River Consulting Letchworth
Description
This is a Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) is entering into a contract with Paper River Consulting Ltd to renew the support, maintenance and development of its National Print Unit (NPU) scanning solution. This includes maintaining and updating the bespoke forms and workflows developed on behalf of COPFS which enable the NPU to provide output from business critical systems such as the National Database. As the system is fully integrated with other business critical systems across COPFS and is a proprietary application from Paper River competition is absent for technical reasons.
Award Detail
1 | Paper River Consulting (Letchworth)
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Renewal Options
The contract includes the option for additional professional services days to be called off during the contract term up to the value of 11050 GBP to develop new forms and workflows as required.
CPV Codes
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72261000 - Software support services
Indicators
- Options are available.
Legal Justification
Under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b)(ii) competition is absent for technical reasons and to protect exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Paper River Consulting Ltd own the IPR for the forms and workflows developed for COPFS as well as the IPR of the scanning solution itself, which they support and maintain. The solution is integrated to other COPFS critical business systems.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** (SC Ref:680122)
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-030cc9
- FTS 001584-2022