CFM0444 - Information Handling System VEAT Notice

{
  "awards": [
    {
      "id": "CFM0444",
      "relatedLots": [
        "1"
      ],
      "suppliers": [
        {
          "id": "org-223",
          "name": "Allium UK Holding Limited"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "bids": {
    "statistics": [
      {
        "id": "466",
        "measure": "bids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      },
      {
        "id": "467",
        "measure": "smeBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      },
      {
        "id": "468",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 0.0
      },
      {
        "id": "469",
        "measure": "foreignBidsFromNonEU",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      },
      {
        "id": "470",
        "measure": "electronicBids",
        "relatedLot": "1",
        "value": 1.0
      }
    ]
  },
  "buyer": {
    "id": "org-222",
    "name": "Fife Council"
  },
  "contracts": [
    {
      "awardID": "CFM0444",
      "dateSigned": "2025-11-19T00:00:00Z",
      "id": "CFM0444",
      "status": "active",
      "value": {
        "amount": 255000.0,
        "currency": "GBP"
      }
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-01-12T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "(SC Ref:820323)",
  "id": "rls-65-JAN546963",
  "initiationType": "tender",
  "language": "EN",
  "links": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000816042",
      "rel": "canonical"
    }
  ],
  "ocid": "ocds-r6ebe6-0000816042",
  "parties": [
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Glenrothes",
        "postalCode": "KY7 5LT",
        "region": "UKM72",
        "streetAddress": "Fife House, North Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "owen.maxwell-sw@fife.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 3451550000",
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "details": {
        "classifications": [
          {
            "id": "Regional or local authority",
            "scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE"
          },
          {
            "description": "General public services",
            "id": "01",
            "scheme": "COFOG"
          }
        ],
        "url": "http://www.fife.gov.uk"
      },
      "id": "org-222",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Fife Council"
      },
      "name": "Fife Council",
      "roles": [
        "buyer",
        "centralPurchasingBody",
        "mediationBody",
        "reviewContactPoint"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "London",
        "postalCode": "EC1A 4HD",
        "region": "UK",
        "streetAddress": "11th Floor, 200 Aldersgate Street"
      },
      "contactPoint": {},
      "details": {
        "scale": "sme",
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "id": "org-223",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Allium UK Holding Limited"
      },
      "name": "Allium UK Holding Limited",
      "roles": [
        "supplier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "address": {
        "locality": "Kirkcaldy",
        "postalCode": "KY1 1XQ",
        "streetAddress": "Whytecauseway"
      },
      "contactPoint": {
        "email": "kirkcaldy@scotcourts.gov.uk",
        "telephone": "+44 592260171",
        "url": "http://"
      },
      "id": "org-224",
      "identifier": {
        "legalName": "Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court"
      },
      "name": "Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court",
      "roles": [
        "reviewBody"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "relatedProcesses": [
    {
      "id": "1",
      "identifier": "2025/S 000-075420",
      "relationship": [
        "planning"
      ],
      "scheme": "EU-OJ"
    }
  ],
  "tag": [
    "award",
    "contract"
  ],
  "tender": {
    "classification": {
      "id": "48517000",
      "scheme": "CPV"
    },
    "coveredBy": [
      "GPA"
    ],
    "description": "The product that is being procured is an Information Handling System. This is an annual subscription that provides Fife Council access to an up-to-date library containing updated legislation, British Standards, journals and briefings.",
    "documents": [
      {
        "description": "The product that is being procured is an Information Handling System. This is an annual subscription that provides Fife Council access to an up-to-date library containing updated legislation, British Standards, journals and briefings.",
        "documentType": "awardNotice",
        "format": "text/html",
        "id": "JAN546963",
        "title": "CFM0444 - Information Handling System VEAT Notice",
        "url": "https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN546963"
      }
    ],
    "id": "CFM0444",
    "items": [
      {
        "deliveryAddresses": [
          {
            "region": "UKM72"
          }
        ],
        "id": "1",
        "relatedLot": "1"
      }
    ],
    "legalBasis": {
      "id": "32014L0024",
      "scheme": "CELEX"
    },
    "lots": [
      {
        "awardCriteria": {
          "criteria": [
            {
              "type": "price"
            }
          ]
        },
        "description": "The product that is being procured is an Information Handling System. This is an annual subscription that provides Fife Council access to an up-to-date library containing updated legislation, British Standards, journals and briefings.\r\n The library that Fife Council will have access to is the main source of technical information for a variety of services including Construction, Building Standards, Trading Standards \u0026 Occupational H\u0026S. This is used by various services throughout the Council.",
        "hasOptions": false,
        "id": "1",
        "status": "complete"
      }
    ],
    "mainProcurementCategory": "goods",
    "procurementMethod": "limited",
    "procurementMethodDetails": "Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition",
    "procurementMethodRationale": "It is recommended that Fife Council issue a direct award to the incumbent supplier, Accuris, due to the regulations that are embedded below, 33 (1) (b) (ii). This is because the work and research that has been completed has confirmed that Accuris are the only supplier on the market that can provide a product that meets our requirements and fulfils our needs.",
    "procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
      {
        "description": "The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive",
        "id": "D_OUTSIDE_SCOPE"
      }
    ],
    "reviewDetails": "Economic operators should approach the contracting authority in the first instance. However, the only formal remedy is to apply to the courts:\r\n An economic operator that suffers, or is at risk of suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 or the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session",
    "status": "complete",
    "title": "CFM0444 - Information Handling System VEAT Notice"
  }
}