Direct award of contract To NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd for Housing Management System

Dublin City Council has directly awarded a contract to NEC Software Solutions UK for a Housing Management System. A Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) was published on 24/06/2025 on the eTenders platform ref 402565-2025 which gave notice of DCC's intention to award a contract directly as per e Article …

CPV: 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Place of execution:
Direct award of contract To NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd for Housing Management System
Awarding body:
Dublin City Council
Award number:
1

1. Buyer

1.1 Buyer

Official name : Dublin City Council
Legal type of the buyer : Local authority
Activity of the contracting authority : General public services

2. Procedure

2.1 Procedure

Title : Direct award of contract To NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd for Housing Management System
Description : Dublin City Council has directly awarded a contract to NEC Software Solutions UK for a Housing Management System. A Voluntary Ex Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) was published on 24/06/2025 on the eTenders platform ref 402565-2025 which gave notice of DCC's intention to award a contract directly as per e Article 32(2)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU which states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator for the following reasons (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, and (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Procedure identifier : 0bc11fa7-eafd-41de-92af-17410b06f6a2
Type of procedure : Negotiated without prior call for competition

2.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

2.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland

2.1.3 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 045 242 Euro

2.1.4 General information

Legal basis :
Directive 2014/24/EU

5. Lot

5.1 Lot technical ID : LOT-0001

Title : Direct award of contract To NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd for Housing Management System
Description : Dublin City Council has directly awarded a contract to NEC Software Solutions UK for a Housing Management System.
Internal identifier : 1

5.1.1 Purpose

Main nature of the contract : Services
Main classification ( cpv ): 72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

5.1.2 Place of performance

Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Additional information :

5.1.5 Value

Estimated value excluding VAT : 1 045 242 Euro

5.1.6 General information

Procurement Project not financed with EU Funds.
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) : no

5.1.7 Strategic procurement

Aim of strategic procurement : No strategic procurement

5.1.10 Award criteria

Criterion :
Type : Cost
Description : Cost @100%
Category of award threshold criterion : Weight (percentage, exact)
Award criterion number : 100

5.1.15 Techniques

Framework agreement :
No framework agreement
Information about the dynamic purchasing system :
No dynamic purchase system

5.1.16 Further information, mediation and review

Review organisation : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures : The High Court of Ireland
Organisation signing the contract : Dublin City Council

6. Results

Value of all contracts awarded in this notice : 1 045 242 Euro
Direct award :
Justification for direct award : The contract can be provided only by a particular economic operator because of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
Other justification : Dublin City Council has invoked Article 32(2)(b) of Directive 2014 /24/EU which states that the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used where the works, supplies or services can only be supplied by a particular economic operator for the following reasons (ii) competition is absent for technical reasons, and (iii) the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. Dublin City Council intends to directly award a contract for ongoing support and maintenance for the current Housing Management System for a period of six years. As NEC Software Solutions have developed the application and own the Intellectual Property rights, the are the only company that have the technical knowledge and skills to provide support for an essential service. Failure to award such contract would put the continued use of the software at risk resulting in key services being unable to operate and the management of Housing Stock and associated income would also be affected.

6.1 Result lot ldentifier : LOT-0001

At least one winner was chosen.

6.1.2 Information about winners

Winner :
Official name : NEC Software Solutions
Tender :
Tender identifier : NEC Software Solutions
Identifier of lot or group of lots : LOT-0001
Value of the tender : 1 045 242 Euro
Subcontracting : No
Contract information :
Identifier of the contract : Direct award of contract To NEC Software Solutions UK Ltd for Housing Management System
Date of the conclusion of the contract : 09/10/2025
Organisation signing the contract : Dublin City Council

6.1.4 Statistical information

Received tenders or requests to participate :
Type of received submissions : Requests to participate
Number of tenders or requests to participate received : 1

8. Organisations

8.1 ORG-0001

Official name : Dublin City Council
Registration number : IE47732154U
Postal address : Civic Offices, Wood Quay
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D08 RF3F
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : 01 2222222
Internet address : https://www.dublincity.ie
Roles of this organisation :
Buyer
Organisation signing the contract

8.1 ORG-0002

Official name : The High Court of Ireland
Registration number : The High Court of Ireland
Department : The High Court of Ireland
Postal address : Four Courts, Inns Quay, Dublin 7
Town : Dublin
Postcode : D07 WDX8
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Dublin ( IE061 )
Country : Ireland
Telephone : +353 1 8886000
Roles of this organisation :
Review organisation
Organisation providing more information on the review procedures

8.1 ORG-0003

Official name : European Dynamics S.A.
Registration number : 002024901000
Department : European Dynamics S.A.
Town : Athens
Postcode : 15125
Country subdivision (NUTS) : Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών ( EL301 )
Country : Greece
Telephone : +30 2108094500
Roles of this organisation :
TED eSender

8.1 ORG-0004

Official name : NEC Software Solutions
Size of the economic operator : Micro, small, or medium
Registration number : 00968498
Postal address : BizSpace, 1st Floor, iMex Centre, 575-599, Maxted Rd
Town : Hemel Hempstead
Postcode : HP2 7DX
Country : United Kingdom
Contact point : Philip Bradley
Roles of this organisation :
Tenderer
Winner of these lots : LOT-0001

Notice information

Notice identifier/version : cdb61441-b79f-4444-9758-2d959c968f62 - 01
Form type : Result
Notice type : Contract or concession award notice – standard regime
Notice dispatch date : 09/10/2025 16:39 +01:00
Languages in which this notice is officially available : English
Notice publication number : 00671873-2025
OJ S issue number : 196/2025
Publication date : 13/10/2025