Housing Management System

Concepts

• haddington
• information technology
• housing management system
• east lothian housing association
• its other key it systems
• system
• housing
• management
• technical support
• myhome

Location

East Lothian Housing Association Ltd, 18-20 Market Street, Haddington, EH41 3JL

Geochart for 2 buyers and 1 suppliers

East Lothian Housing Association

Designer Software

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Description

East Lothian Housing Association is looking for software that can integrate with its MyHome portal, that can allow this integration to be continually developed to ensure it continues on the latest version of this system and has technical support should it have any issues.

Total Quantity or Scope

East Lothian has bespoke API integrations with its other key IT systems as part of the MyHome offering to deliver key repairs and maintenance services to its tenants. The current MyHome customer portal has been assessed to meet the needs of the business and the organisation does not wish to seek to procure an alternative solution. We are seeking to procure a supplier than can maintain and develop the integration with the MyHome from our Housing Management, Asset and Finance databases.

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Indicators

Legal Justification

Competition is absent for technical reasons; and the protection of exclusive rights. ELHA use and rely upon a customer portal called the “MyHome customer portal” which is provided by a supplier called Housing Online. ELHA is procuring a contract for the provision of an HMS software system that must be interoperable, interactive and continue to be developed alongside the MyHome customer portal. ELHA’s external IT consultants have advised that Designer Software has an exclusivity arrangement with Housing Online that includes a clause that allows Designer Software to veto any work that Housing Online might want to do that supports or develops its interactivity with a competitor’s solution. Designer Software also has a significant shareholding in Housing Online and is capable of exercising considerable influence over its management decisions. As a consequence of this, only Designer Software’s HMS solution will continue to be developed to ensure it is interoperable and interactive with the MyHome customer portal, which ELHA must use and is reliant upon. ELHA’s IT external consultants have advised that that there is no reasonable alternative or substitute to contracting with Designer Software due to the exclusivity arrangements and, as there is no reasonable workaround, the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Other Information

It should be noted that this VEAT notice is intended to inform the market of the intention to award a contract under Regulation 33 (1) (b) (ii) and/or (iii) and whilst the system requires an award date prior to the notice publication at section V.2.1 above, the contract shall not be entered into until a minimum of 10 days from the publication of this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=786488. (SC Ref:786488)