Decision

To discontinue the procurement procedure for
provision of a Data Architecture Solution.

Reasons for the decision

It became clear throughout the evaluation
process that some of the award questions led to common
misinterpretation, and this has unduly affected the scores of all
submitted responses.

The Council intends to review and amend the award questions. The
Council also intends to use this opportunity to review the
clarification questions and responses that were received and issued
during the further competition period to determine where amendments
can be made to the specification.

For the purposes of this decision note ‘discontinuing’
the procurement is cancelling or abandoning the procurement and is
considered to be one and the same.

Alternative options considered

Continue with the procurement procedure, but
with concerns around successful delivery due to common
misinterpretations of several questions and this has unduly
affected the scores. For this reason, continuing with the
procurement was not considered viable as it is essential that the
Council has confidence that the required outcomes are
delivered.