Published date: 4 December 2020

Last edited date: 2 January 2021

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 5 October 2020, 11pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£99,500

Procurement reference

CPG/4541/2020

Published date

4 December 2020

Closing date

5 October 2020

Closing time

11pm

Contract start date

16 November 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Oman is facing up the global challenges of CV-19, by mobilising its indigenous tech ecosystem to develop innovative responses. Though developing quickly, Oman's tech ecosystem is small and often insular. Our project aims bring in UK expertise and support to enable the growth of the tech ecosystem, rapid development of innovative projects and identification of new challenges that Oman's tech ecosystem is not yet capable of responding to. This project will come under the UK-Oman Digital Hub initiative, and linked to previous contracts, including those awarded to Plexal to design Omantel's Innovation Hub and CyLon to deliver the Ministry of Technology and Communication's Cyber Accelerator.

Leadership of a network of UK and Omani partners to provide international support, expertise and best practice to support Omani Covid-19 tech/innovation responses, particularly developing current innovation projects in Oman via the Oman Technology Fund and Omani Ministry of Technology and Communications (MOTC), identifying projects from the Omani Public Sector and supporting solutions to their issues, and enabling the identification and solution to projects from across Oman - including via the
development and delivery of a Hackathon designed to solve identified issues.

The supplier shall deliver all of the following:

1. IDENTIFICATION OF LONG-TERM CV-19 PROBLEM SETS
2. DEVELOPMENT OF A PROGRAMME OF SUPPORT
3. DELIVERY OF CV-19 INNOVATION PROGRAMME


Award information

Awarded date

20 October 2020

Contract start date

16 November 2020

Contract end date

31 March 2021

Total value of contract

£99,500

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

PLEXAL (CITY) LIMITED

Address

14 East Bay Lane Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
LONDON
E15 2GW
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 10012478

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Address

King Charles Street
LONDON
SW1A2AH
England

Email

ICT.commercial@fcdo.gov.uk