Published date: 4 December 2020
Last edited date: 2 January 2021
Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.
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
GBReference
Companies House number: 10012478
Supplier is SME?
Yes
Supplier is VCSE?
No
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