Published date: 19 April 2021

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


Closing: 19 April 2021, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Internet or intranet client application development services - 72421000

Location of contract

OX10 8BB

Value of contract

£30,800

Procurement reference

BV190-21

Published date

19 April 2021

Closing date

19 April 2021

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

20 April 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Single tender action (below threshold)

A direct contract with a single supplier, without competition.

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Mobile application development for citizen science applications is closely aligned with the open source software Indicia, that is designed to collect structured biodiversity data via citizen science approaches. UKCEH are one of the main developers of the Indicia software tools, and host a data warehouse to support a range of citizen science projects. The mobile applications developed through this funding, via the Natural Capital Ecosystem Assessment (NCEA) project are integrated with Indicia to allow the data to flow into existing projects and analysis pipelines to support wider research applications.

The supplier, Flumens, has specific expertise in using the Indicia software, built up through development of other mobile applications (e.g. iMammalia, Butterfly Count) - some funded through UKCEH projects and some developed through funding from other organisations. A recent tendering exercise with other suppliers of wildlife-focused mobile applications demonstrated that there is high extra cost (and time) for other suppliers developing capacity to work with Indicia.

Award information

Awarded date

19 April 2021

Contract start date

20 April 2021

Contract end date

31 May 2021

Total value of contract

£30,800

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Flumens Ltd

Address

10a St. Marys Street
Wallingford
Oxfordshire
OX10 0EL
United Kingdom

Reference

Companies House number: 12215545

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Jakob Kauusberg

Address

Maclean Building
Benson Lane
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
England

Email

procurement@ceh.ac.uk