Published date: 21 September 2021

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


Closing: 12 January 2021, 11am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Site-development work - 45111291

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£132,829

Procurement reference

tender_286096/999086

Published date

21 September 2021

Closing date

12 January 2021

Closing time

11am

Contract start date

13 January 2021

Contract end date

24 March 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Seafarer Services is splitting the seafarer oral exam into two parts, an online assessment (Part A) and a shorted face-to-face oral exam (Part B).MCA is purchasing the services of a third-partycontractor/ developer to deliver an alpha phase systemthat will lead to Seafarer Services customers (Officer of the Watch and Chief Mates -Navigation) to sit their Part A assessment online, leading to efficiencies as described below.

The cost of the contract to deliver the alpha phase systemisas follows:£108,662.50 (Exc.VAT)£21,732.50 (VAT)£130,395 (Inc VAT)The Business Case spend was approved up to 200k.Optional extras:To effectively deliver an alpha systemand pass GDS requirements,sufficient user research/ testingmust be conducted. This will require engagement from a wide range of our customers(public).To help achieve sufficient user input tomeet GDS requirements. It is likely that the supplier will need to incentivize prospective users and compensate them for their time during
this process. Specialist content designers will also be required todevelop the'look andfeel' of online systems.Costsfor these aspects are as follows:The project aims to utilize £20k of the approved 200k budgetfor user research and 10k for contend design, these costs include VAT therefore the cost for the optional extras have been broken down below:(Recruitment incentives for user research:£16,666.67(Exc. VAT)£3333.33VAT£20,000(Inc. VAT)(At £170 per participant this will pay for up to 94 participants)Content Designerfor 10 days@ £750 per day:£7,500 (Exc. VAT)£1,500 VAT£9,000 (Inc. VAT)Summary of costsContract Cost: £108,662.50Optional extrasUser Researcher Incentives:£16,666.67Content Designer£7,500Total£132,829.17Exc. VAT£26,565.83VATTotal£159,395.00Inc. VAT

Award information

Awarded date

13 January 2021

Contract start date

13 January 2021

Contract end date

24 March 2021

Total value of contract

£132,829

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Helastel

Address

queen's Quay, 33 - 35 Queen Square, Bristol BS1 4LU

Reference

No reference - other

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Clark Kian

Address

Spring Place
Southampton
SO15 1EG
England

Telephone

+0000

Email

contracts@mcga.gov.uk