Published date: 12 July 2024

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


Closing: 6 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

CR2023/24/063

Published date

12 July 2024

Closing date

6 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

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?

No

Description

Provision of an externally hosted systems solution delivered to web browsers, with remote access to hosting servers for data management purposes. 'Forester' GIS is an integrated platform for land management, and used by all public forestry bodies in GB. Forester provides the single spatial solution for multi-functional and dispersed teams to manage and collaborate on inventory and management data.

The contract covers
1. Continuation of our Business-as-Usual operation (including hosted infrastructure to run Forester as a Managed Service, Application support and maintenance, development services to provide extensions to existing functionality and integrations to 3rd party applications)
2. Discovery and Design of the future roadmap for Forester (review of the current design and deployment pattern for Forester against modern patterns, possibly involving a major re-write of application code and movement to new development frameworks)
3. Phased implementation of the Roadmap and transition of service arrangements.

Award information

Awarded date

1 April 2024

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2029

Total value of contract

£3,250,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

ESRI (UK) LTD

Address

Millennium House, 65 Walton Street,
Aylesbury,
Buckinghamshire,
HP21 7QG,
United Kingdom

Reference

Companies House number: 01288342

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Geoffrey McCatty

Address

620 Bristol Business Park,Coldharbour Lane
BRISTOL
BS161EJ
England

Telephone

03000674419

Email

geoffrey.mccatty@forestryengland.uk