Published date: 20 May 2021

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 May 2021, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

SP4 0JQ

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

1000163499

Published date

20 May 2021

Closing date

21 May 2021

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

14 June 2021

Contract end date

31 March 2022

Contract type

Supply 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

The opportunity is planned to be offered through the existing Research Cloud (R-Cloud) (Version 4) agreement, on a non-competitive basis due to the requirement to integrate further research, conduct modification to, and conduct further research on contract deliverables that were supplied through a previous phase of research, which completed in March-2021.
The focus of the current requirement is to refine the user engagement and experience (System optimization and performance characteristics), optimize design and system performance (Hardware, Architecture, and Functionality), Integration of additional R&D into the developed solution, and provide updates to the training and user guidance materials.


About the buyer

Address

Porton Down
SALISBURY
SP40JQ
England

Email

cdelaney@dstl.gov.uk