Published date: 17 October 2023

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


Closing: 20 August 2023, 12am

Contract summary

Industry

  • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

Location of contract

South East

Value of contract

£48,000

Procurement reference

BIP806838819

Published date

17 October 2023

Closing date

20 August 2023

Closing time

12am

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Not specified

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

UKCEH is developing digital systems to receive, store and share field sensor monitoring data. A large portion of the project budget will be allocated to digital systems and content, including the sensor monitoring data platform. A significant part of this is expected to be outsourced to software developers to work with UKCEH on delivery of the system.

The approach to design of this large system reduces uncertainty by taking an iterative approach to design and development, and includes test implementations within the systems design phase, prior to procurement of the main software consultancy contract(s). The design approach is described in the Project's Digital Design Plan.

This includes description of "rapid test bed deployments" to identify particular technologies are fit for purpose for the design of the system. The purpose of these is to ensure existing available software meet user requirements and are suitable when considered against a range of background requirements including: fit of technologies to wider UKCEH Digital Research Infrastructure developments, understanding internal and external skills and resource requirements for implementation (i.e. ensuring costs can be estimated more accurately and procurement can be properly specified) and that ongoing software support effort and costs are properly understood.

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Award information

Awarded date

20 August 2023

Contract start date

1 September 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2023

Total value of contract

£48,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Epimorphics

Address

Court Lodge
105 High Street
Portishead
Bristol
BS20 6PT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Beth Seager

Address

Maclean Building
Wallingford
OX10 8BB
UK

Telephone

01491838800

Email

procurement@ceh.ac.uk