Published date: 6 February 2019

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: 25 February 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Information technology services - 72222300

  • Information technology requirements review services - 72223000

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£50,000

Procurement reference

TSApp2019

Published date

6 February 2019

Closing date

25 February 2019

Contract start date

11 March 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

We are looking for individual/companies to provide the following capabilities:
Provision of support to end user clients in the form of (but not limited to):
• Expert to support in initial conversations with clients;
• Development of functional and technical specifications;
• Client support in finding and recruiting sub-contractor and/or technical staff.
• Many of our clients are App based, therefore the provider would be have knowledge of working across various platforms (ie. iPhone, Android and Windows);
• This is an in-depth piece of work, therefore we anticipate that each client will receive a minimum of 12 hours of support.








Outcomes
We will expect outcomes of this work to be
• Support to external businesses in the form of:
o Initial client engagement after an introduction from a SSC team member
o Attendance at client meetings
o Provision of documents to clients as and when needed (e.g. development of technical specifications as part of a process to engage an external developer)
o Completion of appropriate ESIF documentation (further detail will be provided to the preferred supplier)
• Support to the Sunderland Software City team in terms of:
o Creating an understand of project need and composition
o Technical support for project activity

More information

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About the buyer

Contact name

Billy Webber

Address

Business & Innovation Centre Wearfield
Sunderland
SR52TA
England

Telephone

0191 562 3350

Email

billy.webber@sunderlandsoftwarecity.com

Website

www.sunderlandsoftwarecity.com