Published date: 21 November 2024

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


Closing: 15 May 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Information technology services - 72222300

Location of contract

SW1P 3JR

Value of contract

£18,780,000 to £21,680,000

Procurement reference

CF-0360200D8d000003VQwdEAG

Published date

21 November 2024

Closing date

15 May 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

30 November 2024

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?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Description of the procurement before modification
The digital services delivered by CCOE provide a critical service for Defra's user base >30,000 users which require service continuity for Defra to deliver a reliable platform service in its primary cloud environments (AWS/Azure). The CCOE Microsoft M365 platform administration team provides platform support to the common Microsoft platforms including, but not limited to, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Power Platform, Dynamics, and Teams. CCOE provide subject matter expertise on the products and services and platform level administration, including problem and incident management.
Description of the modification
This contract is being modified in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The modification will extend the contract for 4 months from 1/8/2024 to 30/11/2024. No other changes are being made to the scope of service.
Reasons for modification
The procurement of the new CCoE requirement will not be completed in time to re-procure replacement CCoE services prior to expiry of the contract in July 2024 (as a result of this procurement being contingent on a related piece of work relating to the wider Defra hosting environment). A short-term extension is necessary therefore to allow finalisation of work that is in flight and an appropriate period of transition to reduce service impact. A change in contractor would give rise to significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs as the new contractor would need to deploy significant resource to take on inflight projects, along with service risk due to insufficient time to complete a service transition and value for money considerations (due to the unattractive duration of contract to the market).
Previous publications
For previous Contracts Finder publications, please use search references below:
16/11/21: tender_247757/1014592
22/12/23/: CF-0209400D8d000003VQwdEAG

Review Body: DEFRA, details contained within publication

Award information

Awarded date

15 May 2024

Contract start date

1 August 2024

Contract end date

30 November 2024

Total value of contract

£2,900,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Eviden Technology Services Limited

Address

44 Esplanade, St Helier Jersey JE4 9WG

Reference

None

About the buyer

Contact name

Defra Group Commercial

Address

Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
GB

Telephone

03459 33 55 77

Email

network.procurement@defra.gov.uk