Published date: 16 July 2018

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


Closing: 12 June 2018

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£125,000

Procurement reference

IT18083

Published date

16 July 2018

Closing date

12 June 2018

Contract start date

19 July 2018

Contract end date

18 January 2019

Contract type

Service contract

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

This contract has now been awarded, please refer to the award details section below.

Brief Description of Requirement:

The British Geological Survey (BGS) is a world-leading geological survey. It focuses on public-good science for government, and research to understand earth and environmental processes. It is the UK's principal provider of objective and authoritative geoscientific information and knowledge for wealth creation, sustainable use of natural resources, reducing risk and living with the impacts of environmental change.

BGS have a budget of up to £125,000.00 excluding VAT to deliver the two lots detailed below. Bidders may submit proposals for either or both lot.

Lot 1 - To develop a new data section of the BGS website.

Lot 2 - To deliver a scoping study of required data access functionality to meet user needs in regards to interactive applications for discovery and access to data.

Please ensure you review all attached information to ensure a full understanding of this requirement. All attachments can be found via the RFx attachments tab within the Emptoris System.

This contract will be awarded based on the evaluation criteria set out in the ITQ document.

How to Apply:

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state:
• the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• the name of the registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

UK SBS IT18083 UKRI-NERC British Geological Survey (BGS) Website for Digital Services, Technology and Data Products

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 May 2018

Attachments

Additional text

DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER - Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing expressionofinterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk.

Your email must clearly state:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) brings a commercial attitude to the public sector; helping our contracting authorities to improve efficiency, generate savings and modernise.

Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

Our broad range of expert services is shared by our customers. This allows our customers the freedom to focus resources on core activities; innovating and transforming their own o

Award information

Awarded date

16 July 2018

Contract start date

19 July 2018

Contract end date

18 January 2019

Total value of contract

£85,693.75

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

JEREMY BENN ASSOCIATES LIMITED

Address

Broughton
BD23 3AE
GB

Reference

Companies House number: 03246693

Value of contract

£0

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

Additional details

Jeremy Benn are the successful supplier for Lot 1. Lot 2 was not awarded as no bids were received.

About the buyer

Contact name

Sophie Mumford

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793 86 7005

Email

ictprocurement@uksbs.co.uk