Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Council of the City of Wakefield · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Careworks Limited SME
- Value
- £500,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- Software & information systems · Information systems and servers (CPV 48800000)
- Region
- Yorkshire and the Humber
- Official notice
- 005581-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date20 Feb 2024
- Published20 Feb 2024Published the same day
Description
The Council intends to award this contract for a fixed term of 20 months to the incumbent supplier using the Negotiated Procedure without prior publication (Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii). The technical grounds are as follows: Complexity of build i. Secure Infrastructure and Hosting - The Council would need to undertake due diligence to ensure that the infrastructure and hosting meet requirements and do not impact upon the Councils PSN accreditation. ii. Network and Gateway connections - The Council would need to undertake due diligence to ensure that the network and connection are safe and there would be no risk of data loss. iii. Support Services - The Council would need time to engage with a new system supplier and ensure that the required level of support for SAAS is in place to avoid operational issues. iv. Security accreditation would be required for all aspects of the service. v. Training - Training needs analysis would identify that the whole workforce, including management, would re…
About the supplier
Careworks Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04439651).