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
- Ministry of Justice · Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
- Supplier
- Cgi UK
- Value
- £60,340,000
- Procedure
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support (CPV 72000000)
- Region
- London
- Official notice
- 027402-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Aug 2023
- Published15 Sep 2023Published 21 days after the contract date
Description
o provide: i) application maintenance and support for ~35 business-critical applications the majority of which are used by HM Courts and Tribunal Service; and ii) potential application development and enhancement services, as and when required. The applications vary in size, complexity, component technologies, user numbers, interfaces with other applications, security requirements, service and support hours, business criticality and hosting arrangements. Most of the applications are classed as "heritage applications" due to their age. Many are business critical case management or case progression systems used by the courts and are typically complex and bespoke. Applications may be removed from scope as they are retired or replaced under new supplier arrangements.
About the supplier
Cgi UK: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 00947968).