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
- Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency · Body governed by public law
- Value
- £18,700,000
- 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
- East Midlands
- Official notice
- 031272-2024 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date25 Jun 2024
- Published1 Oct 2024Published 98 days after the contract date
Description
The purpose of this procurement is to appoint a single supplier for the provision of TETCM services to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency. This procurement is being completed in accordance with Public Contracts Regulation (PCR) 2015 32(2)(b)(ii). The intention is for a contract term of 3 years (2+1) at a maximum value of circa £26,000,000. The intention is to include 1 annual option to extend allowing for an appropriate break point in the contract that could allow for a retender exercise to be completed at the earliest possibility. The purpose of the procurement is to ensure the ability to align the term of critical contracts of TCN & TETCM to allow for strategic planning towards enhanced competition and innovation of future procurement activity under new public contract regulations, that is robust and appropriately alleviates risk to the Agency. There are provisions within the existing TCN contracts to align at a break point in 2027, should this be necessary. Additional informat…
About the supplier
Pearson Professional Assessments Ltd.: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 04904325).