Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
MILTON KEYNES
MK76AA
Contact
Procurement Team
Telephone
+44 1908655814
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ12 - Milton Keynes
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of software development and associated activities
Reference number
OUPA10627
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Open University (OU) has appointed a supplier to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £450,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ12 - Milton Keynes
- EE - Estonia
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Service development capacity, in the form of software development and associated activities, to support the CORE project:
CORE hosts the world's largest collection of open access research outputs, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
The Open University (OU) has awarded a one (1) year agreement to Qubit Labs to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project.
The CORE code base contains more than 250k lines of code. Qubit personnel have the required training, expertise and specialist knowledge to operate and develop the CORE
infrastructure The cost and time to upskill another company to the level required precludes the award of the contract to a company other than Qubit.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-019740
Section five. Award of contract
Title
Provision of software development and associated activities
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 August 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Qubit Labs
Sepapaja tn
Tallinn
Country
Estonia
NUTS code
- EE - Estonia
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £450,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The Open University
Milton Keynes
Country
United Kingdom