Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Work and Pensions
Quarry House, Quarry Hill
Leeds
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Find a Job Service extension
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
two.2.1) Title
Find a Job Service extension
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement at the time of conclusion of the contract:
Provision and support of a free-at-the-point-of-use national jobs board for jobseekers and employers.
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
1 April 2022
End date
31 March 2025
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
ecm_9585
Title
Find a Job Service
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
1 April 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract/concession has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Adzuna Limited
Fulham
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (at the time of conclusion of the contract;excluding VAT)
Total value of the procurement: £10,671,262.03
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Suppliers Instructions:
How to Express Interest in this Tender:
1. Register on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once):
https://dwp.bravosolution.co.uk & click the link to register - Accept the terms & conditions & click 'continue' - Enter your correct business & user details - Note your chosen username & click 'Save'. You will receive an email with your password (keep this secure)
2. Express an Interest in the tender - Login to the portal with the username/password - Click the 'PQQs / ITTs Open To All Suppliers' link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires or Invitations to Tender open to any registered supplier) - Click on the relevant exercise to access the content. - Click the 'Express Interest' button at the top of the page. - This will move the PQQ /ITT into your 'My PQQs/ My ITTs' page. (A secure area reserved for your projects only) -You can now access any attachments by clicking 'Buyer Attachments' in the 'PQQ/ ITT Details' box
3. Responding to the tender - Click 'My Response' under 'PQQ/ ITT Details', you can choose to 'Create Response' or to 'Decline to Respond' (please give a reason if declining) - You can now use the 'Messages' function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification - Note the deadline for completion. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ/ ITT - There may be a mixture of online & offline actions to complete (detailed online help available). To submit your reply use the 'Submit Response' button (top of the page).
For further assistance please consult the online help, or the eTendering help desk.
DWP expressly reserves the rights(i)to use a reverse auction; (ii)to cancel this procurement at any stage; (iii)to not award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; (iv)and in no circumstances will DWP be liable for any costs incurred by potential suppliers.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Work and Pensions
LONDON
Country
United Kingdom
Section seven: Modifications to the contract/concession
seven.1) Description of the procurement after the modifications
seven.1.1) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
Provision and support of a free-at-the-point-of-use national jobs board for jobseekers and employers.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
1 April 2022
End date
30 June 2026
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£10,671,262.03
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
Adzuna Limited
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
Yes
seven.2) Information about modifications
seven.2.1) Description of the modifications
Nature and extent of the modifications (with indication of possible earlier changes to the contract):
Extension to the Find a Job Service Contract for a period of 15
months up to 30/06/2026
seven.2.2) Reasons for modification
Need for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor/concessionaire.
Description of the economic or technical reasons and the inconvenience or duplication of cost preventing a change of contractor:
The services will no longer be outsourced to the market on a like-for-like basis, as DWP is developing a new in-house digital service, which will include a successor to the existing service (the “Solution”), to be in place on the expiry of this contract.
This extension has become necessary to allow sufficient time to develop the Solution without requiring a gap-in-service, which would deprive the public of an important employment resource.
To transfer the services to a new supplier during the extension period would be technically and economically impractical and require a lengthy transition period to mitigate risk.
Re-procuring the services for the extension period would cause significant inconvenience to DWP by redirecting resources from developing the Solution to transferring the services to a new supplier and would substantially duplicate costs by requiring two concurrent contracts during transition.
seven.2.3) Increase in price
Updated total contract value before the modifications (taking into account possible earlier contract modifications, price adaptions and average inflation)
Value excluding VAT: £10,671,262.03
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £15,183,906.08