Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Department for Education
Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street
London
commercial.ddat@education.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Aggregated DevOps for Apprenticeship Service, Funding Service and T Levels
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.2) Description
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:
A contract for DevOps services to provide Azure Support Services (develop, build, configure, monitor, support) for the Buyer's development activities and existing applications running on the Buyer's Microsoft Azure Platform and other ancillary applications within the Apprenticeship Service, Funding Service and T Levels. The contract will cover the full range of DevOps roles
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Start date
23 February 2022
End date
23 February 2024
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
Con_13054
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract/concession award decision:
20 December 2023
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
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd
Guildford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
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: £6,800,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Department for Education
20 great smith street
London
SW1P 3BT
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
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
seven.1.3) Place of performance
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
seven.1.4) Description of the procurement:
A contract for DevOps services to provide Azure Support Services (develop, build, configure, monitor, support) for the Buyer's development activities and existing applications running on the Buyer's Microsoft Azure Platform and other ancillary applications within the Apprenticeship Service, Funding Service and T Levels. The contract will cover the full range of DevOps roles.
seven.1.5) Duration of the contract, framework agreement, dynamic purchasing system or concession
Duration in months
24
seven.1.6) Information on value of the contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession:
£6,800,000
seven.1.7) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Ltd
Guildford
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
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):
Increase of value by £3,429,276, scope of services remains the same.
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:
Uplift is necessary to ensure continuity of delivery, ending the contract would impact delivery of core services at a crucial point in time. Modification ensures no impact to delivery whilst Department reviews future need
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: £6,800,000
Total contract value after the modifications
Value excluding VAT: £10,229,276