Award

UKRI-5058 Software Migration and Decommissioning

  • UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

UK5: Transparency notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-038602

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-055c09 (view related notices)

Published 9 July 2025, 1:59pm



Scope

Reference

UKRI-5058

Description

UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) intends to award a contract for the decommission the incumbent funding service known as Je-S/Siebel to Kerv Digital SE Limited . The scope of this procurement includes technical and professional expertise in the migration and decommissioning within a live operational system.


Contract 1. UKRI-5058

Suppliers

Supplier not yet selected

Contract value

  • £402,340 excluding VAT
  • £482,808 including VAT

Above the relevant threshold

Earliest date the contract will be signed

24 July 2025

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 28 July 2025 to 27 July 2026
  • 1 year

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services

Other information

Conflicts assessment prepared/revised

Yes


Procedure

Procedure type

Direct award

Direct award justification

  • Single supplier - technical reasons
  • Additional or repeat goods, services or works - extension or partial replacement

The contract is being awarded without prior publication of a call for competition due to; technical reasons: The supplier has the technical capability and knowledge to decommission the current funding service and manage the data migration process in a live operational environment. The supplier has delivered 70% of the project and a change of supplier would result in disproportionate technical difficulties and duplication of cost.


Contracting authority

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PDQJ-7126-JDHG

Polaris House

Swindon, Wiltshire

SN2 1FL

United Kingdom

Contact name: Corporate Procurement

Email: corporateprocurement@ukri.org

Website: https://www.ukri.org/

Region: UKK14 - Swindon

Organisation type: Public authority - central government