Official UK procurement notice
BCS Organisational Membership · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Defence Digital Information Professions team, part of the UK Ministry of Defence (UK MOD), is intending to place a Contract with the BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT to procure 1,500 memberships for a 2-year period from 1 August 2021 to 31 July 2023 at a cost of GBP333,600.00, with an option to purchase an additional 250 memberships for a 13 month duration within the contract term at an additional cost of GBP30,116.00. The total maximum cost for this requirement is upto GBP363,716.00.
CPV: Subscription services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-017131- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02ca59Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
It is considered that this contract can be awarded using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in accordance with Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 for Technical Reasons. This is because BCS is the only professional membership body in the United Kingdom with the ability to grant chartered status to IT professionals under its Royal Charter and is responsible for the regulation of ICT and computer science fields within the UK. For these reasons no other entity is able to provide the requirement memberships and associated benefits and services.
Publisher note: This notice is not a request for expressions of interest so please do not apply to be invited to tender. This notice advises that the Authority has decided to negotiate a contract with the named supplier on a single source basis, and is published for reasons of transparency. If you are interested in becoming a sub-contractor for this requirement, you should apply directly to the supplier named above.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITSubcontracting: declared | £363,716 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
BCS Organisational Membership · BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT
- Signed
- 20 Jul 2021
- Value
- £363,716
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Ministry of Defence - Defence DigitalMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- BCS, The Chartered Institute for ITAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.