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Published 28 Mar 2025, 12:16 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Low Code Development Platform

Official notice

Authority: Worcestershire County Council (Local council)

Direct award
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£36,000,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill 27 Mar 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to Outsystems

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Software - Low code is a software development approach that requires little or no coding to build applications and processes. We moved from traditional coding to low code to address the following issues high costs, delayed deployment, security risks, resilience, complex coding, and recruitment.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
48000000 Software package and information systems

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
28 Mar 2025, 12:16 GMT
Last source update
28 Mar 2025, 12:25 GMT
Authority reference
CC00184
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-011755
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f9fe Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

We require equivalent functionality provided by the current platform and no other provider can offer that functionality.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

28 Mar 2025 → 8 Apr 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 12:25 GMT
  2. Standstill ends
    8 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Mar 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 12:16 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    28 Mar 2025, 12:25 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    14 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £36,000,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Outsystems31 Dec 2025 – 30 Dec 2030 · up to 30 Dec 2032Extensions: 1+1 Optional extensions subject to costs and performance · Options: Additional applications and users not known at this time£36,000,000 inc. VAT27 Mar 2025standstill to 8 Apr 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Worcestershire County Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PRPQ-4584-WLPQ County Hall, Spetchley Road, Worcester, West Midlands, WR5 2NPContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • OUTSYSTEMS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 08360814GB-PPON: PTWH-3494-DXCJ 3 Warners Mill, Braintree, East of England, CM7 3GBContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender