Mobile App Development Team Partnership

CPV: Software development services · Software programming and consultancy services

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

Yes (GPA)

Recurring procurement

Unspecified in notice

First published

17 May 2022, 14:50 BST

Last source update

17 May 2022, 14:50 BST

Authority reference

UY/PROC/908

FTS notice number

2022/S 000-012867

Classification (CPV)

Software development servicesSoftware programming and consultancy services

Delivery area

Yorkshire & Humber (UKE21)

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-0338e1 Find 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; Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive

Published justification

The University is looking to build a team to support its MYUoY mobile application. There is an urgency to do this quickly due to the resignation of the three most senior roles in the team previously managing the application. These resignations mean that the application is in danger of becoming unsupported and ceasing to function.

We have identified that we do not have the internal talent pool or numbers of staff available to provision the team entirely from internal staff members as there have been significant challenges recruiting suitable digitally skilled staff members since the COVID pandemic began. The IT department as a whole has been carrying a 20% vacancy rate

By not undertaking a competitive tender, the University will increase the lead time available to restart support of the application; thereby significantly reducing the risk of missing a critical date of the end of September 2022 when our next cohort of undergraduates starts. Running a full competitive tender process could potentially mean leaving the application unsupported and it going out of service due to lack of updates.

The University has identified a potential strategic partner with which it has worked previously on the MyUoY app. The knowledge they have of the application and our processes is essential to the partnership. As we do not think that another provider would have the same level of knowledge we wish to proceed with our favoured partner. This again would avoid an unacceptable delay to starting the work.

This arrangement is intended to continue for up to 24 months, during which time we will consider competitive options for a new, longer-term solution/partner.

• e3 Media Limited (trading as Great State)Awarded supplier London, London

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