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Published 16 Jan 2025, 10:38 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

National Careers Service - Live Service Management Extension

Official notice

Authority: Department for Education (Central government)

Services
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£13,558,933published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 10 Oct 2022
Awarded to Netcompany Limited
Contract term 4 yrs 1 moends 9 Feb 2026 · starts 10 Jan 2022

What is being bought

Published requirement description

No description was published on the notice. See the official documents.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1A contract for technical support for the National Careers Service digital services 4 yrs 1 mo
Contract period: 10 Jan 2022 – 9 Feb 2026 (4 yrs 1 mo)
Delivery: UK

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
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
16 Jan 2025, 10:38 GMT
Last source update
16 Jan 2025, 10:38 GMT
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-001458
Classification (CPV)
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04d07c Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

10 Jan 2022 → 16 Jan 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Contract starts
    10 Jan 2022
  2. Notice published
    16 Jan 2025, 10:38 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £13,558,9331 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Oct 2022
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Netcompany Limited£13,558,933 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • National Careers Service Live Service Management Extension · Netcompany Limited

    Signed
    10 Oct 2022
    Value
    £13,558,933
    Period
    10 Jan 2022 – 9 Feb 2026
    Status
    active
    • Change 12 month contract extension, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Regulations 72(1)(c) and/or (b).A contract extension is needed to ensure service continuity, as there was no time to complete a new procurement procedure before expiry on 9.1.2025 in circumstances where an earlier procedure had to be abandoned once the extent and impact of policy changes announced by the incoming Government became clear. Far more significant technical and other changes in the scope and nature of any future services are required than could have been foreseen by any diligent authority at contract award in January 2022, taking up to one year to introduce. An interim procedure was considered insufficiently commercially attractive for new suppliers and disproportionately costly to run. Under these circumstances, any new procurement procedure must be delayed pending full development of the future service model and procurement approach, so necessitating a one-year contract extension. The price increase (c.£3.4m) is below 50% of the original contract value (c.£6.8m).
    • Change 12 month contract extension, Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee: Regulations 72(1)(c) and/or (b).A contract extension is needed to ensure service continuity, as there was no time to complete a new procurement procedure before expiry on 9.1.2025 in circumstances where an earlier procedure had to be abandoned once the extent and impact of policy changes announced by the incoming Government became clear. Far more significant technical and other changes in the scope and nature of any future services are required than could have been foreseen by any diligent authority at contract award in January 2022, taking up to one year to introduce. An interim procedure was considered insufficiently commercially attractive for new suppliers and disproportionately costly to run. Under these circumstances, any new procurement procedure must be delayed pending full development of the future service model and procurement approach, so necessitating a one-year contract extension. The price increase (c.£3.4m) is below 50% of the original contract value (c.£6.8m).

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Education

Contracting authorityCentral Government Sanctuary Buildings, 20, Great Smith Street, London, UK, LS1 4AWContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.