Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Microsoft Industry Solutions Consultancy
Authority: Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDigital transformation is recognised as a core component of the overall transformation programme, providing the enabling technology for the majority of major changes required to reinforce our financial sustainability. The council is already invested in Microsoft technologies and further investment to their technology stack will:
Reduce the number of contracts
Give resilience through use of cloud compute
Provide a recognisable skillset to aid future recruitments
Provide reusable services across Business Units
Position the council’s digital capabilities at the forefront of transformation activity
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2023, 14:51 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2023, 14:51 BST
- Authority reference
2023-24 (037)- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-020971- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e3e3Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
A search using appropriate keywords on the GCloud 13 CCS Framework only produced Microsoft as a potential supplier.
Utilising Microsoft products fits to the strategic direction, and allows rationalisation of other products.
The contract produced for signature is equivalent to a GCloud contract.
Microsoft are already suppliers of the council’s productivity suite (through Office 365) and cloud compute presence through Azure. The Digital Strategy outlines an aspiration to consolidate suppliers making best use of large scale providers and their ability to offer many different elements of functionality under one contract. Microsoft also have substantial delivery capability via their Industry Solutions Division, who already work with multiple other local councils. The direct award is designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s knowledge of their own software suite and large scale implementation capability.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft ISD | £2,500,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Procurement of Microsoft Industry Solutions Consultancy · Microsoft ISD
- Signed
- 14 Mar 2023
- Value
- £2,500,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of JusticeMediation body
- The High Court of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Microsoft ISDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.