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Published 20 Mar 2025, 13:18 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Dovetail Software Subscription Renewal

Official notice

Authority: Government Commercial Agency (Central government)

Below threshold - without competitionSME suitable
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£25,017published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Dovetail Research Pty. Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The current research recording tools or platforms available to the user researcher team for research, for example, MS Teams & User Testing.com are inadequate. The user research team's approach to recording interviews has been ad-hoc and at best suboptimal. It is difficult to accurately record research interviews, undertake detailed analyses and share the findings. In addition, due to the non-standardised tool used by the user research team to record and transcribe user research interview sessions, it is difficult to report and share research findings in a way that is consistent and effective. This tool will improve the UCD team's ability to share research findings with stakeholders and colleagues.

To address these challenges and reduce the time required to accurately transcribe research data, and build, and optimise research insights, the research team would benefit from a wide range of tools and research recording capabilities available in the market- amongst which is the Dovetail Software. Following the market review, Dovetail provided the following benefits which other tools by other providers didn't provide.

From a technical perspective, Dovetail provides enhanced capacity in user research analysis, data transcription, and collaboration. Through its transcription tools and content tags, AI summarises ideas. It has also facilitated the process of managing content, making it easier to organise and find. Dovetail streamlines working with qualitative data. It automates transcription, organise, and analyse all our user interviews. Previously, managing interviews and feedback was time-consuming, but now we just upload the video, and Dovetail handles the transcription. Its AI-powered features help us quickly understand key feedback points. Dovetail can connect with third-party providers directly giving us real-time insights and streamlining the process even further. The tool also satisfies all CCS GDPR and security concerns and requirements

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
20 Mar 2025, 13:18 GMT
Last source update
2 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
Authority reference
CCZZ25A02
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-012596
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04efae Find a Tender

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Mar 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Mar 2025, 13:18 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    24 Mar 2025, 16:11 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    24 Mar 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    2 Apr 2025, 15:33 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £25,0171 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Dovetail Research Pty. LtdSME2 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2027£25,01724 Mar 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Provision of Dovetail Software Subscription Renewal · Dovetail Research Pty. LtdSME

    Signed
    24 Mar 2025
    Value
    £25,017
    Period
    2 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Crown Commercial Service

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PBZB-4962-TVLR The Capital, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, North West, L3 9PPContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

2 commercial parties on the notice
  • Dovetail Research Pty. LtdAwarded supplier Level 1, 276 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, AU, NSW 2010, AUContact email
  • Dovetail Research Pty.LtdAwarded supplier Level 1, 276 Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, AU, NSW 2010, AUContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender