Official UK procurement notice
Technical Architecture and Implementation Services
Authority: Department for Education (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSupport and implementation services for Cloud infrastructure solutions required for the Get Help With Tech programme.
CPV: Information technology services · Networking, Internet and intranet software package
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1• Cloud-first Technology Leadership, Vision, and StrategyAwarded
- Cloud-first Technology Leadership, Vision, and Strategy
- Define solutions, vendors and systems fit for user need
- Service operating model design and development
- Evidence based business case development
- Implementation, deployment, roll out and adop-tion of cloud technology
- Service transformation of Service Desk for cloud technologies
- Leveraging cross-government architecture pat-terns, security designs and industry best practice
- Proven End to End Delivery, aligned to Govern-ment Technology Strategy
- Define compliant commodity-based commercial and procurement strategy
- Agile project and programme delivery within Wa-terfall, PRINCE2, MSP environments
Procedure 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
- 15 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- Last source update
- 15 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-003063- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02935eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
This contract was directly awarded on a relatively temporary basis in order to maintain continuity of service provision to the Get Help With Tech programme (the DfEs COVID response programme). The incumbent supplier has been critical in enabling DfE to establish a secure infrastructure of cloud based systems as part of the roll out of hardware to disadvantages students during the pandemic.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swift Strategies LimitedSME | £300,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 003063-2021-1 · Swift Strategies LimitedSME
- Signed
- 5 Feb 2021
- Value
- £300,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High CourtMediation body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Swift Strategies LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.