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Defra Cloud Infrastructure Engineering Service - Extension

DEFRA

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: DEFRA

Buyer Address: Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3JR, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Defra Group Commercial

Contact Email: network.procurement@defra.gov.uk

Contact Telephone: 03459 33 55 77

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
24660000.0 GBP
Published
28 Mar 2025, 15:51
Deadline
16 Oct 2024, 11:00
Contract Start
01 Dec 2024, 00:00
Contract End
31 Mar 2025, 22:59
Category
services
CPV
72222300 - Information technology services
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Eviden Technology Services Limited
Official Source
Open Contracts Finder

Description

Description of the procurement before modification The digital services delivered by CCOE provide a critical service for Defra's user base >30,000 users which require service continuity for Defra to deliver a reliable platform service in its primary cloud environments (AWS/Azure). The CCOE Microsoft M365 platform administration team provides platform support to the common Microsoft platforms including, but not limited to, SharePoint Online, Exchange Online, Power Platform, Dynamics, and Teams. CCOE provide subject matter expertise on the products and services and platform level administration, including problem and incident management. Description of the modification This contract is being modified in accordance with Regulation 72(1)(b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. The modification will extend the contract for 4 months from 01/12/2024 to 31/03/2025. No other changes are being made to the scope of service. Reasons for modification Due to unforeseen delays and an elongation of the re-procurement process to facilitate an extended clarification period, the procurement of the new CCoE requirement will not be completed in time to enable commencement of the new CCoE services prior to expiry of the contract on 30 November 2024. A short-term extension is necessary therefore to allow completion of the re-procurement process and finalisation of work that is in flight and an appropriate period of transition to reduce service impact. A change in contractor would give rise to significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs as the new contractor would need to deploy significant resource to take on inflight projects, along with service risk due to insufficient time to complete a service transition and value for money considerations (due to the unattractive duration of contract to the market).

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