Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
Cabinet Office
70 Whitehall
LONDON
SW1A2AS
UK
E-mail: gccontractsteam@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
NUTS: UKI32
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/geospatial-commission
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Geospatial
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Exploring the business case for UK public sector adoption of Earth observation data and technology
II.1.2) Main CPV code
73200000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Investigate the breadth of demand for Earth Observation technology within the UK public sector. The Contracting Authority sought a third party to conduct research and user engagement to provide an evidence base for the establishment of the future approach to access by the UK public sector of Earth Observation/remote sensed data.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
29 350.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKJ1
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Investigate the breadth of demand for Earth Observation technology within the UK public sector. The Contracting Authority sought a third party to conduct research and user engagement to provide an evidence base for the establishment of the future approach to access by the UK public sector of Earth Observation/remote sensed data.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Contracting Authority may extend the Contract for a period of up to 3 months by giving not less than 10 Working Days' notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The Terms and conditions of the Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
The explanation for a direct award to the Satellite Applications Catapult (SAC) Ltd being uniquely positioned as subject matter experts who have sector specific expertise that will be critical to the quality of the outputs and are not held elsewhere in the research market.
SAC is a research and technology innovation centre within the catapult network of organisations designed to accelerate research and take-up of new technologies in specific sectors (e.g. Satellite Applications, Connected Places, Digital, Medicines Discovery etc). SAC was formed to help organisations make use of, and benefit from, satellite technologies. They are one of the 10 catapult organisations set up as an independent organisation to assist the public sector therefore use of the catapult network represents an efficiency in public expenditure compared to procuring research services from elsewhere.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-025443
IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
17/09/2021
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Satellite Applications Catapult Ltd
Oxford
UK
NUTS: UKJ1
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 35 220.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Geospatial Commission
London
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
12/10/2021