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15 Dec 2021 at 08:50

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process for the provision of Technical Assurance Support has been initiated by the Ministry of Defence, with an award made to Boxxe Limited. The tender, titled "PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSURANCE SUPPORT (DInfoCom/0185)", focuses on computer support services. The procurement was completed as of December 7, 2021, and the awarded contract is valued at £1,800,000, running from April 1, 2022, to March 31, 2024. The tender was issued under a selective procurement method, being a call-off from a framework agreement, with the delivery specified for the South East region of the United Kingdom. The tender period concluded on November 10, 2021.

This contract presents significant opportunities for businesses in the technology and IT services sector, particularly those specialising in technical assurance and support for military and government applications. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with expertise in cloud solutions, database management, and secure hosting services would be well-suited to compete for similar future tenders. The scope of the services required indicates that firms capable of delivering technical upgrades, system migrations, and efficiencies within digital service frameworks could tap into lucrative contracts that further the aims of Defence operations.

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Notice Title

PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSURANCE SUPPORT (DInfoCom/0185)

Notice Description

Technical Assurance Service (TAS) delivers outcomes to enable Army Digital Services (ADS) to plan and execute the technical activities that are required to deliver and maintain Army applications and hosting infrastructure that are essential to the outputs of ADS The technical programme plan for FY20/21 included the roll out of Operating System (REH7,8 and Win Srv 19) and Database upgrades (12C, SQL Srv 19) to Army Hosting Environment (AHE), the migration of Official Sensitive and Secret applications to upgraded AHE, Remote Processing Application (RPA) for DIO, Joint Server Farm Cloud Migration, delivery of CFA services for efficiencies, implementation of Hybrid Cloud solution, technical upgrades to ADW databases (ODI, 12C), and continual delivery of multiple upgrades across ADS technology domains to maintain security

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-c89d6f37-4017-4011-be99-d1e141504fa3
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c729db81-8f5b-4fe4-a432-03fac60c87cd
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Call-off from a framework agreement
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support


CPV Codes

72610000 - Computer support services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£1,557,552 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£1,800,000 £1M-£10M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
15 Dec 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
10 Nov 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
7 Dec 20214 years ago
Contract Period
1 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2024 2-3 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Ministry of Defence
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ANDOVER
Postcode
SP11 8HJ
Postcode Area
Salisbury
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ36 Central Hampshire
Delivery Location
TLJ South East (England)

Local Authority
Test Valley
Electoral Ward
Andover Millway
Westminster Constituency
North West Hampshire

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

boxxe Limited

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