Notice Information
Notice Title
Twitter/X Ministerial Intelligence Tool
Notice Description
The primary purpose of the contract is to allow the Department to consider social media posts made by candidates to be appointed to public appointments. The expectation of the Commissioner for Public Appointments is that Departments carry out due diligence on candidates to ensure they will meet the required standards in holding public office. Checks of publicly available social media (X/Twitter posts) is standard procedure. X/Twitter have recently introduced a charging policy to allow users to review volumes of Tweets/posts. The fee is paid monthly and there is no contractual commitment beyond each paid for month's service. Standard Terms and Conditions provided by the Supplier are used for this service.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f2a8e3b7-0ed2-4a02-8499-34632dc95d00
- Publication Source
- Contracts Finder
- Latest Notice
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d3eed29c-72c4-4bef-8841-a44d85b4b71e
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Direct
- Procurement Method Details
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72416000 - Application service providers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £12,238 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £15,736 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 9 Jan 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Nov 2023Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 30 Nov 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Nov 2023 - 31 Mar 2024 1-6 months
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SW1H 0EU
- Post Town
- South West London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI3 Inner London - West
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI35 Westminster and City of London
- Delivery Location
- TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLH East (England), TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England)
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- Local Authority
- Westminster
- Electoral Ward
- St James's
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d3eed29c-72c4-4bef-8841-a44d85b4b71e
9th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/454e59ff-273a-4906-9a77-0d56d2dd47d7
9th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d8b4928b-8556-4133-afa4-71b9f545c2ad
9th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder -
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5eea1c06-76b1-4387-81d3-3194de674a21
5th January 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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