Award

Low Code Development Platform

WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

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Award

28 Mar 2025 at 12:25

UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Award

28 Mar 2025 at 12:16

UK5 - Transparency Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Worcestershire County Council has concluded a procurement process for a "Low Code Development Platform", aimed at enhancing software development with minimal coding requirements. This tender, identified as CC00184, falls under the software industry category and addresses challenges such as high costs, delayed deployment, security risks, and complex coding. The procurement stage is complete, and the contract was awarded to OUTSYSTEMS LIMITED, with formal award notice dates on 28th March 2025 and a contract period from 31st December 2025 to 30th December 2030, with possibilities for extensions. The total contract value is £36,000,000 GBP, and the project is set in Worcester, UK.

This procurement offers significant opportunities for businesses specialising in software development, particularly those innovative in low-code or no-code platforms. Companies with expertise in developing applications with minimal coding efforts can leverage this contract to expand their market reach and showcase their cutting-edge solutions to public sector clients. A direct award procurement method was utilized due to the unique functionality required, making it essential for interested businesses to demonstrate equivalent or superior capabilities to the current platform provided by OUTSYSTEMS LIMITED.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Low Code Development Platform

Notice Description

Software - Low code is a software development approach that requires little or no coding to build applications and processes. We moved from traditional coding to low code to address the following issues high costs, delayed deployment, security risks, resilience, complex coding, and recruitment.

Procurement Information

We require equivalent functionality provided by the current platform and no other provider can offer that functionality.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f9fe
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011755-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK6 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

48 - Software package and information systems

CPV Codes

48000000 - Software package and information systems

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£36,000,000 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Mar 202511 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
27 Mar 202511 months ago
Contract Period
31 Dec 2025 - 30 Dec 2030 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
WORCESTERSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@worcestershire.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
WORCESTER
Postcode
WR5 2NP
Post Town
Worcester
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLG West Midlands (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLG1 Herefordshire, Worcestershire and Warwickshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLG12 Worcestershire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Worcester
Electoral Ward
Nunnery
Westminster Constituency
Worcester

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

OUTSYSTEMS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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