Notice Information
Notice Title
Salesforce customer document and email templates software
Notice Description
Customer document and email templates software for Salesforce and Clousense
Procurement Information
Ofcom intend to enter into a three-year agreement with Conga on a single source basis in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 5 to the Procurement Act 2023 as competition is absent for technical reasons to deliver Salesforce customer document and email template software (the "Software"). Conga's software application is heavily embedded and integrated within Ofcom's main customer relationship management (CRM) platform, Salesforce. The CRM platform allows Ofcom to manage our stakeholder engagement, manage all complaints that come into Ofcom on Broadcast Standards, Telecoms, Video on Demand and Online safety from the general public. The customer document management software is also embedded within a third-party package, Cloudsense used by licensees. Conga provides document generation for the whole of Ofcom Salesforce Platform across hundreds of automated process and functional areas within the platform. It also currently provisions77 different document templates and 44 email templates across multiple core capability areas. Moving to a new solution for the Software would require updates to system logic, system automated workflow and processes, data mapping and template design and configuration across all impacted solution areas within the Salesforce Platform. This would require an extensive amount of rework of all corresponding and licence document templates to be made to enable them to be delivered using an alternative solution. The cost and time taken to undertake a change in software would not offer value for money and would far exceed the cost of continuing with the existing software, which is working effectively. For these reasons, Ofcom also considers that paragraph 7 of Schedule 5 of the Procurement Act 2023 applies.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-052802
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037049-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK7 - Contract Details 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
- £322,475 £100K-£500K
- Contracts Value
- £322,475 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 Jul 20257 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 27 May 20259 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2028 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- OFCOM
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- procurementnotice@ofcom.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- SE1 9HA
- Post Town
- South East London
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLI London
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLI4 Inner London - East
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLI44 Lewisham and Southwark
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Southwark
- Electoral Ward
- Borough & Bankside
- Westminster Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037049-2025
3rd July 2025 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/032517-2025
16th June 2025 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/028133-2025
28th May 2025 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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