---
title: "Secure External File Collaboration Service"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04862e"
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source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "WELSH GOVERNMENT"
published: "2024-07-31"
---

# Secure External File Collaboration Service

Buyer: WELSH GOVERNMENT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04862e

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## Summary

The Welsh Government has completed a procurement process for the provision of a "Secure External File Collaboration Service". This service falls under the industry category of software supply services (CPV code 72268000) and is intended to facilitate secure, web-based document access for external stakeholders, ensuring seamless integration with the organisation's existing document management system. The procurement method used was "limited," specifically an award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition, justified by the absence of competition for technical reasons and the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights. The contract has been awarded to Objective Corporation UK Limited, and was signed on 17 May 2024, with a contract value of £247,850. The project is situated within the UK region designated as UKL.

This tender offers substantial opportunities for businesses specialising in secure document management and integration services, particularly those with expertise in developing web-based portals and software systems that ensure information governance. Objective Corporation UK Limited, being a small and medium-sized enterprise (SME), exemplifies the type of business well-suited to compete for such contracts. Enterprises with similar capabilities in cyber security, software development, and data integration would potentially benefit from engaging with similar procurement opportunities in the public sector, enabling business growth through public contracts.

## Notice

Provision of a Secure External File Collaboration Service with full integration and workflows with the corporate document management system.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

The requirement was for a web-based portal for external stakeholders to securely access documents from the organization's records system. It is essential that it seamlessly integrates with the corporate document management system through workflows, ensuring practical information governance.

### Procurement Information

In accordance with regulation 32 - competition is absent for technical reasons and the protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023883-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 May 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £247,850 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | WELSH GOVERNMENT |
| Locality | LLANDUDNO JUNCTION |
| Post town | Llandudno |
| Postcode | LL57 3RW |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL3 North Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL32 Gwynedd |
| Local authority | Gwynedd |
| Electoral ward | Canol Bethesda |
| Westminster constituency | Bangor Aberconwy |
| Delivery location | TLL Wales |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OBJECTIVE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72268000 - Software supply services

## Release History

- 31 Jul 2024 at 09:01 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/023883-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://gov.wales
- https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007

## Provenance

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