Development for a Flexible Voting Pilots Programme.

Official notice

Authority: Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Wales (UKL2)

Awarded value£967,084published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 3 Dec 2021no call for competition

Awarded to Modern Democracy

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Intention to award a service contract for the delivery of The Welsh Government’s Flexible Voting Pilots Programme with four Welsh Local Authorities to further develop the testing process and to pilot early voting digital election polling services for the forthcoming May 2022 elections.

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Industry specific software development services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1The procurement comprises the appointment of Modern Democracy to pilot a digital…

The procurement comprises the appointment of Modern Democracy to pilot a digital election polling service by providing expert technical advice, development and delivery of a technical solution to enable four local authorities in Wales to trial alternative ways of voting at the Local Government Elections in May 2022. The Contract will be awarded for a period of six months.

Delivery: Wales

72212100 Industry specific software development services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 7 Dec 2021, 09:45 GMT
Last source update: 7 Dec 2021, 09:45 GMT
FTS notice number: 2021/S 000-030306
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supportIndustry specific software development services
Delivery area: Wales (UKL2)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-02fdd9 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification: The purpose of this VEAT notice is to advise the market of the Council's intention to award a service contract to Modern Democracy via a Negotiated procedure without prior publication.
Modern Democracy is the existing contracted supplier to each of the four local authorities (Bridgend, Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly and Torfaen), who are participating in The Welsh Governments flexible voting pilot. This award is to extend the current contractual arrangements with Modern Democracy to pilot a digital election polling service by providing expert technical advice, development and delivery of a technical solution to enable four local authorities in Wales to trial alternative ways of voting at the Local Government Elections in May 2022.
This award will allow each authority to continue to utilise the operating platform that is configured to meet their election business requirements and which is integrated with its other key electoral ICT systems.
Given the existing contractual arrangements between Modern Democracy and the four pilot authorities and the associated urgency to realise the pilot enhancements by May 2022, the Council intends to award this six-month contract following the application of a 10 day standstill period; The Standstill period will commence on the day following the publication of this notice and will end at midnight.

Publisher note: NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=116388. (WA Ref:116388)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £967,0841 contract exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 3 Dec 2021

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Modern Democracy	£967,084 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 030306-2021-1 · Modern Democracy
Signed
3 Dec 2021
Value
£967,084
Status
active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Municipal Offices, Civic Centre, Ebbw Vale, Wales, NP23 6XBContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

High CourtReview body LondonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Modern Democracy LtdAwarded supplier Catalyst Inc., Londonderry, Northern Ireland, BT487TGContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.