Official UK procurement notice
Digital Platform and Content Management System
Authority: London Borough of Sutton (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo procure an open source, integrated platform that could provide both website and forms capability.
The service will be procured by the London Borough of Sutton on behalf of the London Borough of Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston.
CPV: System, storage and content management software development services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Our Digital Service consists of two components:Awarded
Our Digital Service consists of two components:
Content Management System (CMS) which is our website
FORMS functionality which underpin our digital services (such as ‘Report Fly Tipping’) we use a Forms platform
Within the last 12 months, a detailed review of our CMS and FORMS platform was carried out by Digital & IT and independently reviewed by an impartial 3rd Party (FutureGov). The conclusion was that the existing CMS & FORMS are no longer suitable for our needs. The technology for the Digital Services has also changed over the years and the functionalities can now be replaced with a single Digital Experience Platform (DXP) product.
We have therefore completed a review of the DXP market focussing on the underlying technology. The team will procure an open source, integrated platform that could provide both website and forms capability. Our market review identified Liferay as the preferred technology platform and from our assessment of the G-Cloud marketplace for liferay, provider Placecube is best placed to satisfy our current and future needs.
The report recommends that a Direct Award with Placecube be used to procure the desired service under the Negotiated Procedure (without prior publication)
The service will be procured by the London Borough of Sutton on behalf of the London Borough of Sutton and the Royal Borough of Kingston.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- 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
- 19 Jul 2021, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 19 Jul 2021, 13:57 BST
- Authority reference
DN557058- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-016928- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c98dFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
London Borough of Sutton have made a direct award to the provider of Digital XP technology in which a technology duopoly exists between Liferay and Aquia. London Borough of Sutton have appraised both technologies during a ‘play day’ and Liferay has emerged the only technology capable of meeting the Council’s technical requirements. The solution provided by Liferay is a ‘core requirement’ of the Council’s new digital platform. This question was considered in the case of Commission v Italy Case 199/85, where the ECJ confirmed that it was insufficient to demonstrate that a particular provider was able to produce the most efficient performance;it was required to show that only that provider could produce what was required.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Placecube Limited | £558,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 016928-2021-DN557058-1 · Placecube Limited
- Signed
- 5 Jul 2021
- Value
- £558,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | 1 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The High Court of England and WalesReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Placecube LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.