Official UK procurement notice
ICT-24-033 - Education Authority Pre-School Standardisation Online Portal Development
Authority: the Education Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAn Outsystem Development and Managed Service. This Call-off Contract is a direct award from G-Cloud 14 framework.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The contract is in place to provide an Outsystem Development and Managed Service
The contract is in place to provide an Outsystem Development and Managed Service. This has been awarded via a direct award call-off from G-Cloud 14 framework. Additional information: The contract is a direct award Call-off from G-Cloud 14 framework.
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
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2025, 12:03 BST
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-059622- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The contract was a direct award call off from CCS framework agreement G-Cloud 14 therefore prior publication in the Official Journal of the European Union was not applicable.
Publisher note: The call off contract was awarded via G-Cloud 14 on 03/02/2025. EA intend to modify the call off by increasing the contract value from £800,000 to £1,200,000. This modification for additional value meets the conditions of Reg 72(1)(b):. This is for additional services that have become necessary and were unforeseen when initially procuring the contract.. Besides the time needed to manage a new procurement, a new supplier would require time to onboard, understand the complex landscape, and build relationships—delaying progress and potentially leading to missteps or rework. Valuable contextual knowledge and insights gained through prior engagement would be lost, disrupting the flow of work and undermining the efficiencies already achieved. In a programme of this scale and complexity, such disruption could significantly impact timelines, stakeholder confidence, and the overall success of the project. . A new procurement for these services would cause delay, incur further costs and resource implications to manage such a procurement, and there would be a delay to the overall project which will be of significant inconvenience to EA.. The value of the proposed modification (i.e. £400k) does not exceed 50% of the original contract value which is £800k..
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version 1 Solutions Limited | £1,200,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 059622-2025-1 · Version 1 Solutions Limited
- Signed
- 3 Feb 2025
- Value
- £1,200,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- The UK does not have any special review body with responsibility for appeal/mediation procedures in public procurement competitions.Review body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Version 1 Solutions LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.