Public procurement notice: Modification Of A Contract/Concession During Its Term
Published: 2021-07-23
Buyer: Cabinet Office
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72230000: Custom software development services

Technical requirements: Negotiated procedure without prior publication (OJEU) — Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) Covid-19 related Game Development. The supplier had already developed a version of the inoculation intervention - Titled bad news game — sufficiently similar to our requirement that we sought to make use of this IP, which represented value for money but created an absence of competition. We are commissioning an updated version which addresses the need arising from the pandemic and associated infodemic. Contract value GBP 134 262.79.
Changes were made to this contract to increase the number of languages (from 2 translations to up to 15) which could be supported. This reflected the impact that the service had had, and the desire for a broader international benefit to arise from the investment.
The changes could not have been made by an alternative supplier without changing suppliers and duplicating the original costs, and are below the 50 % threshold defined in Regulation 72.
(b)for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor:
(i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement; and
(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract.
Changes were made to this contract to increase the number of languages (from 2 translations to up to 15) which could be supported. This reflected the impact that the service had had, and the desire for a broader international benefit to arise from the investment.
The changes could not have been made by an alternative supplier without changing suppliers and duplicating the original costs, and are below the 50 % threshold defined in Regulation 72.
(b)for additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, where a change of contractor:
(i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement; and
(ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50 % of the value of the original contract.
Need for modification brought about by circumstances which a diligent contracting authority/entity could not foresee (Art. 43(1)(c) of Directive 2014/23/EU, Art. 72(1)(c) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Art. 89(1)(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU) Description of the circumstances which rendered the modification necessary and explanation of the unforeseen nature of these circumstances:


Winner: Cambridge University Technical Services Ltd