Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2019-02-19
Buyer: Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 148549 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
UK SBS IT 18163 Delivering the UK Component of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DDC)
BEIS is looking for a supplier to undertake Management of the UK element of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DDC) which provides access to modelling and scenario data used by the IPCC. The Contractor will take responsibility for managing the UK aspects of the existing DDC site, including hosting a website through which the DDC data is accessed.
All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts). This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service’s e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this procurement, participants shall first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If Bidders have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/emptoris by following the link “Supplier eSourcing Registration”. Please note that, to register, Bidders must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
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UK SBS IT 18163 Delivering the UK Component of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Data Distribution Centre (DDC)
(i) not to award any contract as a result of the procurement process commenced by publication of this notice; and


Winner: UK Research and Innovation formely Science and Technology Facilities Council
Award value: 148549
Number of bids: 1