DDSFTW/060 - Microsoft Unified Support & Design Services

Tender description

Single source for the provision of Unified Support, Maintenance and Consultancy Service for 36 months from 1 June 22 through to 30 April 2025. Lot 1: The Defence Digital Commercial Sourcing Team, part of the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence (the Authority), intends to award a contract to Microsoft Ltd (the Contractor) for software (including Microsoft Office 365 E5) consultancy, support and maintenance (including updates) services. The duration of the contract will be for 36 months from 1 June 2022 to 30 April 2025 and has an estimated value of £31,000,000 (ex VAT). It is considered that this contract can be placed using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(ii) of Directive 2014/24/EU and Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (SI 102) on the basis that the services provided for in the contract can be supplied only by the Contractor, and that competition is absent, for technical reasons. The Contractor alone has the specific technical knowledge and skills necessary to undertake the services as they own and have developed the relevant software products and applications used by the Authority in connection with its operations Please note this contract is yet to be awarded, this VTN remains open until 12.00 on the 30 May 2022.