Awarded contract

Invitation to a Further Competition under the Crown Commercial Service

Details

Value
£180,000
Duration
3 years
Published
1 May 2025

Tender description

Further competition is invited to all suppliers shortlisted on the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) RM6094 Spark: The Technology Innovation Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of a Virtual Reality (VR) Service to Nottinghamshire County Council (‘The Council’) within the East Midlands Region. The shortlist comprises those suppliers who come under the Subject area of Local Government/Social Care, Delivery Method of Simulated and Enhanced Environments/Virtual Reality and who operate in the East Midlands area. Suppliers (the “Suppliers”) are invited to tender for the provision of the Virtual Reality Service as detailed in Part 2 VR Service Specification. The scope and the nature of the services required by the Council are set out in more detail in Part 2 VR Service Specification. A contract will be awarded to a single supplier to provide VR technology and a program to train staff across the adoption and fostering service to become certified practitioners in the use of VR, ensure that access to the experience is built in throughout the adoption journey (from Preparation, Assessment and Matching through to post order support) to learn from the content and experience. The length of the contract will be for 3 years with the option to extend for two further 12 months.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published1 May 2025
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date6 May 2025
  3. Next: Contract expiry date5 May 2028in 18 months

About the buyer

Nottinghamshire County Council is a local authority whose procurement runs through a single, award-winning centralised team. The procurement team is organised into categories that mirror the council's own service areas, spanning adult social care, children's and cultural services, the chief executive's office and place-based services.

A procurement pipeline lists contracts due for re-tender and new projects over the next two years, and is refreshed annually.

Over the past 5 years, most of Nottinghamshire County Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, transport equipment and architectural and engineering services.

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