Provision of software development and associated activities
A Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency (VEAT) Notice
by OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE)
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £300K
- Sector
- TECHNOLOGY
- Published
- 28 Jun 2024
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
MILTON KEYNES
2 buyers
- Open University Milton Keynes
1 supplier
- Qubit Labs Tallinn
Description
The Open University (OU) are appointing a 3rd party to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project.
Total Quantity or Scope
Service development capacity, in the form of software development and associated activities, to support the CORE project: CORE hosts the world's largest collection of open access research outputs, which are used and referenced by people globally, including researchers, libraries, software developers, funders.
Award Detail
| 1 | Qubit Labs (Tallinn)
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Renewal Options
1 x 12 months
CPV Codes
- 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services
- 72230000 - Custom software development services
Indicators
- Options are available.
Legal Justification
The Open University (OU) intends to award a one (1) year agreement to Qubit Labs to provide software development and associated activities, to support the CORE OU project. The CORE code base contains more than 250k lines of code. Qubit personnel have the required training, expertise and specialist knowledge to operate and develop the CORE infrastructure The cost and time to upskill another company to the level required precludes the award of the contract to a company other than Qubit.
Reference
- FTS 019740-2024