FRAMEWORK FOR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED IT SERVICES

Tender description

This procurement is for a small set of framework agreements for the British Library. The purpose of the agreements is to be able to quickly and cost effectively call down additional application development and related IT services to undertake tasks to help with peaks of demand. The chosen suppliers must have an appropriate skill set, proven track record and provide excellent value for money. The framework agreements are to be for ad-hoc tasks and will be non-exclusive. The British Library’s strategy is first to consider reuse of existing IT infrastructure components; then to consider software packages to meet application needs. Additional consultancy or development is sometimes required in order to integrate or supplement the capabilities of these systems; the contracts under the framework agreements will be for workpackages to help with such tasks.