"The UK government has signaled its intention to allow a supplier providing maintenance to its online procurement platform to subcontract offshore, having previously said that this was off-limits due to security concerns. A notice said the variation to an £8 million contract would be negotiated without a prior call for competition because of the "extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority.""
"In the initial contract award, the "call-off" document specified that "all work must be completed within the UK, offshoring of any work will not be permitted." In the document, the Cabinet Office said it had assessed the contract "as a higher-risk agreement." It stipulated that the supplier must complete the "Secure by Design Questionnaire," which says that the supplier and subcontractors "may store, access or handle government data in... the United Kingdom only." Support and development were also specified for "the United Kingdom only.""
The Cabinet Office has declared its intention to vary an £8 million contract to allow offshore subcontractor resources to provide advisory support for continuous improvement activities on the Central Digital Platform (CDP). The variation is to be negotiated without prior competition due to "extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority." The initial call-off required all work to be completed within the UK and classified the agreement as higher-risk. The supplier and subcontractors were required to store, access and handle government data within the United Kingdom only, and support and development were specified for the United Kingdom only. Goaco Group Ltd was named as the awarded supplier.
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