The Contract has already been awarded and this notice is being published to meet Transparency obligations only. Support & Maintenance of the Mercator Cartographic Production System (MCPS)

Support & Maintenance of the Mercator Cartographic Production System (MCPS). This contract was awarded under the Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication of a Contract Notice pursuant to Article 32(2)(b)(iii) of Directive 2014/24/EU (Regulation 32(2)(b)(iii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015). This is for reasons connected with the protection of exclusive design rights; Mercator is a proprietary product owned wholly by 1Spatial Group Limited and such services cannot be provided without access to that information. The Contract has already been awarded and this notice is being published to meet Transparency obligations only.