Provision of Remote Agile Application Development Services

What this is

CERN is conducting a market survey for remote agile application development services to support approximately 100 professionals. Services include software design and development, maintenance, systems integration, QA testing, UX/business analysis, deployment support, and technical consultancy. Multiple contracts will be awarded following an Invitation to Tender in August 2026 for five-year terms starting Q1 2027.

Key points

• This is a market survey only; formal Invitation to Tender will be issued August 2026 with detailed eligibility and evaluation criteria.
• Contracts will support approximately 100 remote professionals across multiple technical and functional profiles.
• Five-year contract duration starting Q1 2027 with estimated total value GBP 10,000,000.
• Services span full software lifecycle: design, development, maintenance, integration, QA, UX analysis, deployment, and technical consultancy.
• STFC (UK) acts as liaison for CERN (Geneva); contact Sara Fletcher for technical specifications and market survey documents.
• Award will be on best-value-for-money basis; specific evaluation weightings to be announced in future tender.

Who can bid

Qualified and selected firms and groups of firms will be invited to tender in August 2026; specific eligibility criteria not yet published in this market survey document.

How it is scored

Best-value-for-money basis; detailed evaluation criteria to be specified in the future Invitation to Tender.

How to submit

Invitation to Tender to be issued August 2026; submission details not yet available in this market survey.

Clarifications

For technical specification and market survey documents, contact Sara Fletcher (Sara.fletcher@stfc.ukri.org) of STFC.

Classification

CPV 72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support GenevaSwitzerland