# Digital Platform and Content Management System

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by London Borough of Sutton.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [London Borough of Sutton](/buyers/london-borough-of-sutton/contract-awards)
- Supplier: [Placecube Limited](/suppliers/placecube/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £558,000
- Tender value: £558,000
- Award date: 5 July 2021
- Published: 19 July 2021
- Contract start: 6 July 2021
- Contract end: 30 June 2024
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: d9566df5-6028-4049-b51f-19253cadfc92-452488
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-e5c87c3e-9009-4fdc-b067-9fae0fa7c497

## Description

We have made a direct award to the provider of Digital XP technology in which a technologyduopoly exists between Liferay and Aquia\. We have appraised both technologies during a 'play day' and Liferay has emerged the only technology capable of meeting the Council's technical requirements\. The solution provided by Liferay is a 'core requirement' of the Council's new digital platform\. This question was considered in the case of Commission v Italy Case 199/85, where the ECJ confirmed that it was insufficient to demonstrate that a particular provider was able to produce the most efficient performance;it was required to show that only that provider could produce what was required\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d9566df5-6028-4049-b51f-19253cadfc92-452488)