EDT International LLC Evidence Management Solution Extension

This exemption under rule 14.9.d, additional goods and services to the open-advertising requirement is on the basis that: 1. It was never the intention to go to market at the expiry of the initial term. 2. While the initial term was optimal commercially for a SaaS solution, there is a mismatch between the contract terms and the useful life of the asset. 3. Going to market now would require a significant investment in time for the business to go to market and implement a new solution. 4. A change of supplier would cause significant disruption to the business, distracting it from other government priorities. 5. It would also require significant change from the business to bed in a new Evidence Management solution and learn what operational and support capabilities are required to effectively run the solution. 6. A change of supplier would have a significant cost to implement and migrate a large amount of evidence data. The business being satisfied with the current service levels and solution on offer. EDT has been a very good and reliable supplier of this service and based on pricing and current service meeting our existing and strategic needs, we do not envisage a go to market requirement.