Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2018-05-26
Buyer: Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48800000 | 48900000 | 72000000 | 72100000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) wishes to put in place a commercial vehicle for the provision of a securely hosted online eSourcing procurement solution or solutions. This requirement will be acquired as software as a service.
The solution(s) must allow the end to end management of sourcing activity in full compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and national legislation and be flexible enough to take into account any subsequent revisions in the future.
— a procurement process tool to manage the end to end process cycle covering all stages of the tendering process from notice creation to award of contract, including the automated publication of all notices, expressions of interest, requests for information and request for quotes, the secure exchange of all tender documents, a secure messaging system.
— the management of e-auctions, including both best price and with non-price criteria, both forward auctions and normal reverse auctions of multiple types.
— a procurement process tool to manage the end to end process cycle covering all stages of the tendering process from notice creation to award of contract, including the automated publication of all notices, expressions of interest, requests for information and request for quotes, the secure exchange of all tender documents, a secure messaging system.
— the management of e-auctions, including both best price and with non-price criteria, both forward auctions and normal reverse auctions of multiple types.
— Support an API approach in order to create a seamless solution and work in conjunction with existing CCS technological solutions.
— If more than one solution procured, all solutions must have the capability to work in conjunction with each other.
— Provide comprehensive, reliable audit trails, process reporting and other related transparency controls.
— Must be user friendly in terms of navigation and that all activities/tasks involve as few steps as possible to maximise efficiency.
— a procurement process tool to manage the end to end process cycle covering all stages of the tendering process from notice creation to award of contract, including the automated publication of all notices, expressions of interest, requests for information and request for quotes, the secure exchange of all tender documents, a secure messaging system.
— the management of e-auctions, including both best price and with non-price criteria, both forward auctions and normal reverse auctions of multiple types.
We are therefore looking for a solution(s) to support this level of activity for customers and be able to support our growth targets.
The existing eSourcing platform has been in place since 2012 and supports the CCS core service offer. In 16/17 CCS manged the following business activity through the solution:


Award value: 4000000