Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-12-17
Buyer: Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 48800000 | 64000000 | 72000000 | 72212200: Networking software programming services | 72300000
Estimated value: 44600000 GBP

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intends to establish a framework for the provision of Public Services Network (PSN) core services which allow government to send information electronically and securely. The framework will replace two core services currently provided by the Government GSI Convergence Framework (GCF), made available under 2 Lots: PSN Domain Name System (DNS) services and PSN email relay (including mail hygiene) services. The framework will be used by or on behalf of the whole of the UK public sector and their associated bodies and agencies, the voluntary sector, charities and/or other private organisations acting as managing agents or procuring on behalf of the public sector delivering services of a public nature.
PSN Domain Name System (PSN DNS) services which reconcile website names and their underlying IP addresses.
Email relay services (including mail hygiene) which enables correct email delivery both between PSN users and to the wider internet.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication for the contract notice and is subject to change, please refer to the CCS pipeline page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6167 for updates and monitor tenders electronic daily for the publication of the OJEU contract notice.
This prior information notice is to signal an intention to establish the framework. If you would like to express interest in this procurement please email psncoreservices@crowncommercial.gov.uk Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) to be point of contact for your organisation.
The contracting authority intends to rely on Regulation 63 (7) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, to limit the performance of core capability directly to the tenderer itself or, where the tender is submitted by a group of economic operators within the meaning of regulation 19(3), to a participant in that group. The core capability of each lot must be provided by the successful supplier and the use of sub-contractors for the core capability will not be permitted. The use of sub-contractors (as defined in the tender documentation for the procurement) for aspects of service delivery outside of the core capability will be acceptable.
The contracting authority intends to include the questions at Appendix 1 of the following guidance: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/706947/Industrial_Security_departmental_responsibilities.pdf in the selection questionnaire which will form part of the tender documentation for this procurement. Responses to these questions by tenderers will be mandatory and will be checked against the records of:
As a result of these checks, bidders who fail to meet any of the criteria will be excluded from any further participation in the procurement.


Award value: 44600000