Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-11-06
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48000000 | 48100000 | 48450000 | 48517000 | 72000000
Estimated value: 4000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-12-03
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Crown commercial service are acting as an “Agent” and will be conducting this procurement on before of Cabinet Office the “Authority”.
The purpose of the contract is to provide Civil Service HR (CSHR) “the Customer”, a test platform responsible for the delivery of online tests and assessments for recruitment across all Civil Service departments (circa 400 000 staff). The requirement is to provide a platform for authoring, assembling and delivering online tests and assessments.
The platform will be provided as software-as-a-service including the support to manage and maintain the platform.
The test platform is required to allow independent access to the client’s users instead of this work being handed to the supplier.
Crown commercial service are acting as an “Agent” and will be conducting this procurement on before of Cabinet Office the “Authority”.
The purpose of the contract is to provide Civil Service HR (CSHR) “the Customer”, a test platform responsible for the delivery of online tests and assessments for recruitment across all civil service departments (circa 400 000 staff). The requirement is to provide a platform for authoring, assembling and delivering online tests and assessments.
The platform will be provided as software-as-a-service including the support to manage and maintain the platform.
The test platform is required to allow independent access to the client’s users instead of this work being handed to the supplier.
Links to prototypes created by the CSHR Digital team are included as examples of how the GOV.UK styles could be adopted. These can be accessed at: https://cshr-onlinetests.herokuapp.com/
Bidders will be assessed, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (implementing the Directive), on the basis of information provided in response to a bid pack registering for access.
This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) eSourcing Suite, BravoSolution. This will be the primary route for sharing information and communicating with bidders. To participate bidders must first be registered on BravoSolution. If you have recently registered on this portal,
For another CCS procurement, you can used the same account. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal.
— your DUNS number (a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge, by Dun and Bradstreet) and
Once registered on the BravoSolution portal, you will be able to express your interest in this procurement.
Note: if you require additional users from your organisation to see the bid pack, do not repeat the above as this will create a new, separate account; instead, the registered user can add additional users to the existing account via profile, user management, users expressing an interest.

Eligibility requirements: Bidders will be assessed, in accordance with Section 5 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015 (implementing the Directive), on the basis of information provided in response to a bid pack registering for access. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) eSourcing Suite, BravoSolution. This will be the primary route for sharing information and communicating with bidders. To participate bidders must first be registered on BravoSolution. If you have recently registered on this portal, For another CCS procurement, you can used the same account. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal. To register: 1) Go to the URL: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk; 2) Select “click here to register”; 3) Read and agree to the portal user agreement; 4) Complete the registration form, providing information including: — full legal name of your organisation, — your company registration number, — your DUNS number (a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge, by Dun and Bradstreet) and — user and contact details. Once registered on the BravoSolution portal, you will be able to express your interest in this procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. Note: if you require additional users from your organisation to see the bid pack, do not repeat the above as this will create a new, separate account; instead, the registered user can add additional users to the existing account via profile, user management, users expressing an interest. To express your interest in this procurement: 1) Log in to the BravoSolution eSourcing Suite portal: https://crowncommercial.bravosolution.co.uk; 2) On the dashboard there is a “quick links” portlet — click on “My ITTs”; 3) On the next screen, click on “ITTs open to all suppliers”; 4) The online tests and assessment platform ITT will be displayed. Note: There may also be other events listed on here. Click on the online tests and assessment platform ITT name. 5) Click on “Express an Interest” at the top of the next screen; 6) You can now access the published documents in the BravoSolution portal. For assistance please contact the eSourcing helpdesk, operated by BravoSolution, by email at help@bravosolution.co.uk or by telephone on 0345 010 3503. Responses must be submitted by the date stated in IV.2.2 of this contract notice. Security requirements: You are required to provide the authority with evidence of a current and valid Cyber Essentials certificate, which has been awarded by one of the government approved Cyber Essentials accreditation bodies within the most recent 12 months. Where your organisation proposes to use key subcontractors to carry out the services, and These key subcontractors shall be involved in handling sensitive and personal information with regard to the services, such key subcontractors will have in place a valid Cyber Essentials certificate.

Award value: 4000000