Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-02-17
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Supplies
CPV classification: 30160000 | 30200000 | 31154000 | 32250000 | 32400000
Estimated value: 3000000000 GBP

Technical requirements: United Kingdom with some limited requirements overseas, including but not limited to UK MoD bases located overseas.
The Technology Products and Services category forms part of the newly formed Technology Pillar within Crown Commercial Service (CCS).
The priority for Technology Products and Services over the next 12 months is to work extensively with the market and customers to set out our strategic direction for this category.
Recognising market advancements and the challenges being faced by public sector customers Technology Products and Services will be seeking to develop ‘integrated’ commercial solutions for the supplier of commodity technology and technology services to assist customers with digital transformation.
These solutions will form part of the overall Technology category commercial offerings, which will continue to include Framework Agreements for the other specific category areas: Cloud and Digital, and Network Services.
For the avoidance of doubt any competitive activity resulting from this Notice will focus on establishing a procurement route for commodity technology products.
Working in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence and public buying organisations YPO, ESPO, CBC and NEPO, CCS aim to provide customers with a market leading commercial solution for their commodity technology requirements, to drive value, benefits and savings for the public sector and to support customers through digital transformation.
1. Give advance notice that Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Contracting Authority, is to consider undertaking a tendering exercise to set up a new contracting vehicle to service Central Government and Wider Public Sector Organisations for their commodity technology hardware and software requirements.
3. Identify suppliers who would like to assist in developing a world class technology goods supply chain for the public sector.
The structure of the arrangement has not been determined and will be developed with stakeholders prior to the publication of any subsequent award notice.
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use a reverse auction.
If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following the link ‘Supplier eSourcing Registration’.
Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering and who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.
Full instructions for registration and use of the eSourcing Suite can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers
By registering for the eSourcing Suite in this way, you will then be in a position to ‘express an interest’ in any future Crown Commercial Service (CCS) procurement activity when it is announced by the publication of an OJEU Contract Notice initially on http://ted.europa.eu/TED/main/HomePage.do and subsequently on https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk