Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-09-07
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Region: UNITED KINGDOM
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 72000000 | 79212000

Technical requirements: Crown Commercial Service (CCS) wishes to establish a single supplier Framework Agreement for the benefit of UK public sector bodies, which include Central Government Departments and their Arm's Length Bodies and Agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
Crown Commercial Service is planning to hold a Supplier Information Day on Monday 19.9.2016 by webinar (details will be provided to registered parties). The purpose of this event is to describe our needs and seek market engagement and feedback to further develop our requirement. Please register your interest by contacting CCS via:
The solution will be required to support the management of a variety of technology and telecoms services.
— a single, consistent and accurate inventory view of the public sector telecoms estate from customer billing and organisational data, from telecoms supplier detailed service records and systems accessible via a single portal, organised and accessible in a hierarchical view.
— Service and project management to facilitate on-boarding customers and manage delivery of TEM service
The agreement duration under consideration is two years with flexible extension of up to a further 24 months. This is subject to change following further market engagement.
Although the potential TEM function descriptions have been included in this document, Suppliers should be aware that Crown Commercial Service may change both the scope and the structure of the contract as a result of market and customer engagement. Crown Commercial Service cannot guarantee that a call for competition will definitely take place.
It is anticipated that the Services to be covered by this Procurement will not be sub-divided into Lots.
The Authority intends to use an eTendering system in this procurement exercise and reserves the right to use an electronic auction.
Crown Commercial Service use an eTendering System to conduct all of its procurements. You will need to be registered to use the eSourcing portal in order to participate in any CCS procurement opportunities.
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 ‘Register for CCS eSourcing’. 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, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/become-a-crown-commercial-service-supplier/becoming-a-supplier-through-the-crown-commercial-service-what-you-need-to-know
Note that, by registering for the eSourcing Suite in this way, you will then be in a position to express an interest in any future procurements run by Crown Commercial Service.
For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact the Crown Commercial Service Support Desk email: eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk.