Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2017-04-11
Buyer: Ministry of Defence, Information Systems and Services, BATCIS Delivery Team
Country: UK
Region: Bristol, City of
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71356200 | 71356300 | 72224000: Project management consultancy services
Estimated value: 72000000 GBP

Technical requirements: The objective of the PSS procurement is to provide expertise and support (and associated outputs) at the time the Authority requires them in order to support the delivery of the remainder of the Evolve to Open (EvO) Assessment Phase and EvO Design and Development (EvO D&D) to Performance, Time and Cost (P, T & C) & Increase the in-house levels of knowledge, skills and experience
— Provide skilled resource (Suitably Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP)) and processes available to support BATCIS to deliver the Sub-Programme as an Intelligent Customer and delegated Design Authority
— Provide expert technical support resource to undertake independent assurance of the work that will be delivered by the Transition Provider (TP) during the EvO D&D
— Provide Knowledge Transfer to Authority personnel to raise in-house SQEP levels, thereby reducing the Authority's future dependency on PSS
— Provide PM Support to the Authority in manning the MORPHEUS Joint Project Office (JPO) in order to facilitate Transition Partner Knowledge Transfer activities.
The Authority is seeking to understand the level of competition and interest in delivery of this requirement. We would invite suppliers who are interested in potentially competing for this requirement in the future to express their interest via the MORPHEUS Commercial Group Mail box- ISSComrcl-BATCIS-MORPHEUS-Grp@mod.uk.
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise. The link below to the Gov.uk website provides information on the Government Security Classification.
Advertising Regime OJEU:- This contract opportunity is published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), the MoD Defence Contracts Bulletin and www.contracts.mod.uk
Suppliers must read through this set of instructions and follow the process to respond to this opportunity.
You must register on this site to respond, if you are already registered you will not need to register again, simply use your existing username and password. Please note there is a password reminder link on the homepage.
The deadline for submitting your response(s) is detailed within this contract notice, you will also have visibility of the deadline date, once you have added the Access code via DCO as the opening and closing date is visible within the opportunity.
Please ensure that you allow yourself plenty of time when responding to this opportunity prior to the closing date and time, especially if you have been asked to upload documents.
If you experience any difficulties please refer to the online Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) or the User Guides or contact the MOD DCO Helpdesk by emailing support@contracts.mod.uk or Telephone 0800 282 324.