Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2019-07-24
Buyer: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 66121000 | 66122000 | 66130000 | 66131000 | 66170000
Estimated value: 100000000 GBP

Technical requirements: Storitve finančnega svetovanja in financiranja za podjetja in storitve na področju naložbenega kapitala
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place a Pan Government Collaborative Agreement for the provision of corporate finance services to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education, Devolved Administrations and Charities.
The proposed agreement will be the recommended corporate finance solution for the UK Public Sector and will look to deliver value for money to the taxpayer when delivering corporate finance requirements whether for transactional or advisory services.
The commercial solution at this stage will consist of 2 lots, 1 for the delivery of corporate finance advisory services and a second for specific transactional corporate finance activity.
The lot is to provide advisory services related to the corporate finance requirements of public sector organisations.
To provide public sector customers including HM Treasury an efficient and agile route to market for the delivery of transactional corporate finance services. Services will include the buying and selling of financial instruments on behalf on the public sector.
Crown Commercial Service invites suggestions and feedback on the proposed content and structure of the leasing finance and advisory services from the market including industry experts, specialists and suppliers.
This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the leasing market.
To participate in market engagement please email: CFS2procurement@crowncommercial.gov.uk with any suggestions and/or feedback in your email, along with the following details:
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction. The eSourcing system we will use is [https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk].
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.
The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS pipeline page http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline for updates and monitor tenders electronic daily for the publication of the OJEU Contract Notice.
The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the cyber essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.
To participate in the procurement for the Corporate Finance Services 2, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by cyber essentials for the services under and in connection with the procurement.
The bidder may be awarded a framework contract but shall not enter into any call-off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.


Award value: 100000000