BLC0206 - Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Framework

CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security · Software package and information systems · Software programming and consultancy services

Places

up to 1 suppliers · 15 bids received (15.0 per place) · 13 appointed (full)

Every one of these 2 lots carries the same published figure, £26,000,000: it is the framework's maximum for the whole notice, not each lot's own budget, and no share per lot is published. The cards below say ceiling above rather than repeat it.

Procedure method

Open procedure

Legal basis

CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)

Procurement category

Goods

Notice status

Awarded

Procurement threshold

Unspecified in notice

Regulatory regime

Standard

Commercial structure

Framework agreement

Who may use this agreement

Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority

Competition type

Competitive procedure

GPA / WTO covered

Unspecified in notice

Recurring procurement

No (one-off requirement)

First published

20 Dec 2024, 16:09 GMT

Last source update

21 Aug 2025, 16:44 BST

Award evaluation window

24 Feb 2025 – …

Authority reference

BLC0206

FTS notice number

2025/S 000-050646

Classification (CPV)

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and securitySoftware package and information systemsSoftware programming and consultancy services

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

ocds-h6vhtk-04cc56 Find a Tender

Publisher note: BlueLight Commercial are issuing this Prior Information Notice (PIN) and a market engagement invitation to inform the market of the intention to establish a Robotic Process Automation (RPA) Framework which will support with automation efficiencies within Policing across England and Wales. BlueLight Commercial are working in collaboration with the Home Office and the National RPA Programme which is led by the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and supported by 3 pathfinder forces Lancashire Constabulary, Avon & Somerset Constabulary and West Midlands Police. We would like to invite you to join a market engagement session where we will be providing further details on the establishment of an automation framework specifically to support policing, which will cover software licences, professional services and specialist resources. This session is intended as awareness, communication, and informing the market of the objectives of the framework, the tendering process and key timescales to meet a framework go live date of April 2025. This session will be held via Microsoft Teams on Friday 10th January 2025, 10:00am. The event will be limited to 2 people per organisation, if you would like to register your interest to attend, please do so via email to nationalict@bluelight.police.uk by 5pm on Tuesday 7th January 2025. It should be noted that this PIN invites individuals and organisations to express an interest in this market engagement only to inform a subsequent procurement exercise, and it is not part of any pre-qualification or selection process. BlueLight Commercial are utilising an electronic tendering portal (In-Tend) to manage this PIN and as such interested individuals and organisations will need to register on the portal to express their interest. Please note that it is free to register on In-Tend, which can be accessed via https://sell2.in-tend.co.uk/blpd/publictenders

Appointment period ends

24 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT

Submission channel

{"electronicSubmission","written"}

Accepted languages

en

Bids opened

24 Feb 2025, 12:01 GMT

17 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

• Accenture UK LimitedFramework contractor London, UK
• Aravto LimitedFramework contractor London, UK
• Atos IT Services UK LimitedFramework contractor London, UK
• CGI IT UK LimitedFramework contractor London, UK
• Capgemini UK plcFramework contractor London, UK
• Data Careers LtdFramework contractor Lichfield, UK
• Deloitte LLPFramework contractor London, UK
• IBM United Kingdom LimitedFramework contractor Winchester, UK
• IBM United Kingdom LimitedFramework contractor London, UK
• Morson Projects LimitedFramework contractor Manchester, UK

No document links were published on the notice.