Official UK procurement notice
Digital Experience and Digital Enablement
Authority: NS&I (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement process.
The Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package is the second procurement package in NS&I’s Rainbow programme, and provides the capabilities needed to deliver digital self-service experiences and journeys to NS&I’s retail banking customers, and to enable Assisted Digital support. It will deliver these services to mobile app, website and voice assistant channels.
CPV: Banking services · Communication software development services · Computer support and consultancy services · Customer services · Data analysis services · Data storage services · Data transmission services · Deposit services · Development of transaction processing and custom software · E-mail system · Financial information systems · Internet browsing software development services · +6 more
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement processAwarded
This contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement process.
National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is one of the UK's largest retail savings organisations with 25 million customers, more than £202 billion funds under management, best known for Premium Bonds but also offering a range of savings products. NS&I raises financing for Government, by offering secure retail financial savings products, as an alternative to raising funds on the wholesale market.
NS&I's core services are currently provided by Atos IT Services UK Limited, which manages sales processing and customer servicing, and IT and infrastructure services. This contract will end on 31st March 2025. NS&I has started a significant transformation of its outsourced services, called the Rainbow Programme.
The second procurement in NS&I’s Rainbow Programme, the Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package, will provide capabilities in digital self-service experiences and journeys for NS&I’s customers and enable Assisted Digital support. This includes as a minimum the delivery of a mobile banking app (to include prize draw functionality) and a fully functional transactional website.
The new service will create journeys and experiences designed to support customers achieve their Jobs to be Done, reduce customer effort and improve customer experience.
NS&I has transitioned from branch-based banking to our current state as a direct-only business with digital, post and phone channels. This package is intended to bring us to the endpoint of that trajectory, transitioning to a digital first, self-service retail bank, with Assisted Digital support for customers unable to self-serve. That endpoint will meet customer expectations for effective, digital self-service, and deliver cost-effective operational excellence.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Price
- “Digital Experience and Digital Enablement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- 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
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Apr 2023, 14:42 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037630- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c39aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- —
Timeline
22 May 2023 → 21 Dec 2023 · 2 dates- Next notice expected22 May 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT
Notice history
5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2023- Buyer details updated24 Apr 2023, 14:50 BST
- Status changed to complete21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
- Procurement method changed21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
- Buyer details updated21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
- Buyer details updated21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT
Published amendments (3 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextEstimated Total Value · II.1.5 | £168,600,000 | £126,000,000 | |
| — | TextEstimated total value · II.1.5) | £168,600,000 | £112,500,000 | |
| — | TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4) | The total estimated contract spend is £126m before VAT and inflation. The value of any extension requested is estimated at £42.6m. The proposed contract duration and extension options are: | The total estimated contract spend is £112.5m before VAT and inflation. The value of any extension requested is estimated at £32.6m. The proposed contract duration and extension options are: | |
| — | DateDate · V.2.1) | 13 Nov 2023 | 13 Dec 2023 | +30 d |
3 amendments published without a description.
Routine re-releases (5)
- 2023-04: 2 releases · 24 Apr 2023, 24 Apr 2023
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Digital Experience and Digital Enablement
- Signed
- 13 Nov 2023
- Value
- £99,835,217
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- IBM United Kingdom LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.