Official UK procurement notice
G-Cloud 13 Lot 4 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionLot 4 is designed for customers to further compete their requirements for Cloud Support Services to help them transition to cloud software or hosting services, as per the following categories:
Suppliers have capability to provide services in all of the following capabilities;
Planning - the provision of planning services to enable customers to move to cloud software and/or hosting services.
Setup and Migration- the provision of setup and migration services which involves the process of consolidating and transferring a collection of workloads. Workloads can include emails, files, calendars, document types, related metadata, instant messages, applications, user permissions, compound structure and linked components.
Security services - Maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of services and information, and protect services against threats.
Quality assurance and performance testing - Continuously ensure that a service does what it’s supposed to do to meet user needs efficiently and reliably.
Training
Ongoing support - Support user needs by providing help before, during and after service delivery.
CPV: Data services · IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Internet services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Suppliers have capability to provide services in all of the following capabilities;AwardedRenewal
Suppliers have capability to provide services in all of the following capabilities;
Planning - the provision of planning services to enable customers to move to cloud software and/or hosting services;
Setup and Migration- the provision of setup and migration services which involves the process of consolidating and transferring a collection of workloads. Workloads can include emails, files, calendars, document types, related metadata, instant messages, applications, user permissions, compound structure and linked components.
Security services - Maintain the confidentiality, integrity and availability of services and information, and protect services against threats.
Quality assurance and performance testing - Continuously ensure that a service does what it’s supposed to do to meet user needs efficiently and reliably.
Training
Ongoing support - Support user needs by providing help before, during and after service delivery. Additional information: The professionals used in the delivery of these services must align with the SFIA role profiles.
This lot is for further competition only and no Direct Award is permissible.
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).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 70
- Price: 30
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed in accordance with Section 5 of the 2015 Public Contract Regulations (implementing the directive) on the basis of information provided in response to an invitation to tender (ITT) registering for access.
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 8 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Last source update
- 23 Dec 2022, 11:55 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 18 May 2022 – …
- Authority reference
RM1557.13- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-036514- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031f89Find a Tender
Publisher note: The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9dc04c79-6911-4360-8b0f-d73b25b56536 1) Redacted Commercial Agreement 2) List of Successful Suppliers 3) Approved Customer list 4) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to 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 implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement. CCS reserved the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score was within 1% of the last position. For Lot 4, forty-one (41) suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the number of forty (40) as was originally stated in the Contract Notice that was published on 08/03.2022
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 May 2022, 15:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 May 2022, 15:01 BST
Timeline
18 May 2022 → 23 Dec 2022 · 3 dates- Submission deadline18 May 2022, 15:00 BST
- Bids opened18 May 2022, 15:01 BST
- Notice published23 Dec 2022, 11:55 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete23 Dec 2022, 11:55 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| A full list of successful suppliers can be found on Contracts Finder | £1,000,000,000 †very large published value · not counted until verified, check the notice | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 036514-2022-1 · A full list of successful suppliers can be found on Contracts Finder
- Signed
- 29 Nov 2022
- Value
- £1,000,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 191bids · 191 electronic | 108 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria