Planning

C22535 - Cerberus Product Development and Associated Services

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01 Mar 2022 at 14:30

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office is initiating a procurement process for "C22535 - Cerberus Product Development and Associated Services," aimed at establishing a contract with a single Delivery Partner. The contract will support the Home Office's Data Services & Analytics Unit for the Cerberus Project, with an indicative value of up to £40 million. The procurement is currently in the planning stage, with early market engagement scheduled to end on 9th March 2022. This opportunity encompasses IT software development services, crucial for enhancing the UK's border security capabilities. The formal procurement will be conducted through the Crown Commercial Services - Technology Services 3 Framework.

This tender presents substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in IT software development, particularly those experienced in agile methodologies and analytics. Companies that are small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and possess expertise in application and data management would be well-suited for competition. Furthermore, those interested in collaborating with existing framework suppliers are encouraged to participate in the engagement session to outline their capabilities and understand the procurement process better.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

C22535 - Cerberus Product Development and Associated Services

Notice Description

The Home Office's Data Services & Analytics (DSA) Unit intends to put in place a new contract, with a single Delivery Partner for the provision of Product Development and Associated Services in support of the Department's Cerberus Project. The contract will run for 32 months with an option to extend by up to 12 months. The indicative value is up to PS40m. DSA delivers critical matching, analytic, reporting and insight services across all areas of the Home Office and the development of Cerberus is critical to deliver these capabilities for Border Force Intelligence Directorate (BFID). Cerberus targeting and analytics outcomes are delivered by six loosely coupled DSA products (the 'Cerberverse'), that ingest, transform, enhance, match, risk assess border movements and then issue targets for intervention by front line officers, as well as providing enterprise wide search capability across all data. Cerberus is delivering a single targeting and analysis capability of people, sea containers, fast parcels, post and freight. Moving from a siloed, modal focus with variable targeting capability to multi-modal focus with incrementally improving analytics and targeting capabilities, based around network analytics and ultimately machine learning. Bringing datasets together to holistically risk traffic at the border focussing on highest harm and highest threat with the ultimate aim of better securing the UK border as part of the CNI (Critical National Infrastructure) network. The Delivery Partner will be required to provide a full suite of skills within an Agile framework. The purpose of this notification is to provide potential Suppliers with early visibility of the requirement, which will be procured via the Crown Commercial Services (CCS) - Technology Services 3 (TS3) - Lot 3D - Application and Data Management Framework The Home Office intends to conduct a formal Early Market Engagement (EME) event on Wednesday 9th March 2022, between 9.30am - 11.30am. The event will. * Provide suppliers with an overview of the requirement, bidding process and aim to address any initial questions. * Be held remotely via MS Teams or other similar method. The Home Office may undertake further EME, via various means (e.g. meetings, questionnaires) with some, or all Suppliers involved in the process. To register to participate in the event, Suppliers should contact Tech UK www.techuk.org on the following link here. https://www.techuk.org/what-we-deliver/events/home-office-dsa-cerberus-product-development-and-associated-services-contract.html *Suppliers who are not on the framework, but have an interest in potentially partnering with a TS3, Lot 3d supplier on this procurement, are also welcome to join the session. Please note that participation, or non-participation in this EME event will not influence or restrict your ability to take part in the further competition.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-18755fd7-d167-406c-9225-06247744f6bd
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b0c77742-492f-4dcf-8b6e-78171fbaab6c
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72212517 - IT software development services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£40,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
1 Mar 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
9 Mar 2022Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HOME OFFICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4DF
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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