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Strategic Central & Bureau Platform (SCBP)

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Summary of the contracting process

The Home Office, the lead Government Department for immigration and borders in the UK, has awarded a contract for the Strategic Central & Bureau Platform (SCBP). This contract, valued at £96,395,438, is aimed at enhancing the nation's biometric systems, including those used for law enforcement and immigration. The contract, which commenced on 1st October 2019, has an initial duration of six years, concluding on 30th September 2025, with potential extensions of up to two years. The procurement process was conducted through a competitive procedure with negotiation, targeting IT services in the consulting and software development sector.

This opportunity presents significant growth potential for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly in application support, infrastructure management, and security services. Companies experienced in delivering biometric technology solutions or those capable of providing transformation services such as data centre consolidation and cloud migration would be well-positioned to compete in future projects. The focus on upgrading biometric systems means that firms with a strong technological foundation and a solid track record in large-scale project implementation could find themselves in a favourable position for collaboration in this evolving space.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Strategic Central & Bureau Platform (SCBP)

Notice Description

SCBP provides the core components of the existing IABS (immigration and borders) and IDENT1 (law enforcement) biometric systems after disaggregation of the matcher, gateway and mobile elements. Additional information: The Home Office (Contracting Authority) is the UK's lead Government Department for immigration and borders, passports, drugs policy, crime, fire, counter-terrorism and the Police. The Home Office Biometrics Programme (HOB) provides the biometric capability to support UK law enforcement, immigration, border security and UK passport (HMPO) business users. The capability covers the 3 primary biometric modalities of fingerprint, DNA and facial image associated with searches, verification checks and profile storage for our business user.The enrolment, matching, storage and reporting of fingerprints and facial images is provided for the Authority through two legacy systems. The IDENT1 system provides the finger and face capability for UK police forces and law enforcement, with the IABS system delivering the same biometric capability for immigration, the border force and HMPO.The Authority has procured a support contract for significant subsystems within the IDENT1 and IABS systems. These subsystems already exist and have been operational for over 10 years.The existing and implemented subsystems within scope for SCBP shall include but not be limited to:- front end equipment providing users with the ability to capture finger print biometrics, search them against, and add them to the existing data sets for a number of business purposes,- bureaux providing the capabilities for finger print experts to manage the biometric workflows, and intervene when errors need to be corrected,- the Central IDENT1 and IABS subsystems housing the statically defined national collections; and the flexibly defined 'special collections'. These provide the ability for appropriate users to manage records, search collections and be notified of changes,- existing Matchers IDENT1 and IABS Matchers execute biometric searches over the finger and face data sets held for law enforcement, immigration and HMPO purposes. They will be replaced by the Strategic Matcher.For these already built and running subsystems, the SCBP Supplier will provide IT services that include, but not be limited to:- application support and maintenance,- infrastructure support services, including working with the existing data centre provisioning and network supply,- security support services,- ITIL Service Management as part of the wider ecosystem,- development, testing and deployment of continuous improvement and enhancements. This will be commissioned in support of the known pipeline of work.There are also Transformation requirements which may be taken up during the term of the contract:- data centre consolidation. Relocation away from the existing four IDENT1 and IABS Production Data Centres into two Crown Hosting data centres and / or migration of both IDENT1 and IABS applications into the public Cloud,- transformation of the highly distributed physical deployment architecture for Bureaux to a centralised and virtualised solution,- alignment and integration of the Service and Security Management Tooling in line with established strategies.Contract award date was 01/10/2019 with an initial term of 72 months, expiring 31/09/2025. However, this contract can be extended for two periods of up to two (2) years each.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-6e8f4ceb-727f-4912-8f74-e74eea362903
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/49a5b668-db44-420f-b334-fa88370020df
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£96,395,438 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
£96,395,438 £10M-£100M
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
25 Oct 20196 years ago
Submission Deadline
19 May 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
30 Sep 20196 years ago
Contract Period
30 Sep 2019 - 30 Sep 2025 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
HOME OFFICE
Contact Name
Stephen Wood
Contact Email
scbp@homeoffice.gov.uk
Contact Phone
07584 150517

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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

LEIDOS INNOVATIONS

Further Information

Notice Documents

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