Planning

NCDS Support Service Contract

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT

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Planning

26 Mar 2021 at 22:56

Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process pertains to a planned tender titled "NCDS Support Service Contract" by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, focusing on Information Technology services within the public sector and located in London, UK. The total contract value is £32,000,000, with an anticipated duration of 720 days and two optional 12-month extensions. The contract aims to support the National Communications Data Service (NCDS) in delivering critical services to Law Enforcement Agencies and wider public authorities. Key procedural aspects involve potential use of a Government Framework or a compliant competitive procedure with negotiation. Noteworthy dates include the future notice date set for 1 November 2021, with the award period beginning on 1 October 2021.

This tender presents significant business opportunities, particularly for companies specialising in IT support services, cloud infrastructure, and application maintenance. Organisations with a strong background in providing second and third-level support, application lifecycle maintenance, and innovative cloud solutions would be well-suited to compete. As NCDS transitions to a cloud-based platform, businesses that can demonstrate a proactive mindset and ability to enhance operational efficiencies within the law enforcement sector may find this contract particularly lucrative.

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Notice Title

NCDS Support Service Contract

Notice Description

The National Communications Data Service (NCDS) provides key services to Law Enforcement Agencies (LEAs) and Wider Public Authorities (WPAs) within the Communication Data Services area. As part of this requirement, NCDS need to have arrangements in place that supports its operations to the LEA community. NCDS is purchasing 'service contracts' to facilitate the delivery of its Communications Data (CD) applications and the AWS Cloud Infrastructure in which they reside. The scope of the purchase is 2nd Level and 3rd level application support (or a DevOps solution), Application Lifecycle Maintenance (ALM) to deliver minor enhancements, and an AWS infrastructure support function. The Authority is looking either to use an existing Government Framework to run a mini-comp, or a compliant PCR2015 route. For example a competitive Procedure with Negotiation.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The National Communications Data Service (NCDS) is a unit within the Office of Security and Counter Terrorism (OSCT). NCDS is responsible for providing the nominated representatives of law enforcement agencies and wider public authorities with access to retained communications data (CD) in accordance with legislation. To do this NCDS work with telecommunication operators (TOs) to enable the retention, disclosure, acquisition and use of CD. To enable this, NCDS provides a central platform between CD organisations and TOs. The current platform has been operational since 2014 and is an invaluable tool to law enforcement and counter terrorism. The Authority is currently transitioning it's services to a Cloud Based Platform, in which the support services being procured under this procurement will provide the support arrangements. CD is the how, when, where and who of telecommunications. This is an invaluable tool in most police investigations including serious crime, volume crime and counter terrorism and has supported saving many lives. The current platform is used by all law enforcement agencies and several other bodies and has become an important tool to enable them to achieve operational outcomes. NCDS may decide that it requires an organisation with an innovative approach, a highly proactive mind set and the desire to constantly seek better ways of delivering success., NCDS considers that knowledge of the technological landscape in which NCDS operates is important, but that previous experience in the specific sector and indeed in working with the public sector may be less important . Additional information: For expression of interest purposes of the PIN, please use Jaggaer object "PQQ_120". Once the supplier has completed and returned the NDA, the Authority will add the supplier to the market engagement object "PQQ_117".

Renewal: Two, 12 month extension options. (24 months potential extension period in total)

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-02a00e
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006300-2021
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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


CPV Codes

72110000 - Hardware selection consultancy services

72120000 - Hardware disaster-recovery consultancy services

72130000 - Computer-site planning consultancy services

72140000 - Computer hardware acceptance testing consultancy services

72150000 - Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services

72211000 - Programming services of systems and user software

72222300 - Information technology services

72232000 - Development of transaction processing and custom software

72261000 - Software support services

72262000 - Software development services

72263000 - Software implementation services

72322000 - Data management services

72330000 - Content or data standardization and classification services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£32,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£32,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 Mar 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
30 Sep 2021Expired
Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT
Contact Name
Tom Purser
Contact Email
tom.purser@homeoffice.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1P 4LD
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
Vincent Square
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

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