Notice Information
Notice Title
Homeland Security Group ACE Impact Lab Service - RASSO
Notice Description
Procurement of a Homeland Security Group (Home Office) ACE Impact Lab service to support Proof of Concept (POC) and Proof of Solution (POS) discovery for Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) investigations.
Lot Information
Lot 1
PDS relies on the ground set out within Reg 32(2)(b)(ii) (Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For technical reasons, access to law enforcement personnel, technology, processes & operational information can be provided only to a particular tenderer, namely The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through HSG. ACE is a government funded unit within HSG in the Home Office. It holds the requisite HMG authority, security clearance & engagement access to criminal justice system operational partners & industry/ academic communities to help address the policing technology gaps on highly sensitive Rape & Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases identified in the HMG End-to-End Rape Review Report (June 21). Competition is absent for technical reasons because: (a) addressing the current RASSO investigation process challenge requires a partner with end-2-end influence & capability to engage across a large, dynamic & complex public, private, not-for-profit & academic sector stakeholder landscape. As a government body, ACE is uniquely placed to collaborate with law enforcement agencies (including Police, CPS, NCA, HMCTS & the judiciary), alongside industry & academia, to identify solutions to frontline problems; and (b) the Home Office, as the main RASSO investigation process grant provider, has determined that the proposed commissioning engagement should be delivered in-house by their own business unit i.e. ACE (and their retained supply chain partners), rather than an external service provider; and (c) there is an urgent need for these services, and so whilst a fully compliant CPN procurement is being run by ACE (refer to FTS: 2022/S 000-005352) an interim solution for a six month period needs to be implemented by PDS as soon as possible. Because of challenges with police vetting timescales this means there are very limited options available, meaning competition is absent for technical reasons. Additional information: The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of parameters of the procurement; no reasonable alternative exists for procuring the required service, as other options would cause significant time and/or cost overrun, thus impacting public funds negatively and slowing the deployment of crime fighting tools to law enforcement.
Procurement Information
PDS relies on the ground set out within Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For technical reasons, access to law enforcement personnel, technology and processes and operational information can be provided only to a particular tenderer, namely The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the Homeland Security Group (HSG).
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-033aee
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/013392-2022
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Negotiated without publication of a contract notice
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
-
- CPV Codes
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £600,000 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 18 May 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 17 May 20223 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- POLICE DIGITAL SERVICE
- Contact Name
- Kenny Stewart
- Contact Email
- commercial@pds.police.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC4R 1AP
- Post Town
- Central 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
- City of London
- Electoral Ward
- Vintry
- Westminster Constituency
- Cities of London and Westminster
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
{
"tag": [
"compiled"
],
"id": "ocds-h6vhtk-033aee-2022-05-18T17:11:59+01:00",
"date": "2022-05-18T17:11:59+01:00",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-033aee",
"description": "Important Notice: The current release FTS VEAT Form does not provide a workflow to enable a 30 day review period before the date of contract award i.e. after publication of the VEAT notice but before the contract is signed. For the avoidance of doubt the proposed PDS contract with HSG will not be awarded before 20 June 2022. When reviewing this VEAT please read 20 June 2022 (not as stated i.e.18 May 2002) at section V2.1 of this FTS VEAT Form.",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "PDS-MOU-036-2021",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "Homeland Security Group ACE Impact Lab Service - RASSO",
"status": "complete",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "73000000",
"description": "Research and development services and related consultancy services"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"description": "Procurement of a Homeland Security Group (Home Office) ACE Impact Lab service to support Proof of Concept (POC) and Proof of Solution (POS) discovery for Rape and Serious Sexual Offence (RASSO) investigations.",
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"description": "PDS relies on the ground set out within Reg 32(2)(b)(ii) (Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For technical reasons, access to law enforcement personnel, technology, processes & operational information can be provided only to a particular tenderer, namely The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through HSG. ACE is a government funded unit within HSG in the Home Office. It holds the requisite HMG authority, security clearance & engagement access to criminal justice system operational partners & industry/ academic communities to help address the policing technology gaps on highly sensitive Rape & Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) cases identified in the HMG End-to-End Rape Review Report (June 21). Competition is absent for technical reasons because: (a) addressing the current RASSO investigation process challenge requires a partner with end-2-end influence & capability to engage across a large, dynamic & complex public, private, not-for-profit & academic sector stakeholder landscape. As a government body, ACE is uniquely placed to collaborate with law enforcement agencies (including Police, CPS, NCA, HMCTS & the judiciary), alongside industry & academia, to identify solutions to frontline problems; and (b) the Home Office, as the main RASSO investigation process grant provider, has determined that the proposed commissioning engagement should be delivered in-house by their own business unit i.e. ACE (and their retained supply chain partners), rather than an external service provider; and (c) there is an urgent need for these services, and so whilst a fully compliant CPN procurement is being run by ACE (refer to FTS: 2022/S 000-005352) an interim solution for a six month period needs to be implemented by PDS as soon as possible. Because of challenges with police vetting timescales this means there are very limited options available, meaning competition is absent for technical reasons. Additional information: The absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of parameters of the procurement; no reasonable alternative exists for procuring the required service, as other options would cause significant time and/or cost overrun, thus impacting public funds negatively and slowing the deployment of crime fighting tools to law enforcement.",
"awardCriteria": {
"criteria": [
{
"type": "price"
}
]
},
"hasOptions": false
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "72000000",
"description": "IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK"
}
],
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"procurementMethod": "limited",
"procurementMethodDetails": "Negotiated without publication of a contract notice",
"coveredBy": [
"GPA"
],
"procurementMethodRationaleClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL",
"id": "D_TECHNICAL",
"description": "The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons"
},
{
"scheme": "TED_PT_AWARD_CONTRACT_WITHOUT_CALL",
"id": "D_ADD_DELIVERIES_ORDERED",
"description": "Additional deliveries by the original supplier ordered under the strict conditions stated in the directive"
}
],
"procurementMethodRationale": "PDS relies on the ground set out within Regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) (Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. For technical reasons, access to law enforcement personnel, technology and processes and operational information can be provided only to a particular tenderer, namely The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the Homeland Security Group (HSG)."
},
"awards": [
{
"id": "013392-2022-1",
"relatedLots": [
"1"
],
"status": "active",
"suppliers": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-53175",
"name": "The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the Homeland Security Group"
}
]
}
],
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-11756",
"name": "Police Digital Service",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "Police Digital Service",
"id": "08113293"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "33 Queen Street,",
"locality": "LONDON",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "EC4R 1AP",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Kenny Stewart",
"email": "commercial@pds.police.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "https://pds.police.uk/",
"buyerProfile": "https://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/94392",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "BODY_PUBLIC",
"description": "Body governed by public law"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "03",
"description": "Public order and safety"
}
]
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-53175",
"name": "The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the Homeland Security Group",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "The Secretary of State for the Home Department acting through the Homeland Security Group"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "2 Marsham Street",
"locality": "London",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "SW1P 4DF",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"roles": [
"supplier"
],
"details": {
"scale": "large"
}
},
{
"id": "GB-FTS-2059",
"name": "High Court",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "High Court"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Royal Courts of Justice, Strand",
"locality": "London",
"postalCode": "WC2A 2LL",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"roles": [
"reviewBody"
]
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-11756",
"name": "Police Digital Service"
},
"contracts": [
{
"id": "013392-2022-1",
"awardID": "013392-2022-1",
"status": "active",
"value": {
"amount": 600000,
"currency": "GBP"
},
"dateSigned": "2022-05-18T00:00:00+01:00"
}
],
"language": "en"
}