Tender

IT Consultancy Services Framework

RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD (RSSB)

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Summary of the contracting process

The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is issuing a tender for an IT Consultancy Services Framework, specifically aimed at providing specialist technical IT consultancy services. This procurement falls under the services category, with a primary focus on IT services such as consulting, software development, and internet support. The current stage of the procurement process is in the Tender phase, and potential suppliers must submit their tenders by 4 PM on 12 August 2022. The tender will include various lots catering to areas like data science, product development, and IT infrastructure, valued collectively at £6,000,000, with a contract duration of 1080 days and the possibility of renewal.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as indicated by the contracting authority. Businesses with expertise in IT consultancy, particularly those specialised in data science, software development, infrastructure support, or security, will find themselves well-suited to compete for this framework. Additionally, companies that can demonstrate robust project management and technical skills relevant to the specified lots will enhance their chances of success in securing a contract with RSSB.

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Notice Title

IT Consultancy Services Framework

Notice Description

Rail Safety and Standards (RSSB) seeks to procure the best expertise available within the marketplace that offer specialist technical IT Consultancy services. Our IT programme and projects require general and specialist technical consultancy support. RSSB recognises that it cannot entirely internally satisfy its future demand for suitably experienced specialist and professionally qualified experts and as a result is seeking to procure these through the IT Consultancy Framework. Potential providers are hereby invited to tender for these Services. Revised deadline for submitting tenders is 4 pm - 12 August 2022.

Lot Information

Data Science and Visualisation

Data Scientist The exact data science skills and expertise required will be project dependant, but in general we will require machine learning, machine vision and natural language processing expertise. Data Visualisation and Data Engineer The Azure and data handling skills and expertise required will be project dependant, and will include understanding and challenging business requirements; designing end-to-end technical solutions to data engineering problems; building data pipelines and simple APIs to load data into the RSSB reporting platform; and developing scripts. It will also involve generating ETL processes and data warehouse models to stage, transform and combine data; and enable reporting, data integration and decisions support tools.

Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements.

Product and Capability Development

Lot 2a - Sitecore and .net - The .net and Sitecore skills and expertise required will be for specific projects and maintenance of applications. Lot 2b - Dynamics - The dynamics skills and expertise required would be the ability to implement and extend dynamics D365 within a business environment, advising on best practices to ensure its features are utilised to the fullest. The responsibilities will be throughout the product lifecycle from discovery, development, testing, and deployment. Lot 2c - Testing - The testing skills and expertise required would be the ability to lead the testing of business systems across the business. The responsibilities can be over the whole test lifecycle including defining the test strategy and plan along with carry out the testing and presenting the results. Lot 2d - User Experience and User Interaction - The UX and UI required will be for specific projects. We will be looking at working in an iterative way to do visual design that is through the understanding of users and business goals, prototypes to test hypotheses and delivering final designs for the development teams. This could be for just the front end of the application through to a full-service design.

Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements.

IT Infrastructure

The IT Infrastructure skills and expertise required will be support or project dependant: Lot 3a - Infrastructure Support - Provision of skilled technical expertise on Service Level Agreement (SLA) basis covering different priority incidents to assist RSSB technical resources in the event of an incident to restore, recover, rebuild a technical service impacting the services as per requirements. Lot 3b - Infrastructure Security Support - Provision of skilled technical expertise on SLA basis covering different priority incidents to assist RSSB security and technical resources in the event of a disaster recovery incident or to restore/ recover in the event of a security incident of Severity CVE 7.0 and above.

Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020677-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
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

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Jul 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
5 Aug 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD (RSSB)
Contact Name
Hazel Fernandes
Contact Email
hazel.fernandes@rssb.co.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2031425351

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
EC2M 2RB
Post Town
Central London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI43 Haringey and Islington
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Islington
Electoral Ward
Bunhill
Westminster Constituency
Islington South and Finsbury

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