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Future Defence Support Services

STRATEGIC COMMAND

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Summary of the contracting process

The Strategic Command in Bristol, United Kingdom, has completed a procurement process for "Future Defence Support Services" within the services category, involving a Pre-Concept Report due by 31 Mar 23. The procurement method used was an Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The contract involves providing four key deliverables related to Project Plan, Scope Future Defence Support Services Requirements, Draft FDSS Programme Mandate, and Draft FDSS Commercial Strategy.

This tender for "Future Defence Support Services" presents business growth opportunities for consultancy firms with expertise in procurement, programme management, and commercial strategy. Suitable businesses should have experience in military capability development, defence objectives alignment, and knowledge in defence operations. The active suppliers for this contract are Deloitte, Reuleaux Ltd, and Squarcle Consulting Ltd, with a contract value of £239,000 awarded on 28th Dec 2022.

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Notice Title

Future Defence Support Services

Notice Description

The scope of this contract is to provide a Pre-Concept Report by 31 Mar 23 including a Scope of the Requirements Document, a draft Programme Mandate and a draft Commercial Strategy for the FDSS Programme. The Report will inform the FDSS Concept Phase and the subsequent programme.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Requirement is laid out below for four deliverables: 1) Project Plan: A plan and draft schedule of activity to enable booking of MOD stakeholders, resources and access to sites where necessary. A presentation on the above. 2) Scope Future Defence Support Services Requirements document: a. Must detail all candidate support contracts that are in scope, opportunities, benefits, and risks across the following 3 capability areas: (1) Commodities Procurement and Management. (2) Warehousing and Distribution. (3) Other Support Services. To be refined during Pre-Concept phase and to include, but not limited to: (a) Other existing and proposed Support Services such as LCS(T), FMSP, Air SSP and LIOS. (b) Equipment support contracts such as SPTC. (c) Medical Equipment Replacement Programme. b. It must address the purpose of the final Requirements Document to be a clearly documented expression of the military capability needed by the end user to deliver an effect, enabling 'delivery agents' in each DLoD and interdependent programmes and projects. c. Documents should be cognisant of KiD (Knowledge in Defence) and the General Capability Model. d. The Requirements Scope document should be derived from 'Capability Goals', higher level Assumptions, Strategy and Risks, Issues and Opportunities etc. e. All requirements must align (and be traceable) to Defence Objectives. f. This Requirements Scope Document is to be presented to a 1*/2* MJP/the DSB within the period Feb 23 to Mar 23 3) Draft FDSS Programme Mandate: a. The UKStratCom Programme Mandate template should be used and must include: b. An initial FDSS Programme Management Plan 2023 onwards (for subsequent refinement by the Programme Team and SRO). c. Consideration as to whether there is a more efficient and cost-effective future support contract, or contracts, to replace the existing support service contract(s) and its impact on programme timings, resourcing and performance. d. A recommendation as to whether the scope of FDSS should be expanded outside of UK Strategic Base to include overseas bases. e. The Draft Mandate should describe the strategic objectives and required outcomes of the FDSS programme, Governance, expectations in terms of ROM costs, timescales and boundaries with links to, other projects or programmes. It will need to set the foundations for the next Phase of the FDSS programme. 4) Draft FDSS Commercial Strategy: a. The output will take the form of a high-level diagnostic to inform the Concept Phase of the FDSS Programme. b. Gain an understanding the current situation, across the three capability areas including the potential scope and opportunity. c. The output will enable the existing contracts to transition to a new contracting model as they come up for renewal, and for new programmes to join the overall FDSS scope. d. Consideration as to whether there is a more efficient and cost-effective future support contract, or contracts, to replace the existing support service contract(s). a. The output should include the following, but not limited to: (1) Contracts and Category Spend (2) Supply Chain and Technology Infrastructure (3) Strategic Options and Benefits (4) Timelines and Risk Mitigation

Procurement Information

This procurement was undertaken on the CCS E-Sourcing Portal utilising the Management Consultancy Framework 3 restricted to the Suppliers pre-qualified on the Framework.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a248
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/003237-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large, SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

79418000 - Procurement consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£239,000 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
2 Feb 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Dec 20223 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
STRATEGIC COMMAND
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BRISTOL
Postcode
N/A
Post Town
Not specified
Country
Not specified

Major Region (ITL 1)
Not specified
Basic Region (ITL 2)
Not specified
Small Region (ITL 3)
Not specified
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Not specified
Electoral Ward
Not specified
Westminster Constituency
Not specified

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

DELOITTE

REULEAUX

SQUARCLE CONSULTING

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