Award

Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment

OFGEM

This public procurement record has 3 releases in its history.

Award

04 Mar 2024 at 10:03

Tender

21 Jul 2023 at 13:56

Planning

16 Mar 2023 at 13:42

Summary of the contracting process

Ofgem is seeking to engage suppliers to provide Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment. The procurement process involves a managed service for digital specialists and consultancy resource. The contract value is £15,000,000 GBP, with a contract period of 1440 days. Ofgem will require project teams to deliver against defined requirements, including consultancy, software development, and user research. The tender is in the planned stage, with a future notice date of April 27, 2023.

This tender from Ofgem presents an opportunity for businesses in the project management consultancy services industry to showcase their expertise. Companies providing digital services, technical support, and product development are well-suited to compete. The procurement method is an open procedure, allowing a transparent competition for potential suppliers. Key dates for engagement include a future notice date of April 27, 2023, and a bid validity period of 90 days.

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Notice Title

Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment

Notice Description

Ofgem will engage the Supplier to provide a managed service for the provision of digital specialists and consultancy resource. The Supplier shall provide individual experts and highly skilled project teams on a fixed delivery model, and be able to manage, deliver and assume responsibility for the outcome of various projects / programmes / requirements. The nature of requirements will include 'Statement of Works' (SOW) consultancy and professional services to research, test, design, build, release, iterate, support, project manage or retire digital services. It is also expected that the Supplier will aid Ofgem in its efforts to resolve the in-house technical skills gap through both the upskilling of existing staff members in digital capabilities. Specialist resource (individuals or teams) will be required to complete individual milestones or specific project deliverables related to the programme(s) of work. These will be communicated by Ofgem's contract manager via a SOW on an individual project basis. It is a mandatory requirement for Ofgem that every specialist(s) onboarded via this engagement must be Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) Certified and, in special cases (Ofgem to advise if applicable to the role and circumstances), Security Clearance (SC) approved.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Ofgem will require the Supplier to deploy highly skilled project teams or individuals to deliver against a defined set of requirements, within an agreed and signed 'Statement of Work' (SOW) along with clear delivery and payment milestones for individual programmes / projects / requirements. The nature of requirements will include, but not be limited to, consultancy and professional services, to research, test, design, build, release, iterate, support, project manage or retire digital services. As part of the requirement, Ofgem will be looking to deploy specialists for short, medium, and potentially longer-term assignments in areas such as: * User experience and design * Performance analysis and data * Security * Technical service delivery * Software development * Infrastructure * Support and operations * Testing and auditing * User research * Project Management * IT engineering, including technical leads and DevOps * The Supplier may be expected to sub-contract outside resource where they are unable to directly deliver Ofgem's requirements due to technical speciality or within a reasonable timescale. Ofgem would expect all services within the contract to be delivered "off-payroll", outside of IR35. Tenderers should expect to provide their own equipment, but may be required to use Ofgem equipment or a VPN solution in order to securely access and update sensitive documentation and content.

Renewal: The contract will be in place for an initial 2 years with the option to extend for up to 2 x 12 month periods.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b371
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006775-2024
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Planning, Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Planning Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
SME

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

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

76 - Services related to the oil and gas industry

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


CPV Codes

71300000 - Engineering services

71354100 - Digital mapping services

72212100 - Industry specific software development services

72212730 - Security software development services

72220000 - Systems and technical consultancy services

72224000 - Project management consultancy services

72226000 - System software acceptance testing consultancy services

72246000 - Systems consultancy services

72266000 - Software consultancy services

72300000 - Data services

72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services

76100000 - Professional services for the gas industry

79400000 - Business and management consultancy and related services

79411100 - Business development consultancy services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
£15,000,000 £10M-£100M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£18,000,000 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Mar 20241 years ago
Submission Deadline
16 Aug 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
26 Apr 2023Expired
Award Date
1 Feb 20242 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
After the final extension period if utilised

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
OFGEM
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement2@ofgem.gov.uk
Contact Phone
+44 2079017000

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 4PU
Post Town
East London
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Canary Wharf
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
3
Supplier Names

LA INTERNATIONAL COMPUTER CONSULTANTS LIMITED (2023-040B

SATIGO LTD (2023-040A

SOLIRIUS LTD (2023-040C

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