Planning

Inbound Mail and Document Management

DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS

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Planning

14 Jul 2023 at 15:53

Summary of the contracting process

The Department for Work and Pensions is planning a tender titled "Inbound Mail and Document Management" within the services category. This procurement process involves the off-site delivery of document management services, including sorting, scanning, and digital ingestion of inbound mail. The contract value is £88,600,000, and the tender involves a 6-year initial term with a possible extension of up to 24 months. The tender is at the planning stage with a future notice date of 11th September 2023.

This tender from the Department for Work and Pensions provides business growth opportunities for companies specializing in scanning services, document management systems, storage and retrieval services, and archival management. Businesses capable of handling high-level envelope sortation, digital mailroom operations, and hard-copy document storage are well-suited to compete. The procurement process is open to interested suppliers via the Find a Tender Service, with details such as evaluation questions and specifications expected to be shared with potential bidders by 24th July 2023.

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Notice Title

Inbound Mail and Document Management

Notice Description

DWP are seeking to procure a contract for the off-site delivery of a critical service for DWP. This service will be centred around the end-to-end document management of physical and e-mail correspondence from citizens. All DWP inbound mail must be sorted at envelope level, opened (whether hard-copy or email), and prepared into batches according to the DWP business rules ahead of being scanned, indexed using OCR software, and digitally ingested into DWP's IT infrastructure. DWP will then route this digital correspondence to the relevant business unit in DWP for processing. This contract will also include the hard-copy storage of records, both in the short-term following an inbound item being scanned and longer-term hard-copy storage of physical items relating to citizens, staff and corporate records. All items held in storage, whether short-term or longer-term must be securely stored, maintained, retrieved and destroyed in-line with the DWP retention policies.

Lot Information

Lot 1

This procurement, an Open Procedure via Find a Tender Service, will look to brigade all of the services related to an end-to-end document management process. The resulting contract, with an initial term of 6 years and an extension option of up to 24 months, for Inbound Mail and Document Management, will encompass the following service components: Envelope level sortation requires the successful supplier to undertake a high-level envelope sortation of all items received from citizens (received via Royal Mail). DWP has in place c. 1,100 'non-geographic' postcodes which can be used as the basis for the sortation. This high-level sortation facilitates finer sortation required at business unit and document level aligned to the DWP business rules. The Digital Mailroom component requires the successful supplier to undertake post opening, document sortation, scanning, indexing and digital ingestion of all DWP's inbound written communications from citizens. The solution proposed by the successful supplier must include provision of any licence(s) required for their solution, such as those required for Optical Character Recognition (OCR) to index items that are scannable and readable. The Document Management service component requires the successful supplier to manage all DWP hard-copy document storage from the perspective of both a short-term, post scan storage, and a longer-term hard-copy storage. The component involves the secure storage, intake, maintenance, retrieval, and destruction of all DWP's existing hard-copy citizen, staff, and corporate records. To avoid any delays in handling and processing of items relating to the Authority's vulnerable citizens, likely to be incurred by any redirections, the Authority requires the MOU to remain inside the Wolverhampton catchment area. The 'II.1.5) Estimated total value' field within this PIN includes an estimated value for a fully extended term. Additional information: Via pre-market engagement a number of products have been created and shared. In addition, specific details from the upcoming ITT are anticipated to be shared with interested parties w/c 24/07/23 and will include high level details of the evaluation questions, weightings and specification. All of which will be available to potential suppliers via a secure SharePoint. Access available on request

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e24d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020388-2023
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

48 - Software package and information systems

63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

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

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

92 - Recreational, cultural and sporting services


CPV Codes

48311100 - Document management system

63121000 - Storage and retrieval services

72512000 - Document management services

79995100 - Archiving services

79996100 - Records management

79999100 - Scanning services

92512100 - Archive destruction services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£88,600,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
14 Jul 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
10 Sep 2023Expired
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
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
documentmanagement.procurement@dwp.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
BLACKPOOL
Postcode
FY4 5ES
Post Town
Blackpool
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD4 Lancashire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD42 Blackpool
Delivery Location
TLG West Midlands (England)

Local Authority
Blackpool
Electoral Ward
Stanley
Westminster Constituency
Blackpool South

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