Notice Information
Notice Title
Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Op Creative Portal
Notice Description
This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London (CoL) has for a new Op Creative Portal Contract. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 12:00 on 10th January 2024 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com). If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it should firstly complete, sign and return the Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA), via the portal, prior to being able to access the SMT questionnaire. The supplier then can complete and return the SMT Questionnaire. The SMT will be sent once the supplier has returned the NDA via: www.capitalesourcing.com, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_23175 or pqq_COL_1929. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s). Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.
Lot Information
Lot 1
SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, it seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity for an Op Creative Portal contract. This contract covers the City of London Police as part of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The City of London Police has number of specialist departments. One of these departments is the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). PIPCU deals with a wide variety of criminal matters that related Intellectual Property (IP) infringement. This departments two main areas of work are hard goods and online IP infringement. PIPCU operates two online website domain disruptions operations called Creative and Ashiko Operation Creative launched in April 2014, it is a ground-breaking initiative designed to disrupt and prevent websites from providing unauthorised access to copyrighted content, led by the PIPC in partnership with the creative and advertising industries.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0424f1
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036533-2023
- 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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222300 - Information technology services
72416000 - Application service providers
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 12 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 12 Dec 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
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION
- Contact Name
- Mitchell Walker
- Contact Email
- mitchell.walker@cityoflondon.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 2076063030
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LONDON
- Postcode
- EC2P 2EJ
- 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
- Clerkenwell
- Westminster Constituency
- Islington South and Finsbury
Further Information
Notice URLs
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-0424f1-2023-12-12T14:30:16Z",
"date": "2023-12-12T14:30:16Z",
"ocid": "ocds-h6vhtk-0424f1",
"description": "This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London (CoL) has for a new Op Creative Portal Contract. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 12:00 on 10th January 2024 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com). If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it can do so by downloading, completing and returning the SMT Questionnaire which can be found on the City's eProcurement portal at: www.capitalesourcing.com, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_23175 or pqq_COL_1929. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s). Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.",
"initiationType": "tender",
"tender": {
"id": "prj_COL_23175/pqq_COL_1929",
"legalBasis": {
"id": "32014L0024",
"scheme": "CELEX"
},
"title": "Soft Market Testing (SMT) - Op Creative Portal",
"status": "planned",
"classification": {
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "72222300",
"description": "Information technology services"
},
"mainProcurementCategory": "services",
"description": "This is a soft market testing exercise in relation to an upcoming requirement the City of London (CoL) has for a new Op Creative Portal Contract. The soft market testing will involve the submission of the SMT questionnaire to be received by 12:00 on 10th January 2024 via the capitalesourcing portal (www.capitalesourcing.com). If your organisation would like to participate in this soft market testing exercise, it should firstly complete, sign and return the Non Disclosure Agreement (NDA), via the portal, prior to being able to access the SMT questionnaire. The supplier then can complete and return the SMT Questionnaire. The SMT will be sent once the supplier has returned the NDA via: www.capitalesourcing.com, refer to the Reference number: prj_COL_23175 or pqq_COL_1929. The City will not be held accountable for any errors made by an organisation in submitting their applicable SMT Questionnaire(s). Participation or non-participation in the SMT shall not prevent any supplier participating in a potential future procurement, nor is it intended that any information supplied as part of the SMT shall place any supplier at an advantage in a potential procurement process. Participants will not be prejudiced by any response or failure to respond to the SMT or failure to attend any follow up interviews that may be arranged at the absolute discretion of the City. Participation in this SMT will be at each organisation's own cost. No expense in responding to this SMT will be reimbursed by the City.",
"lots": [
{
"id": "1",
"description": "SMT in this case is where the CoL, is at an early stage in development of its proposals but prior to formulating any formal procurement opportunity, it seeks input from the market as to what might be the most attractive way of packaging and scoping a future procurement opportunity for an Op Creative Portal contract. This contract covers the City of London Police as part of the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). The City of London Police has number of specialist departments. One of these departments is the Police Intellectual Property Crime Unit (PIPCU). PIPCU deals with a wide variety of criminal matters that related Intellectual Property (IP) infringement. This departments two main areas of work are hard goods and online IP infringement. PIPCU operates two online website domain disruptions operations called Creative and Ashiko Operation Creative launched in April 2014, it is a ground-breaking initiative designed to disrupt and prevent websites from providing unauthorised access to copyrighted content, led by the PIPC in partnership with the creative and advertising industries.",
"status": "planned"
}
],
"items": [
{
"id": "1",
"additionalClassifications": [
{
"scheme": "CPV",
"id": "72416000",
"description": "Application service providers"
}
],
"deliveryAddresses": [
{
"region": "UK"
}
],
"deliveryLocation": {
"description": "Guildhall, London and other City of London owned premises."
},
"relatedLot": "1"
}
],
"communication": {
"futureNoticeDate": "2023-12-12T00:00:00Z"
}
},
"parties": [
{
"id": "GB-FTS-135",
"name": "City of London Corporation",
"identifier": {
"legalName": "City of London Corporation"
},
"address": {
"streetAddress": "Guildhall",
"locality": "London",
"region": "UK",
"postalCode": "EC2P 2EJ",
"countryName": "United Kingdom"
},
"contactPoint": {
"name": "Mitchell Walker",
"telephone": "+44 2076063030",
"email": "Mitchell.Walker@cityoflondon.gov.uk"
},
"roles": [
"buyer"
],
"details": {
"url": "http://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk",
"classifications": [
{
"scheme": "TED_CA_TYPE",
"id": "REGIONAL_AUTHORITY",
"description": "Regional or local authority"
},
{
"scheme": "COFOG",
"id": "01",
"description": "General public services"
}
]
}
}
],
"buyer": {
"id": "GB-FTS-135",
"name": "City of London Corporation"
},
"language": "en"
}