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title: "Strategic Technology Partner"
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# Strategic Technology Partner

Buyer: FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME LIMITED  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-007cd02e-2b96-4fe3-aa98-36f77955f7ae

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## Summary

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme Limited is conducting a procurement process for a "Strategic Technology Partner" as it seeks to transform its IT services. This process falls under the services industry category with an estimated contract value of £40 million. The tender period ended on 26th September 2019, and the contract is scheduled to begin on 25th May 2020, lasting until 24th May 2025, with potential extensions. The procurement method is selective, adopting a competitive procedure with negotiation, aimed at identifying a strategic partner for essential IT services, including cloud-based support and software development.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs) that specialise in IT consulting, software development, and cloud services. Businesses that can provide foundational, transformation, and future IT services, particularly those with innovative technological solutions, will be well-positioned to compete. The selected partner will benefit from a long-term relationship with FSCS, potentially extending the engagement to up to seven years while contributing to the ongoing service transformation and delivering solutions that align with the organisation's strategic vision.

## Notice

FSCS' 2 major IT contracts, application development/test and IT Hosting services, are coming to an end. The organisation is embarking on a new strategy for the 2020's and an ambitious programme to transform the way in which we serve our customers. Although these contracts adequately support the delivery of current operational services, the organisation needs a new strategic technology partner to meet its changing needs for the 2020's. As a result, FSCS is looking at evolving the way to source and deliver its IT services. Our aim is to secure a strategic technology partner. FSCS currently performs a range of functions in-house, as well as those currently outsourced. FSCS' aim, over the life of the contract, is to develop the right mix of services to be performed either in-house or to be outsourced to a partner. In determining the most appropriate approach, it will be necessary to accommodate: - FSCS' ambition to exploit the benefits of a cloud-based environment, - the potential replacement of our FSCS main claims technology platforms as part of our ongoing service transformation, - FSCS' desire to embrace, where appropriate, new innovative technologies. Potential service providers should note that this procurement is not looking to simply re-let the existing contracts but is looking for a long term 'Strategic Partner' who can support FSCS to fulfil the CIO Strategy for the future. The scope of the services is split into 3 areas: foundation services, transformation services and future services. Foundation services: FSCS requires several services to be in place, or to be available, from the start of the contract. This includes: - strategic partnership, - software development lifecycle, - personnel - time and materials, - hardware and software, - microsoft azure and office 365 Support. Transformation services: In order to deliver FSCS' strategic vision we recognise there are areas of our technology that require transformation. We expect the transformation to start when the contract starts, and the initial phases to be costed, but for each subsequent phase to be agreed and costed as we move through the transformation. This includes: - selection, implementation and support of claims platform - cloud assessment, migration and support. Future services: Future services are areas of technology provision that might be moved into this contract over time but would be agreed on a case by case basis. We have laid out the potential scope of these services, so suppliers have an upfront view of what additional services might be available over the life of the contract. This includes but not limited to: - IT service functions, - support for finance solutions, - infrastructure services, - service desk/ITSM tooling. Additional information: There will be an option for FSCS to extend the contract on 2 occasions for a maximum duration of 12 months on each of those occasions, therefore making the effective service term a potential total term of 7 years. The contract value is an estimate based on the duration including extension options. FSCS may require the supplier to provide additional services in order to meet future changes in demands/needs or new initiatives. Any such modification shall be in the terms of Regulations 72 of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b644ee2-2146-4bc3-af17-cfe3ceb7cdd2 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 2 Jul 2020 |
| Submission deadline | 26 Sep 2019 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Jun 2020 |
| Contract period | 21 Jun 2020 - 21 Jun 2025 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £40,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £40,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPENSATION SCHEME LIMITED |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC3A 7QU |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | City of London |
| Electoral ward | Portsoken |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | CAPGEMINI |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

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

## Release History

- 2 Jul 2020 at 19:00 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b644ee2-2146-4bc3-af17-cfe3ceb7cdd2
- 26 Aug 2019 at 07:43 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efd049ff-c096-4f10-8094-c4404b329bc8

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/8b644ee2-2146-4bc3-af17-cfe3ceb7cdd2
  2nd July 2020 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/efd049ff-c096-4f10-8094-c4404b329bc8
  26th August 2019 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder
- https://ted.europa.eu/TED/notice/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:400698-2019:TEXT:EN:HTML
  Link to the OJEU Advert
- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9W83345B64
  Link to access the Procurement Documents
- https://ted.europa.eu/udl?uri=TED:NOTICE:305297-2020:TEXT:EN:HTML
  Link to OJEU award notice

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