--- title: "Home Offiice Biometrics Strategic Central & Bureau Platform RFI" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "HOME OFFICE" published: "2017-04-13" --- # Home Offiice Biometrics Strategic Central & Bureau Platform RFI Buyer: HOME OFFICE Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-6fa95762-7590-4a9b-afc5-461acda29f4a.json) ## Summary The Home Office is initiating a market engagement exercise titled "Home Office Biometrics Strategic Central & Bureau Platform RFI" to assess potential requirements for a new strategic platform. This procurement falls under the hardware consultancy services category and is currently in the planning stage. Key dates include an engagement end date of 23rd February 2018 and a deadline for submitting responses to the Request for Information (RFI) by 19th May 2017. Organisations based in various regions across the United Kingdom, including London and the North East, are encouraged to participate. This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in hardware consultancy, software programming, and data services. Companies equipped to provide innovative technical solutions and feedback on the Home Office's requirements will find this an advantageous opportunity to engage with a major governmental body. Businesses with experience in public sector contracts or those looking to expand their footprint in the public procurement space should consider participating to enhance their prospects for future contracts within the Central & Bureau Platform initiative. ## Notice The Home Office wishes to enter into a market engagement exercise for its potential requirements for the Strategic Central & Bureau Platform. This is a consultation exercise intended to solicit feedback on the feasibility and market appeal of an approach to procuring and building new services. Responses to the RFI and feedback from the supplier 1-1 meetings will be used to help refine the HOB Programme approach to delivering the new services. The programme's objectives for this market engagement exercise are to: Help the HOB Programme understand what level of documentation and information suppliers would need to effectively bid on any Invitation To Tender (ITT), including what information they need to give fixed price bids. Give suppliers a view of the HOB Programme's high level requirements for the Strategic Central & Bureau Platform and Strategic Bureau Application & Tools and solicit feedback on the requirements. Give suppliers a view of the HOB Programme's technical and commercial approach to delivering the Central & Bureau Platform and Bureau and solicit feedback on the feasibility and commercial appeal of the approach. Solicit feedback on how the HOB Programme's technical and commercial approach to delivering the Strategic Central & Bureau Platform and Bureau Application Tools maybe refined with alternative and innovative approaches. Understand any concerns suppliers may have about the approach being considered; whether there are any major risks, issues or challenges present in the approach being considered and how these might be avoided. Ensure that any future procurements of the HOB Programme for the Strategic Central & Bureau Platform and Bureau Application and Tools are fair and unprejudiced competitions which suppliers feel encouraged to participate in. In order to provide your input to our market engagement exercise, the Home Office invites organisations to download and complete our NDA attached to this PIN and submit via email to tim.carter1@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk. Your email should also ask to be added to the event called RFI Strategic Central & Bureau platform, you must include the name of the registered company address and prime contact name and details. Once the NDA is registered you will be sent the RFI by email to complete the questionnaire response and participate in the supplier 1-1 meetings with HOB Programme team. The RFI will need to be completed by Friday 19th May after the 1-1 meetings have taken place and returned to the following email address HOBCentralBids@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk The programme's timeline for Strategic Central & Bureau Platform market engagement and procurement is: Milestone Dates PIN scope (RFI only) - 13th April RFI NDA signed and returned to release RFI - 26th April RFI meeting with suppliers (1-1) - 2nd to 12th May RFI response due -19th May OJEU notice - Summer 2017* Contract Award - Dec 2017* * These are indicative procurement timelines subject to change Additional information: If you would like to participate in the market engagement by completing the RFI questionnaire and meeting with the Authority, please complete the NDA indentifying SC clearance employees working on the RFI and submit it via email to tim.carter1@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk by 5pm on 26th April 2017. Please note that we are inviting responses but to clarify these will be accepted on a first come first served limited basis and those expressions of interest received first and followed by a signed and returned NDA identifying SC cleared employees working on the RFI (via email) will be given precedence. This approach is due to the slots for the follow up 1-1 meetings being very limited due to resources and diaries therefore if the slots are full up we may not ask you to complete the RFI. We strongly suggest that all suppliers participating in the RFI or "not" still complete the security requirements pack that we be sent out to those suppliers participating in the RFI and on request if you are not selected. This is to ensure that in advance of the future Strategic Central & Bureau Platform Procurement your bid teams have the necessary clearance prior to publication of the Contract Notice. Registering for the RFI and providing a response (or not), or attending a meeting will not affect either negatively or positively your ability to participate in any possible later procurement for these services/goods. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b4389086-46b5-49d5-b09c-52edea28931a | | Notice type | Market Engagement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 13 Apr 2017 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 23 Feb 2018 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planning | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | HOME OFFICE | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Croydon | | Postcode | CR0 2EU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI62 Croydon | | Local authority | Croydon | | Electoral ward | Fairfield | | Westminster constituency | Croydon West | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England), TLL Wales, TLM Scotland, TLN Northern Ireland | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72100000 - Hardware consultancy services - 72200000 - Software programming and consultancy services - 72300000 - Data services ## Release History - 13 Apr 2017 at 19:16 - Planning - Market Engagement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b4389086-46b5-49d5-b09c-52edea28931a ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b4389086-46b5-49d5-b09c-52edea28931a 13th April 2017 - Early engagement notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/d636dfd6-80a9-4961-ac72-75573cfb64be HOB RFI Market Engagement NDA ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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