--- title: "IT Consultancy Services Framework" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD (RSSB)" published: "2022-07-28" --- # IT Consultancy Services Framework Buyer: RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD (RSSB) Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9.json) ## Summary The Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) is issuing a tender for an IT Consultancy Services Framework, specifically aimed at providing specialist technical IT consultancy services. This procurement falls under the services category, with a primary focus on IT services such as consulting, software development, and internet support. The current stage of the procurement process is in the Tender phase, and potential suppliers must submit their tenders by 4 PM on 12 August 2022. The tender will include various lots catering to areas like data science, product development, and IT infrastructure, valued collectively at £6,000,000, with a contract duration of 1080 days and the possibility of renewal. This tender presents a significant opportunity for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) as indicated by the contracting authority. Businesses with expertise in IT consultancy, particularly those specialised in data science, software development, infrastructure support, or security, will find themselves well-suited to compete for this framework. Additionally, companies that can demonstrate robust project management and technical skills relevant to the specified lots will enhance their chances of success in securing a contract with RSSB. ## Notice Rail Safety and Standards (RSSB) seeks to procure the best expertise available within the marketplace that offer specialist technical IT Consultancy services. Our IT programme and projects require general and specialist technical consultancy support. RSSB recognises that it cannot entirely internally satisfy its future demand for suitably experienced specialist and professionally qualified experts and as a result is seeking to procure these through the IT Consultancy Framework. Potential providers are hereby invited to tender for these Services. Revised deadline for submitting tenders is 4 pm - 12 August 2022. ### Lot Information Data Science and Visualisation Data Scientist The exact data science skills and expertise required will be project dependant, but in general we will require machine learning, machine vision and natural language processing expertise. Data Visualisation and Data Engineer The Azure and data handling skills and expertise required will be project dependant, and will include understanding and challenging business requirements; designing end-to-end technical solutions to data engineering problems; building data pipelines and simple APIs to load data into the RSSB reporting platform; and developing scripts. It will also involve generating ETL processes and data warehouse models to stage, transform and combine data; and enable reporting, data integration and decisions support tools. Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements. Product and Capability Development Lot 2a - Sitecore and .net - The .net and Sitecore skills and expertise required will be for specific projects and maintenance of applications. Lot 2b - Dynamics - The dynamics skills and expertise required would be the ability to implement and extend dynamics D365 within a business environment, advising on best practices to ensure its features are utilised to the fullest. The responsibilities will be throughout the product lifecycle from discovery, development, testing, and deployment. Lot 2c - Testing - The testing skills and expertise required would be the ability to lead the testing of business systems across the business. The responsibilities can be over the whole test lifecycle including defining the test strategy and plan along with carry out the testing and presenting the results. Lot 2d - User Experience and User Interaction - The UX and UI required will be for specific projects. We will be looking at working in an iterative way to do visual design that is through the understanding of users and business goals, prototypes to test hypotheses and delivering final designs for the development teams. This could be for just the front end of the application through to a full-service design. Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements. IT Infrastructure The IT Infrastructure skills and expertise required will be support or project dependant: Lot 3a - Infrastructure Support - Provision of skilled technical expertise on Service Level Agreement (SLA) basis covering different priority incidents to assist RSSB technical resources in the event of an incident to restore, recover, rebuild a technical service impacting the services as per requirements. Lot 3b - Infrastructure Security Support - Provision of skilled technical expertise on SLA basis covering different priority incidents to assist RSSB security and technical resources in the event of a disaster recovery incident or to restore/ recover in the event of a security incident of Severity CVE 7.0 and above. Renewal: The duration may be extended in respect of some or all Suppliers by up to a further 12 months, subject to a review of Suppliers' performance and RSSB's requirements. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020677-2022 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 28 Jul 2022 | | Submission deadline | 5 Aug 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £6,000,000 | | Lots value | £6,000,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD (RSSB) | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | Central London | | Postcode | EC2M 2RB | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington | | Local authority | Islington | | Electoral ward | Bunhill | | Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 28 Jul 2022 at 15:05 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/020677-2022 - 6 Jul 2022 at 09:05 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018433-2022 ## Notice URLs - http://www.rssb.co.uk - https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/ - https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/respond/X5MFG7Q4V8 - https://rssb.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-London:-IT-services:-consulting%2C-software-development%2C-Internet-and-support./X5MFG7Q4V8 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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