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title: "Core Services Integrator (CSI)"
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# Core Services Integrator (CSI)

Buyer: HOME OFFICE  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04cd4e

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## Summary

The Home Office is initiating a competitive procurement for the role of Core Services Integrator (CSI) to support its International Strategy and Capabilities Unit. This tender falls under the category of Business Development Consultancy Services (CPV: 79411100) and is crucial to ensuring service integration and operational assurance for ISC activities. The procurement process is at the tender stage, managed through a negotiated procedure with prior publication under DSPCR 2011. The contract has a projected value of £9,600,000 and spans 24 months with an optional 12-month extension, facilitated electronically via the Home Office's eSourcing Portal. Important deadlines include the tender period ending on 3rd February 2025 at 16:00 UTC. 

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in development, integration, and operational assurances within the realm of business development consultancy. Particularly, companies capable of managing large-scale, international security capability projects will find this contract fitting. Suitable contenders are those with strategic capabilities in managing cross-border security initiatives and who can comply with rigorous evaluation criteria, proceeding from the Supplier Qualification stage to the Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) phase. Businesses with strengths in risk identification, quality management, and performance monitoring will be well-placed to benefit from this procurement, facilitating growth through government collaboration and long-term project engagements.

## Notice

This Contract Notice outlines the Home Office's intent to competitively assess, select and award a contract to deliver the Core Services Integrator requirement. The Home Office has international objectives to reduce threat upstream, protect citizens at home and abroad, and secure the borders. These cross-cutting objectives include Counter Terrorism, Serious and Organised Crime, child sexual exploitation, cybercrime, illegal and organised migration and border-security. The International Strategy and Capabilities (ISC) Unit focuses on long-term multi-year transformational projects that build close working relationships with other Governments and deliver lasting, sustainable effect overseas. This includes Government to Government (G2G) agreements delivering specialist capacity programmes and advisory services to progressively develop security capabilities in line with international human rights agreements. The International Strategy and Capabilities (ISC) Unit sets the Home Office International Strategic Objectives and desired outcomes which are issued to a combination of managed service providers, training suppliers, delivery partners, and consultancies. Core Services Integrator Requirement: Due to the specialist nature of this work, ISC requires an independent integrator function who is responsible for supporting the delivery of ISC activities in the key areas of Development, Integration, & Operational Assurance for Business Development Services. The consolidation and delivery of these managed services should span, but remain independent from, Frameworks and Suppliers to ensure coherent and aligned delivery of ISC's strategic objectives and growth plans. This includes (but not limited to) managing the Home Office's reputation and quality of services across all aspects of delivery and designated partners, risk identification and mitigation, performance, timely delivery and the implementation and development of the training catalogue and ISC objectives. The duration of the contract will be up to 24 months from the date of contract, with an option for a 12-month extension. More details of the Core Services Integrator requirement are provided in the Supplier Qualification Pack on the Core Services Integrator Opportunity Listing on the Jaggaer Portal. The competitive procurement will be managed in accordance with the Negotiated Procedure with prior publication under DSPCR 2011. The Home Office reserves the right to cancel the competition at any stage with no liability for tenderer costs and expenses. This procurement will be managed electronically via the Home Office's eSourcing Portal (JAGGAER). To participate in the Supplier Qualification stage of this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal and sign the Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). To participate in the ITN stage of this procurement a subsequent NDA must be signed. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com by following the link 'To register click here'. Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the registered supplier; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The eMail will be processed and, the Home Office will enable the supplier to access the procurement online via the eSourcing Portal. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. For technical assistance on use of the eSourcing Portal please contact the JAGGAER Supplier Helpdesk at customersupport@jaggaer.com or 0800 069 8630 (0800 - 1800hrs).

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Core Services Integrator Requirement: Due to the specialist nature of this work, ISC requires an independent integrator function who is responsible for supporting the delivery of ISC activities in the key areas of Development, Integration, & Operational Assurance for Business Development Services. The consolidation and delivery of these managed services should span, but remain independent from, Frameworks and Suppliers to ensure coherent and aligned delivery of ISC's strategic objectives and growth plans. This includes (but not limited to) managing the Home Office's reputation and quality of services across all aspects of delivery and designated partners, risk identification and mitigation, performance, timely delivery and the implementation and development of the training catalogue and ISC objectives.

Options: The contract will run for an initial period of 2 years, with an option to extend by 1 extension period of 1 year

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000062-2025 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Selective |
| Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 3 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 3 Feb 2025 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £9,600,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| 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 | HOME OFFICE |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DF |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | St James's |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 79411100 - Business development consultancy services

## Release History

- 3 Jan 2025 at 09:59 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000062-2025

## Notice URLs

- https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com
- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office

## Provenance

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