Official UK procurement notice
Defra - Application Development and Maintenance Support Services Strategy
Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of an holistic supply chain to provide capability and capacity to support the development of applications and Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from October 2022 through to 2030 covering the following elements:
Provision of Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from 1st June 2023 for approximately 200 applications;
Procurement of new ADMS frameworks to support Defra's Application Development pipeline for the next 8 years;
Procurement of Resource Augmentation framework(s) to support internal software development teams with a flexible resourcing model; and
Procurement of a new framework(s) for SME suppliers to be able to provide niche tools and skill sets.
CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support · Software programming and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Jul 2022, 13:02 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST
- Authority reference
35620- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-018403- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034e14Find a Tender
Publisher note: Defra is drafting a Future Network Procurement Strategy (Strategy) and is interested in what solutions are available in the market for the replacement of its existing Wide Area & Local Area Network contract. In preparing the Strategy Defra is interested in the supply markets view of its Strategy, what the market can offer, etc. This Prior Information Notice is being issued to inform any interested suppliers that Defra is beginning its pre-procurement activities in support of an eventual procurement of the Future Network, and the first activity will be the release of a Request for Information (RFI) that will be published this week. There is a possibility that our eventual Route to Market will be the CCS Network Services Framework Agreement, or an FTS open procedure. This RFI will be advertised via https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk and also through https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder . If and when it is available, suppliers are encouraged to check these sources for further information. Please register interest in this opportunity via the Bravo solution portal. Please include the following information in your email: - Company name - Company number - Contact details including email, telephone and preferred person to contact - A brief summary of the market you operate in, and how you position yourselves within this in relation to requirement
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
9 Feb 2022 → 5 Jul 2022 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected9 Feb 2022
- Notice published5 Jul 2022, 16:39 BST
Notice history
2 releases on Find a TenderPublished amendments (1 · 0 deadline changes)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | TextII.1.1) Title | Defra - Application Development and Maintenance Support Services Strategy | Defra - Future Network Procurement | |
| — | TextII.1.4 | Provision of an holistic supply chain to provide capability and capacity to support the development of applications and Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from October 2022 through to 2030 covering the following elements: Provision of Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from 1st June 2023 for approximately 200 applications; Procurement of new ADMS frameworks to suppo… | Provision of a new Networks contract from March 2025 onwards, covering Wide Area Networking, Local Area Networking (Wired and Wi-Fi), Gateways, Zscaler, and possibly SD-WAN with Direct Internet Access. | |
| — | TextII.1.5) | 750000000.00 | 60,000,000.00 | |
| — | ClassificationII.2.2 | — | — | |
| — | TextII.2.4) | Provision of an holistic supply chain to provide capability and capacity to support the development of applications and Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from October 2022 through to 2030 covering the following elements: Provision of Application Maintenance and Support (AMS) services from 1st June 2023 for approximately 200 applications; Procurement of new ADMS frameworks to suppo… | Provision of a new Networks contract starting in March 2025, covering Wide Area Networks, Local Area Networks (both Wired and Wi-Fi), Gateways, Zscaler, and possibly SD-WAN and Direct Internet Access. |
1 amendment published without a description.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.