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Published 24 Apr 2023, 14:42 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Digital Experience and Digital Enablement

Official notice

Authority: NS&I (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Framework agreementServicesRestricted procedure
Framework ceiling (notional)£168,600,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Awarded 13 Nov 2023
Next notice expected 22 May 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement process.

The Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package is the second procurement package in NS&I’s Rainbow programme, and provides the capabilities needed to deliver digital self-service experiences and journeys to NS&I’s retail banking customers, and to enable Assisted Digital support. It will deliver these services to mobile app, website and voice assistant channels.

CPV: Banking services · Communication software development services · Computer support and consultancy services · Customer services · Data analysis services · Data storage services · Data transmission services · Deposit services · Development of transaction processing and custom software · E-mail system · Financial information systems · Internet browsing software development services · +6 more

How this framework works

From the published notice
Bids received
5 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1This contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement processAwarded

This contract has been awarded following the conclusion of a procurement process.

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is one of the UK's largest retail savings organisations with 25 million customers, more than £202 billion funds under management, best known for Premium Bonds but also offering a range of savings products. NS&I raises financing for Government, by offering secure retail financial savings products, as an alternative to raising funds on the wholesale market.

NS&I's core services are currently provided by Atos IT Services UK Limited, which manages sales processing and customer servicing, and IT and infrastructure services. This contract will end on 31st March 2025. NS&I has started a significant transformation of its outsourced services, called the Rainbow Programme.

The second procurement in NS&I’s Rainbow Programme, the Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package, will provide capabilities in digital self-service experiences and journeys for NS&I’s customers and enable Assisted Digital support. This includes as a minimum the delivery of a mobile banking app (to include prize draw functionality) and a fully functional transactional website.

The new service will create journeys and experiences designed to support customers achieve their Jobs to be Done, reduce customer effort and improve customer experience.

NS&I has transitioned from branch-based banking to our current state as a direct-only business with digital, post and phone channels. This package is intended to bring us to the endpoint of that trajectory, transitioning to a digital first, self-service retail bank, with Assisted Digital support for customers unable to self-serve. That endpoint will meet customer expectations for effective, digital self-service, and deliver cost-effective operational excellence.

Delivery: UK

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • “Digital Experience and Digital Enablement” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Framework agreement
Who may use this agreement
Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
24 Apr 2023, 14:42 BST
Last source update
21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-037630
Classification (CPV)
Banking servicesCommunication software development servicesComputer support and consultancy servicesCustomer servicesData analysis servicesData storage servicesData transmission servicesDeposit servicesDevelopment of transaction processing and custom softwareE-mail system
+8 moreFinancial information systemsInternet browsing software development services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03c39a Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Appointment period ends
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Timeline

22 May 2023 → 21 Dec 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Next notice expected
    22 May 2023, 00:00 BST
  2. Notice published
    21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT

Notice history

5 events · 5 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Apr 2023
  1. Buyer details updated
    24 Apr 2023, 14:50 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
  3. Procurement method changed
    21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
  4. Buyer details updated
    21 Dec 2023, 10:41 GMT
  5. Buyer details updated
    21 Dec 2023, 10:47 GMT
Published amendments (3 · 0 deadline changes)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—TextEstimated Total Value · II.1.5£168,600,000£126,000,000
—TextEstimated total value · II.1.5)£168,600,000£112,500,000
—TextDescription of the procurement · II.2.4)The total estimated contract spend is £126m before VAT and inflation. The value of any extension requested is estimated at £42.6m. The proposed contract duration and extension options are:The total estimated contract spend is £112.5m before VAT and inflation. The value of any extension requested is estimated at £32.6m. The proposed contract duration and extension options are:
—DateDate · V.2.1)13 Nov 202313 Dec 2023+30 d

3 amendments published without a description.

Routine re-releases (5)
  • 2023-04: 2 releases · 24 Apr 2023, 24 Apr 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 5
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Nov 2023

1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.

Contracts

  • Digital Experience and Digital Enablement

    Signed
    13 Nov 2023
    Value
    £99,835,217
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
5bids———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

NS&I

Contracting authorityCentral GovernmentNational or federal agency/officeEconomic affairs 20 Great Smith Street, London, UK, SW1P 3BTContact name, email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High Court of England and WalesReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.