Official UK procurement notice
Digital Professional Services, Technical Expertise and Rapid Resource Deployment
Authority: Ofgem (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOfgem will engage the Supplier to provide a managed service for the provision of digital specialists and consultancy resource.
The Supplier shall provide individual experts and highly skilled project teams on a fixed delivery model, and be able to manage, deliver and assume responsibility for the outcome of various projects / programmes / requirements. The nature of requirements will include ‘Statement of Works’ (SOW) consultancy and professional services to research, test, design, build, release, iterate, support, project manage or retire digital services.
It is also expected that the Supplier will aid Ofgem in its efforts to resolve the in-house technical skills gap through both the upskilling of existing staff members in digital capabilities.
Specialist resource (individuals or teams) will be required to complete individual milestones or specific project deliverables related to the programme(s) of work. These will be communicated by Ofgem’s contract manager via a SOW on an individual project basis.
It is a mandatory requirement for Ofgem that every specialist(s) onboarded via this engagement must be Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS) Certified and, in special cases (Ofgem to advise if applicable to the role and circumstances), Security Clearance (SC) approved.
- Recurrence: After the final extension period if utilised
CPV: Business and management consultancy and related services · Business development consultancy services · Computer support and consultancy services · Data services · Digital mapping services · Engineering services · Industry specific software development services · Professional services for the gas industry · Project management consultancy services · Security software development services · Software consultancy services · System software acceptance testing consultancy services · +2 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Ofgem will require the Supplier to deploy highly skilled project teams or individuals…AwardedRenewalPublished value£15,000,000
Ofgem will require the Supplier to deploy highly skilled project teams or individuals to deliver against a defined set of requirements, within an agreed and signed ‘Statement of Work’ (SOW) along with clear delivery and payment milestones for individual programmes / projects / requirements.
The nature of requirements will include, but not be limited to, consultancy and professional services, to research, test, design, build, release, iterate, support, project manage or retire digital services.
As part of the requirement, Ofgem will be looking to deploy specialists for short, medium, and potentially longer-term assignments in areas such as:
- User experience and design
- Performance analysis and data
- Security
- Technical service delivery
- Software development
- Infrastructure
- Support and operations
- Testing and auditing
- User research
- Project Management
- IT engineering, including technical leads and DevOps
- The Supplier may be expected to sub-contract outside resource where they are unable to directly deliver Ofgem's requirements due to technical speciality or within a reasonable timescale.
Ofgem would expect all services within the contract to be delivered “off-payroll”, outside of IR35.
Tenderers should expect to provide their own equipment, but may be required to use Ofgem equipment or a VPN solution in order to securely access and update sensitive documentation and content.
What it takes to wini
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 morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 75%
- price: 25%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 75
- Price: 25
- Suitability
Further information can be found in the attached 2023-040 Rapid Resource Deployment ITT document.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 25 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open 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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · After the final extension period if utilised
- First published
- 16 Mar 2023, 13:42 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Mar 2024, 10:03 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Aug 2023 – …
- Authority reference
2023-040- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-006775- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b371Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
- Performance terms
Further information can be found in the attached 2023-040 Rapid Resource Deployment ITT document.
Publisher note: (MT Ref:231450)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
Timeline
27 Apr 2023 → 4 Mar 2024 · 4 dates- Next notice expected27 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST
- Notice published4 Mar 2024, 10:03 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Jul 2023- Status changed to active21 Jul 2023, 14:56 BST
- Procurement method changed21 Jul 2023, 14:56 BST
- Deadline published: 16 Aug 2023, 12:00 BST21 Jul 2023, 14:56 BST
- Status changed to complete4 Mar 2024, 10:03 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA International Computer Consultants Limited (2023-040B)SME, SATIGO Ltd (2023-040A)SME, Solirius Ltd (2023-040C)SMEjoint award | £18,000,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 006775-2024-2023-040-1 · LA International Computer Consultants Limited (2023-040B)SME, SATIGO Ltd (2023-040A)SME, Solirius Ltd (2023-040C)SME
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2024
- Value
- £18,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 37bids · 37 electronic | 22 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Public Procurement Review ServiceReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
3 commercial parties on the notice- LA International Computer Consultants Limited (2023-040B)Awarded supplier
- SATIGO Ltd (2023-040A)Awarded supplier
- Solirius Ltd (2023-040C)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria