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# IT Consultancy Services Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/it-consultancy-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Notice summary:** 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. Published lot titles: Data Science and Visualisation; Product and Capability Development; IT Infrastructure.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Rail Safety Standards Board (RSSB)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/rssb-gov-ot1207)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £6,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 August 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/it-consultancy-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/it-consultancy-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [rssb.delta-esourcing.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Frssb.delta-esourcing.com%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/it-consultancy-services-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Data Science and Visualisation
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** 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 ...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Product and Capability Development
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** 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 exte...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: IT Infrastructure
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72000000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £2,000,000
- **Description:** 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 assi...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020677-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-07-28T15:05:11.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-11-04T04:29:49.282Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-034ea9