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Published 21 Sept 2023, 19:10 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Technical Architecture Consultancy services

Official notice

Authority: National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) 

Framework agreementServicesOpen procedure
Sectors: Financial and insurance services (66) Delivery: UK
Framework ceiling (notional)£624,000framework ceiling, not attributable revenue
Submissions closed 23 Oct 2023awarded 11 Jan 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Nest has established a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Technical Architecture Services, to support Nest with access to technical consultancy support for the implementation and delivery of changes to the Nest scheme

Administration.

CPV: Financial consultancy services

How this framework works

From the published notice
Places
up to 1 suppliers · 8 bids received (8.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Nest has established a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Technical Architecture…AwardedPublished value£624,000

Nest has established a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Technical Architecture Services, to support Nest with access to technical consultancy support for the implementation and delivery of changes to the Nest scheme administration and related services. This framework agreement will run for 4 years.

The scheme administration services allow Employers to enrol their workers into the nest pension scheme and then make contributions to their accounts. Nest has been operational since 2012 and has already enrolled over 12 million members.

Nest has recently contracted with a scheme administration provider to transform the services which will include a significant change to the way the services are delivered and the underlying technical platform. This will enable Nest and the Scheme Administrator to better serve our customers.

This requirement will provide Nest with experience across Technical Architecture, Service Operation and DevSecOps methodologies and tools in a Cloud Based environment. It is Nest’s preference that that majority of the services are delivered by a single resource and supported by a wider team for more specific service outputs.

Delivery: UK
Variant bids: allowed

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
Quality: 65%Price: 35%
Published sub-criteria (2)
  • Proposal: 65%
  • Cost: 35%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Proposal: 65%
  • Cost: 35%
Staff
Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 35 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3.5 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
  • “Provision of Technical Architecture Consultancy services” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.

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
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
No (one-off requirement)
First published
21 Sept 2023, 19:10 BST
Last source update
23 Feb 2024, 14:53 GMT
Award evaluation window
23 Oct 2023 – …
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-005992
Classification (CPV)
Financial consultancy services
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0402ce Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
Review and risk notes
Review procedure

The contracting authority will operate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers to provide time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into.

Unsuccessful tenderers shall be notified by the contracting authority as soon as possible after the decision is made as to the reasons why they were unsuccessful.

The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide that aggrieved parties who have been harmed, or are at risk of harm, by breach of the rules are to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland)

Publisher note: Nest does not bind itself to accept any tender and is not liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest or tendering for this opportunity.

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Jaggaer · Who buys & how to bid on JAGGAER
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free; latest Chrome/Edge/Firefox only — corporate browsers fail
Appointment period ends
23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission","written"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

nesttenders.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Timeline

23 Oct 2023 → 23 Feb 2024 · 3 dates
  1. Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown
    23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  2. Bids opened
    23 Oct 2023, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    23 Feb 2024, 14:53 GMT

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to complete
    23 Feb 2024, 14:53 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Suppliers appointed 1admitted to the panel · see the list ↓
Bids received 8
Contracts signed 1latest 11 Jan 2024

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

Contracts

  • Contract 005992-2024-1

    Signed
    11 Jan 2024
    Value
    £624,000
    Status
    active

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
8bids · 8 electronic———

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

National Employment Savings Trust (NEST) 

Contracting authorityBody governed by public lawEconomic affairs 10 South Colonnade 1st floor, London, UK, E14 4PUContact email Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtMediation body London
  • Nest CorporationReview body London

Framework contractors & participating bidders

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria
  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria