Official UK procurement notice
Requirement Management Tool · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Ministry of Defence (Central government)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionRequirements management is a fundamental part of the MOD Acquisition System Operating Model
providing the unbroken, top-down linkage of requirements from Defence policy to Defence Lines of
Development outputs, that provides the direction for investment plans and ensures that the capabilities
generated are coherent and consistent with MOD’s strategic investment.
The Authority has a requirement for the provision of an on-premise Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS)
software to enable the management of requirements across the Ministry of Defence (Requirements
Management) as on on-premise solution. The software will be installed locally on DE&S hosted
environments.
The COTS tool shall allow:
- Migration of historical data stored in the current Requirements Management toolset.
- Issuing of instructions, receiving notifications and sharing data generated in the Requirements
Management COTS software with other Defence Organisations and Industry Partners' Requirements
Management tools.
- Ability to input, edit, maintain, search and link the database of information.
- Providing end to end reporting capability on all requirements management activity.
- Ability to view a full audit history for each object within the system.
- Ability to create templates of initial requirement sets.
CPV: Computer and related services · Software-related services · System and support services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 5 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
Published description of the framework
Contract frequency and value: 1000000.00
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The Authority has a requirement for the provision of an on-premise Commercial…Awarded
The Authority has a requirement for the provision of an on-premise Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software to enable the management of requirements across the Ministry of Defence (Requirements Management) as an on-premise solution. The software will be installed locally on DE&S hosted
environments.
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).
- Price
- Suitability
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any furt…
- Suitability
Suppliers Instructions How to Express Interest in this Tender:
- Register your company on the eSourcing portal (this is only required once)
- Browse to the eSourcing Portal
- Click the “Click here to register” link
- Accept the terms and conditions and click “continue”
- Enter your correct business and user details
- Note the username you chose and click “Save” when complete
- You will shortly receive an email with your unique password (please keep this secure)
- Express an Interest in the tender
- Login to the portal with the username/password
- Click the "PQQs Open to All Suppliers" link. (These are Pre-Qualification Questionnaires open to any registered supplier)
- Click on the relevant PQQ to access the content.
- Click the “Express Interest” button in the “Actions” box on the left-hand side of the page.
- This will move the PQQ into your “My PQQs” page. (This is a secure area reserved for your projects only)
- Click on the PQQ code, you can now access any attachments by clicking the “Settings and Buyer Attachments” in the “Actions” box
- Responding to the tender
- You can now choose to “Reply” or “Reject” (please give a reason if rejecting)
- You can now use the ‘Messages’ function to communicate with the buyer and seek any clarification
- Note the deadline for completion, then follow the onscreen instructions to complete the PQQ
- There may be a mixture of online & offline actions for you to perform (there is detailed online help available)
If you require any furt…
- Second stage candidates
- up to 5 candidates invited to tender
- “Requirement Management Tool” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Jul 2021, 22:45 BST
- Last source update
- 14 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Authority reference
700956369 - Requirement Management Tool- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-006931- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-02c5e8Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Contracting Authority intends to use an e-Tendering system in this procurement exercise, please visit www.contracts.mod.uk for full details and to register your interest in this procurement.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
9 Aug 2021 → 14 Mar 2022 · 2 dates- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Aug 2021, 12:00 BST
- Notice published14 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Mar 2022- Status changed to complete14 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
- Buyer details updated14 Mar 2022, 22:45 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Requirement Management Tool
- Signed
- 24 Feb 2022
- Value
- £598,116
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Defence Equipment & SupportContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Defence Equipment and SupportReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Micro Focus LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.