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Vodafone GCF Extension Contract - Further extension of the email relay and email filtering services

Postal and telecommunications services
Software package and information systems
UK
Published value
Not published
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service: "Vodafone GCF Extension Contract - Further extension of the email relay and email filtering services". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityThe Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial ServiceScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Competition Density
18.1Bids / Report
0.7% of reports have one bid
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Coverage: 148 active published awards; 145 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityThe Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Last source update9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationPostal and telecommunications services, Software package and information systems
Delivery area
UK
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0291d9
What is being bought
The existing contract is for Vodafone provided Government Convergence Framework (GCF) services to be supplied from 1 April 2019 to 31 March 2021. The GCF is the “intelligent core” of the Public Services Network (PSN) which is used for secure communication by numerous bodies across the public sector. This extension will extend the email relay and filtering services (one of four lots) for use by those public sector bodies that still have a limited requirement for this legacy technology. The new one year extension covers a period during which these bodies will transition away to new email services sourced from the open telecommunications and software markets. The existing Vodafone GCF contract has four lots; Domain Name Server (DNS) services, email relay and filtering services, peer to peer service (to enable communication between PSN and other government networks) and professional services. Only email relay and filtering services are proposed for extension.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    Status not published
    Published valueNot published
    The email relay service enables users of the PSN to communicate securely with each other and third parties via email. Users comprise multiple public sector bodies across central government and the wider public sector (e.g. local government). The email filtering services are used by the same user group and scan PSN email communications for dangerous content such as suspicious website links and spam email. The extension will be awarded to Vodafone. This is legacy technology and a previous further competition to replace the technology provided in this lot attracted no bidders. Service continuity is required to enable transition of remaining users to open market replacement solutions.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    9 Feb 2021, 22:56 GMT
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 6 Mar 2020, 00:00 GMT · £3,300,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
Vodafone Limited
Not published · Not published · active
Contracts
Vodafone GCF Extension Contract - Further extension of the email relay and email filtering services
£3,300,000 · signed 6 Mar 2020, 00:00 GMT · active
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Contracting authority GB-FTS-3755
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  • The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
    buyer

    9th Floor, The Capital Building, Old Hall Street, Liverpool, UK, L3 9PP
    supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
    +44 3150103503

  • The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
    reviewBody

    9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street, L3 9PP

  • Vodafone Limited
    supplier

    1471587
    Vodafone House, The Connection,, Newbury, UK, RG14 2FN,
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleThe extension is made in compliance with Article 72(1)(b) Directive 2014/24 and Regulation 72(1)(b) Public Contracts Regulations 2015. There are no alternative supplier as this lot attracted no bidders; there is no market interest. Multiple public sector bodies will not be able to transition from the existing email relay and filtering services provided under the Vodafone GCF contract by its expiry on 31 March 2021. The loss of email capability on the PSN will undermine delivery of several UK citizen services. Although the exact number of users is to be finalised at the time of publication, the number is expected to be no more than 100 out of an original user base of over 500. The remaining users will use the contract extension period to transition to open market email solutions, a process already completed for the overwhelming majority of original users. There is no long term future for the email relay and filtering services as provided. Therefore, for economic and technical reasons and due to the significant inconvenience and substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authorities, as already demonstrated in a procurement which for this lot attracted no bidders, the only supplier available and willing to continue to provide these services is Vodafone. Other suppliers who are interested in providing replacement services will have opportunities to bid for these during 2021 and 2022. In the meantime, this contract extension is required in order to provide service continuity to remaining email relay and filtering users.