Published date: 7 February 2022

Last edited date: 26 April 2022

This notice was replaced on 25 November 2022

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 25 November 2022)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_257421/1040504

Published date

7 February 2022

Closing date

14 March 2022

Closing time

10am

Contract start date

1 January 2023

Contract end date

31 December 2030

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Defra is the UK government department which is responsible for improving and protecting the environment. Defra aims to grow a green economy and sustain thriving rural communities, and also support the UK's world-leading food, farming and fishing industries. The Data Services Platform ("DSP") makes environmental data, from across Defra Group, available to a wide range of users. The DSP is used to share data openly or with controlled groups of users (e.g. Defra Group supply chain) or where data contains third party rights. The intention of the DSP is to deliver services that will be world-leading in under-pinning environmental improvements. The DSP can be accessed at https://environment.data.gov.uk.

The overall objectives for the DSP3 contract are:
a) to put in place all arrangements necessary to operate and maintain the current DSP services within 6 months of the contract commencement date (the "Transition Services");
b) to implement improvements to the DSP services within 12 months of the contract commencement date (the "Transformation Services");
c) to provide the core DSP functionality for current users, including:
- provision of a data sharing platform;
- linked data services;
- metadata management;
- creation and maintenance of any applications built on DSP data;
- provision of a knowledgebase;
- data access and rights management;
- domain registration and URL proxy management;
- IT service management (in accordance with ITIL v4) for the DSP platform; and
- fulfilment of the applicable roles within the UK government's Digital, Data and Technology Professional Capability Framework.
d) to have a managed service for the support, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the DSP during its business-as-usual operation. The contract duration will be five years with the option for three one-year extensions (5 + 1 + 1 + 1), subject to business need and Supplier performance;
e) to have a platform that leverages investment made in the DSP to date and enables future flexibility across a convergent platform for managing Defra Group data and information systems and services. This may include the implementation of optional services or future requirements without the need for major capital investment beyond this project, which are set out in the procurement documents.

The pre-qualification for this procurement has now concluded. The shortlisted suppliers are Fujitsu, Keep IT Simple, Landmark, and Telespazio.

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

Defra Data Services Platform 3 (DSP3)

  • Early engagement
  • Published 18 August 2021, last edited 7 February 2022

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About the buyer

Contact name

Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs (Defra)

Address

17 Nobel House
London
SW1P 3JR
England

Email

Neil.Widdop@defra.gov.uk