Published date: 16 September 2016

This notice was replaced on 16 September 2016

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

Awarded contract (published 14 August 2018, last edited 14 August 2018)

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Contract summary

Industry

  • Advisory and consultative engineering services - 71318000

  • General management consultancy services - 79411000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£30,000,000 to £100,000,000

Procurement reference

RM3806

Published date

16 September 2016

Closing date

17 October 2016

Contract start date

23 November 2016

Contract end date

22 November 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) (referred to hereafter as the Authority) is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement for the provision of consultancy services for the Ministry to deliver efficiencies.

The Services under this Framework Agreement shall comprise of the following core services, and shall include;
• Diagnostic, research and analysis;
• Developing, coaching, knowledge transfer;
• Production, agreement and implementation support to efficiency plans; and
• Savings, tracking and realisation.

The Authority considers that the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations 2006 ('TUPE') will not apply. It is the responsibility of Potential Providers to take their own advice and consider whether TUPE is likely to apply in particular circumstances of the contract and to act accordingly. The Potential Provider is encouraged to carry out its own due diligence exercise.

Cyber Essentials is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services. The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. There are two levels of certification: Cyber Essentials and Cyber Essentials Plus. To participate in this Procurement, Potential Providers must be able to demonstrate that you comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus for Services under and in connection with this Procurement.

The Potential Provider must be able to demonstrate to the Authority that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials Plus for Services under and in connection with this Procurement prior to any Framework Agreement being signed.

A detailed description of the Services that the Potential Provider will be required to supply under this Framework Agreement will be set out in full in Framework Schedule 2: Part A Services (Attachment 4b).

More information

Attachments

Additional text

This Procurement will be managed electronically via the Agents e-Sourcing Suite. To participate in this Procurement, participants must first be registered on the e-Sourcing Suite. If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, please go online to:

https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk you can then access the link 'Register for CCS eSourcing'.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

Full instructions for registration and use of the system can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/esourcing-tool-guidance-for-suppliers

Once you have registered on the e-Sourcing Suite, a registered user can express an interest for a specific procurement. This is done by emailing:

ExpressionOfInterest@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Your email must clearly state: the name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for; the name of the Potential Provider; and the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email. The Agent will process the email and then enable the Potential Provider to access the procurement online via the e-Sourcing Suite. The registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done. As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to e-Sourcing Suite email messaging service which facilitates all messages sent to you and from you in relation to any specific RFX event.

Please note it is your responsibility to access these emails on a regular basis to ensure you have sight of all relevant information.

For technical assistance on use of the e-Sourcing Suite please contact the Agents Support Desk via email:

eEnablement@crowncommercial.gov.uk

A copy of the ITT documentation for this Procurement will be available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge via Agents website once it is available:

http://ccs-agreements.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/procurement-pipeline

About the buyer

Contact name

Agent (for this Procurement) Crown Commercial Service.

Address

Ministry of Defence
Main Building Whitehall
London
SW1A 2HB
England

Telephone

0345 0101 3503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

www.gov.uk/ccs