Published date: 7 November 2022
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
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000
Location of contract
United Kingdom
Value of contract
£6,000,000 to £7,500,000
Procurement reference
SR1106927712
Published date
7 November 2022
Closing date
5 December 2022
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
3 April 2023
Contract end date
31 March 2025
Contract type
Service contract
Procedure type
Open procedure (above threshold)
Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.
This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
HMRC Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO) is the internal department tasked with the provision of critical IT services, which enable billions of pounds of annual tax revenue, customer interfaces, and other UK tax operational systems.
The Enterprise Security Programme has secured investment for a three-year period which started April 2022. The investment for 2023/24 will contribute to HMRCs objectives by delivering enterprise-wide security improvements and support strategic planning and delivery activities (transformational, remediatory and enabling).
The Cyber Remediation and Cyber Operations Projects are 2 of 5 projects within the Enterprise Security Programme. Their objective is to deliver risk mitigation by remediating known vulnerabilities across our systems and services through the application of patches, configuration changes and encryption, additional access & session monitoring controls as well as strengthening networks/vulnerability assessment security controls/assurance and enhance HMRCs capability to mitigate, detect and respond to Cyber Security threats.
This procurement will be conducted by way of an eSourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal. Please ensure you are registered with the HMRC SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released which will contain full details of the requirement.
If you are not already registered, the registration link is: http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full
As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email james.gadsby@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk and sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk with your account ID number. Once you have complied with the foregoing you will receive an e-mail confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.
All clarification questions must be submitted via the SAP Ariba system messaging functionality and received by 17:00hrs 24/11/22.
About the buyer
Contact name
James Gadsby
Address
Customs House Annexe,20 Lower Thames Street
LONDON
SS991AA
England
Telephone
03000587701
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