Published date: 19 June 2020

Last edited date: 8 July 2020

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.


Closing: 31 July 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 30000000

  • Uninterruptible power supplies - 31154000

  • Interruptible power supplies - 31156000

    • Chargers - 31158000

    • Batteries - 31440000

    • Microprocessors - 31712116

    • Mobile telephones - 32250000

    • Networks - 32400000

    • Telecommunications equipment - 32522000

    • Non-piloted aircraft - 34711200

    • Sensors - 35125100

    • Biometric sensors - 35125110

    • Software package and information systems - 48000000

    • Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment - 50300000

    • Installation services of communications equipment - 51300000

    • Installation services of computers and office equipment - 51600000

    • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

    • Software copyright consultancy services - 79121100

    • Computer training services - 80533100

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£500,000,000

Procurement reference

RM6147

Published date

19 June 2020

Closing date

31 July 2020

Contract start date

19 November 2020

Contract end date

18 November 2024

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

CCS working with other departments and partner public buying organisations, aims to provide a market
leading commercial solution for commodity technology product and associated service requirements.
The resulting contract will drive value, benefits and savings for the public sector and support customers
through digital transformation.

More information

Attachments

Additional text

The value provided in Section II.1.5 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Framework Agreement. The Framework term is for an initial period of 24 months, with the option to extend for 2 further periods of 12 consecutive months.
All bidders who achieve a pass for the Quality Evaluation will be awarded a place on the Framework Agreement.
1) Contract Notice transparency information for the agreement;
2) Contract Notice authorised customer list;
3) Rights reserved for CCS Framework.
CCS considers that the transfer of undertakings (protection of employment) Regulations 2006 (TUPE) will not apply at framework level. We encourage you to take your own advice on whether TUPE is likely to apply, in particular circumstances of the Call-Off Contract, and to carry out due diligence accordingly.
Registering for access:
This procurement will be managed electronically via the BravoSolution eSourcing tool. This will be the route for sharing all information and communicating with bidders. If you have recently registered on the BravoSolution portal for another CCS procurement you can use the same account for this new procurement. If not, you will first need to register your organisation on the portal.
To register, you will need to:
1) Go to the URL: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.
2) Select the link "I am a new supplier user";
3) Read and agree to the portal user agreement;
4) Complete the registration form, providing information including:
- the full legal name of your organisation,
- your company registration number,
- your DUNS number --a unique nine-digit number provided to organisations free of charge by Dun&Bradstreet,
- user and contact details.
Once you have registered on the BravoSolution eSourcing tool, you will be able to express your interest in this specific procurement. Your registered user will receive a notification email to alert them once this has been done.
Note: If you require additional users from your organisation to see the Invitation to Tender ITT, do not repeat the above process as this will create a new separate organisation account; instead the registered user can add additional users to the existing supplier organisation account via "User Management" > "Manage Users" > "Users" > "Create".
Expressing an interest:
To express your interest in this procurement:
1) Login to the BravoSolution eSourcing suite portal: https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk
2) On the dashboard select the link ITTs open to all suppliers;
3) On the "ITTs Open to All Suppliers" webpage you will see one or more procurements listed, click on the procurement name you wish to access;
4) Click on express interest at the top of the next screen;
5) You can now access the published documents in the BravoSolution portal.
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About the buyer

Contact name

The minister for the cabinet office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Address

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

Telephone

+443450103503

Email

Supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/crown-commercial-service