Published date: 5 October 2023

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: 3 November 2023, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

North East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales

Value of contract

£2,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_391100/1266216

Published date

5 October 2023

Closing date

3 November 2023

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2027

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

CPS Multimedia File Transfer and Storage System for use in transferring data between Criminal Justice Partners

More information

Links

Additional text

Project Name: CPS File Transfer System
Project Reference: PR 2023 004

1. Introduction

On Wednesday 4th October, The Crown Prosecution Service is launching a tender opportunity for a contract to provide a Multimedia Transfer and Storage system for the Crown Prosecution Service. The tender will run until closing on 3rd November 2023.

It is proposed that the winning bidder implement the chosen solution in time to commence a period of 'dual running' with the incumbent supplier's solution from 1st April 2024 for a period of 4 months until 30th July 2024.

During this transition stage, the supplier will be expected to implement their system, work with the incumbent supplier to facilitate a smooth transition of service and to enable a seamless transfer of live case data from the current system into the new solution.

The contract is proposed to be for a 3-year period, with 2 further options to extend, each by a period of 12-months, making 5 years in total. The CPS reserve the right to change the contract length before final contract signing with the winning bidder.

This Contract will be between the successful Supplier and the Authority.

The Contract is for the provision of a Multimedia Transfer and storage system PR 2023 004 is for being conducted under the CCS Mid-Tier Contract terms which will govern any resultant Contract.

The Authority is managing this Procurement in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.

The Authority is using an e-Sourcing Suite (Bravo) to manage this Procurement and all communication to prospective bidders will be via this portal. Bidders will need to register directly with the portal via the link below in order to access this tender.

https://cps.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html.

Please use the Green button to register.

There will be no acceptations to this, unless there are unforeseen technical difficulties, when further instructions will be issued. In the case of registration difficulties, contact with the CPS Commercial Software team can be made at commercialsoftware@cps.gov.uk

Once registered for the system, the opportunity can be accessed at; https://cps.bravosolution.co.uk/go/90004315018AFCBA9DFF

No hard copy documents will be issued and all communications with the Authority (including the submission of Tenders) will be conducted directly through the portal. Potential Providers must ensure that the details of the point of contact nominated on the portal are always accurate as the Authority will not be under any obligation to contact anyone other than the nominated person.

About the buyer

Contact name

Simon Whitehead

Address

102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9EA
England

Email

commercialsoftware@cps.gov.uk