Published date: 15 January 2020

Last edited date: 27 February 2020

Closed future opportunity - This means that a potential contract has passed its approach to market date. A buyer can choose to consider any supplier interest or convert this notice into an opportunity ready for live procurement.


Approach to market date: 27 March 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

  • Energy and related services - 71314000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£950,000

Procurement reference

RM6212

Published date

15 January 2020

Approach to market date

27 March 2020

Contract start date

12 May 2020

Contract end date

11 May 2025

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

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the Authority intends to put in place an agreement for the provision of an Energy Trading System to be utilised by CCS. The exact requirement has yet to be finalised, with drafts shared during the market engagement prior to the publication of any subsequent Contract notice.


More information

Spend profile

This table displays the spend profile of the notice
Financial year Budget
2020/2022 £950,000

Attachments

  • Prior Market Engagement.zip
  • Tender notice
  • Attached zip file contains documents shared during the Prior Market Engagement and summarizes the clarification questions and answers from the event. Please be advised that the specification document is likely to change and that the revised document will be published when the tender is instigated

Additional text

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) intend to instigate a procurement to secure a supplier who can provide a cloud based service for an Energy Trading System.

The service required by the CCS is one which can migrate

the current data, host the new system, bring improvement to the trading
activities, be secure, be resilient, meet regulatory requirements, provide
reporting and offer good value for money.
The requirement is an off-the-shelf ready to deploy software solution.
Please be advised of our intention to commence market
engagement with interested organisations.
Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement session on
18 February 2020 in London with organisations interested in potentially
bidding for the resulting contract.
The market engagement event is designed to engage with potential suppliers,
socialise the draft statement of requirements, give contextual information
and answer questions. The day has also been designed to allow suppliers to
have discussions after the main presentation to help validate the plan and
provide feedback on the draft documents.
If you are interested in attending this market engagement session please
express your interest by emailing david.sobczak@crowncommercial.gov.uk
no later than midday on 13 February 2020. Further details will be provided to
you.
Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact
details for the individual(s) who will participating in the market engagement
and if you are interested in having a 1 to 1 session following the main
event.

The agenda is as follows:
10.00 Registration and refreshments
10.30 Welcome, Introduction and Overview
10.45 Energy Trading System Requirement and business overview
11.30 Procurement overview

- Type of procurement
- CCS responsibilities
- Bidder responsibility
- Contract and length and expected value
- Timescales
- Potential issues

12.15 Q&A
12.30 Lunch
13.00 - 15.00 Individual supplier surgeries (optional)
15.00 Close


About the buyer

Contact name

The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service

Address

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

Telephone

+44 3450103503

Email

supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/ccs