Published date: 11 October 2018

Last edited date: 11 October 2018

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Opportunity (published 11 October 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Software package and information systems - 48000000

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

Location of contract

London

Value of contract

£0 to £40,000

Procurement reference

UK SBS IT18138- NC3Rs self assessment tool.

Published date

11 October 2018

Closing date

12 October 2018

Contract start date

26 November 2018

Contract end date

23 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (below threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements below the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

*** This tender requirement was abandoned prior to a Contract award decision. ***

The final date and time for the submission of bids is 12/10/2018 at 11:00.

DO NOT apply directly to the buyer.

All tender information MUST be submitted through the CCS eSourcing Portal.

Brief Description of Requirement

The NC3Rs is seeking to appoint a supplier to develop two online self-assessment tools. The supplier will need to suggest dynamic solutions and engage with the NC3Rs at each stage in order to generate products that meet the requirements laid out in this document.

Once the tools have been developed, the supplier will need to provide training to NC3Rs staff members to ensure that they can make minor changes to the tools and maintain them on a day-to-day basis.

During the tool development and training stages, a representative of the supplier must be available to attend meetings this will be dependent on how quickly the project progresses and the suppliers need to seek input from NC3Rs, the meetings will take place at the NC3Rs office in London.

User testing should be incorporated into the development of the tool.

In the longer term, the supplier will need to provide on-going support, including changing the content of the tool itself (as instructed by the NC3Rs), troubleshooting issues reported by the NC3Rs and users, and also ensuring that the technology and software evolves in order to remain contemporary.

There is also a requirement for hosting of the tools on secure servers.

How to Apply

As part of the strategic alliance between UK Shared Business Services Ltd (UK SBS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS), UK SBS will be using the CCS eSourcing Suite for this procurement.

To register on the CCS eSourcing portal please follow the details contained within the Additional Information section of this notice.

If you are already registered on the CCS eSourcing portal and wish to register your interest in this opportunity please email; 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 registered Bidder;
• the name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Please disregard any content in this notice that requests your organisation "to apply directly to the buyer" as this unfortunately a system generated error, that is outside of the Contracting Authorities control.

More information

Attachments

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DO NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO BUYER

All submissions will be assessed in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, for procurement values that exceed Regulation 5 (Threshold amounts)

Responses must be received by the date in the tender documentation; responses received outside of the deadline or not sent via the eSourcing portal will not be accepted or considered further for this opportunity.

How to Register on the CCS eSourcing Suite

If you have not yet registered on the eSourcing Suite, this can be done online at https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk by following 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.

Once you have registered on the eSourcing 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:
• name and reference for the procurement you wish to register for;
• name of the registered Bidder;
• name and contact details for the registered individual sending the email.

Crown Commercial Service will process the email and then enable the Bidder 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. The Sourcing documents can then be accessed on the eSourcing Suite at: https://gpsesourcing.cabinetoffice.gov.uk using the instructions detailed in the Specification documents within Contracts Finder.

As a user of the e-Sourcing Suite you will have access to Emptoris 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 Crown Commercial Service Helpdesk: Telephone: 0345 010 3503

Training documents to support Bidders to utilise Emptoris CCS eSourcing are available in the Contracts Finder Tender documents section.

About UK Shared Business Services

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Where UK SBS is not named as the Contracting Authority within the documentation, UK SBS will be acting as an agent on behalf of the Contracting Authority.

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About the buyer

Contact name

UK SBS ICT procurement

Address

Polaris House
SWINDON
SN21FF
England

Telephone

01793867000

Email

ictprocurement@uksbs.co.uk