Published date: 14 June 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: 14 July 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£280,000 to £560,000

Procurement reference

tender_365124/1224473

Published date

14 June 2023

Closing date

14 July 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

1 November 2023

Contract end date

31 October 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

Department for Business and Trade (DBT) (previously known as Department for International Trade) has a requirement for the delivery of Bill of Lading data for: exports from the UK where a container leaves from a UK port and imports to the UK where the container lands at a UK port or the container lands at a foreign port but with a final destination of the UK. The requirement is for access to the Tenderer's data service (e.g., via an intermediary cloud platform, APIs, and/or bulk downloads).

The requirement and subsequent contract shall be for an initial period of 12 months from November 2023 with the option to extend for an additional 12 months.

A maximum budget of £280,000 (including VAT) for each of the 12-month periods has been allocated with a total contract value of £560,000 (including VAT).

The start date for this requirement is expected to be 1st November 2023, with a 1-month implementation period from this date.

This Procurement is being carried out in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 under the open procedure (PCR Regulation 27). Tenderers can submit a Tender as a single legal entity, with other legal entities (to form a consortium) or with named sub-contractors.

The data will be shared with the department's Partner Organisations, including the Department for Transport and the Office for National Statistics. The data will also be shared with the Global Supply Chains Intelligence Programme, a DBT led project. The successful Tenderer must agree to allow the UK Government to publish anonymous and non-disclosive findings that includes the data, in regular or ad hoc statistics and research . This will enable the UK Government to show how it uses this data to support its policy and decision making and to inform the general public.

Interested Suppliers should register and access the procurement documentation on our e-tendering portal, Jaggaer, via the link on this notice. Please see the link here: https://uktrade.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

The clarification period ends on 17.00 BST 23/06/2023. You must submit your tender to arrive no later than 17.00 BST 14/07/2023.

About the buyer

Address

Old Admiralty Building
London
SW1A 2AY
England

Email

commercialddat@trade.gov.uk