Published date: 24 May 2023

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 31 March 2023, 5pm

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£2,040,000

Procurement reference

CW86937

Published date

24 May 2023

Closing date

31 March 2023

Closing time

5pm

Contract start date

24 April 2023

Contract end date

23 April 2024

Contract type

Works

Procedure type

Call-off from a framework agreement

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established framework agreement.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

DPS will provide the support offerings that enable HMRC to become a data-driven and insight-led organisation, drive data innovation and drive adoption of emerging technologies like AI and ML.
The Products and Tools aligned to the Reporting & Dashboarding have been grouped by function and technology type. Based upon this criteria, the following groups are Strategic Data Visualisation, Software Development and Collaboration and Strategic Reporting. Each of these procurements is presented under a separate CCR. The approach also provides the potential for multiple Suppliers to be engaged under each procurement, bringing their own expertise and providing HMRC with alternative views and innovative solutions.

Calling off from the RM6195 framework, Big Data and Analytics, Design, build, test and run products for Reporting & Dashboarding including:
•Operating existing reporting and dashboarding products and newly built solutions
•Administration, configuration, upgrade, management of reporting platforms and services
•Service and product monitoring and alerting
•Resolution of incidents and problems
•Operations and capacity/performance management
•Design, delivery and change management of new reporting and dashboarding solutions using approved 3rd party tools including cloud native products
•Building new semantic layers, including cubes and universes, developing bespoke reporting solutions
•Continuous Service Improvement
•Provide data presentation and visualisation subject matter expertise
•Delivering services utilising approved and roadmap technologies and environments
These services are grouped under Software Development and Collaboration with a focus upon the following products:-

- Jira - Project management and work item tracking software
- Confluence - Collaboration tool for sharing content
The supplier will be required to co-locate with the existing platform teams, mixed teams comprising both internal staff and other contractors, 5 days per week. Travel will be required to other HMRC Delivery Centres.

More information

Attachments

Award information

Awarded date

31 March 2023

Contract start date

24 April 2023

Contract end date

23 April 2024

Total value of contract

£2,040,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Equal Experts UK Limited

Address

Verulam Point,
Station Way,
St Albans,
Hertfordshire,
UK,
AL1 5HE

Reference

Companies House number: 06191086

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Zeeshan Ahmed

Address

100 PARLIAMENT STREET
LONDON
SS991AA
England

Telephone

+44 300 053 5356

Email

Zeeshan.ahmed2@hmrc.gov.uk