Published date: 6 May 2020

This notice was replaced on 16 November 2020

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Opportunity (published 16 November 2020)

Closed early engagement


Contract summary

Industry

  • Motor vehicles - 34100000

  • Training simulators - 34152000

  • Letting services of short-stay furnished accommodation - 55250000

    • Hire of passenger cars with driver - 60171000

    • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

    • Public security, law and order services - 75240000

    • Public security services - 75241000

    • Police services - 75241100

    • Fire-brigade and rescue services - 75250000

    • Project-management services other than for construction work - 79421000

    • Translation services - 79530000

    • Interpretation services - 79540000

    • Personnel-training services - 79632000

    • Investigation and security services - 79700000

    • Security services - 79710000

    • Facilities management services - 79993100

    • Education and training services - 80000000

    • Training services - 80500000

    • Specialist training services - 80510000

    • Staff training services - 80511000

    • Training programme services - 80521000

    • Management training services - 80532000

    • Environmental training services - 80540000

    • Safety training services - 80550000

    • Health and first-aid training services - 80560000

    • Training services in defence and security materials - 80600000

    • Training and simulation in security equipment - 80610000

    • Training and simulation in firearms and ammunition - 80620000

    • Accommodation services - 98341000

Location of contract

SW1 4DF

Procurement reference

tender_239866/854400

Published date

6 May 2020

Closing date

20 May 2020

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Home Office is seeking to engage with experienced organisations who can provide the following services internationally;

1) Strategic advice and specialist support;
2) Programme delivery support;
3) Training;
4) Interpretation and Translation;
5) FM, Logistics and Security

Services 1 - 3 above require expertise in the following thematic areas;

a) Policing and rule of law;
b) Fire and resilience;
c) Cyber security;
d) Borders, migration and asylum;
e) National risk and resilience

This notice is not a call for competition. The Home Office is conducting a market engagement exercise and invites interested parties to participate.

The International Capabilities Team (ICT) wishes to explore the market capabilities and appetite for the services listed in this notice, with the view to conduct a procurement(s) tailored to the market offerings and interest, and contract with one or more providers to deliver the future service needs. Participation in this market engagement exercise is voluntary. Non-participation will not preclude any party or organisation from taking part in any later competition which the Home Office may conduct.

The proposed structure of this Market Engagement exercise will be as follows;
- Initial engagement and questionnaire (from date of this notice until 20th May 2020)
- Dialogue (w/c 8th June 2020)
- Industry Day (w/c 29th June 2020)

The contracting department within the Home Office is the Office for Security and Countering Terrorism (OSCT) and the information we need to distribute, is sensitive. For this reason the Home Office will require a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) to be completed by interested parties, before further information can be released on the requirements. Should the information provided within this notice be of interest to your organisation, please follow these steps; 1) Email HOSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk and use the following title for the subject of your email 'ICT Services Market Engagement - C16455 - [insert your company name]'. 2) The Home Office will reply with the NDA in MS Word format. The NDA form will need to be completed, signed and returned. Important note. The NDA document is a non-negotiable document. 3) Upon return of a completed NDA, you will be invited to join the Home Office e-procurement portal (Jaggaer), where access to documentation and further instructions will await. If you have any queries relating to this notice, or have missed the closing dates for the engagement exercise but are still interested, please do not hesitate to contact the aforementioned contact details.

About the buyer

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1 4DF
England

Email

HOSProcurement@homeoffice.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office