Published date: 25 October 2024

Open future opportunity - This means that the buyer is not yet ready to invite bid applications but early notification has been provided and some dialogue may be possible.


Approach to market date: 27 January 2025

Contract summary

Industry

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

  • Data services - 72300000

Location of contract

SW1P 4DF

Value of contract

£350,000,000

Procurement reference

tender_430048/1418711

Published date

25 October 2024

Approach to market date

27 January 2025

Contract start date

11 August 2025

Contract end date

10 August 2029

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Future Opportunity Description: The Home Office's Data Services & Analytics (DSA) Unit intends to put in place two (2) new contracts, with Prime Delivery Partners and supporting supply chains that will include SMEs for the provision of Data and Analytics Services.

DSA delivers critical matching, analytic, reporting and insight services across all areas of the Home Office and beyond. DSA currently has several major contracts providing a significant proportion of these services all of whose initial term will end at the end of calendar year 2024 and into 2025. It is anticipated that the extension options available under the contracts will be utilised to allow a gradual transition during 2025/26.

With the major focus on Data and Analytics as described under the SFIA view, underpinned by the Data related roles described under the latest Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, the contracts are planned to provide data related professions on a resource augmentation basis as well as Data and Analytics outcome based pieces of work. Whilst the majority of roles under the latter will be data and analytics related, in order to deliver outcomes, there will be provision for non-data roles (e.g. delivery, architecture, user centred design, etc.).

The requirement will cover two Lots as detailed:

Lot A - Data Led Multifunctional Teams: Multi-functional integrated teams commissioned to support the transformative implementation of DSA's emerging data strategy. This includes the ability to increasingly standardise and integrate current bespoke functionality from related programmes into DSA's core offerings. Lot A is expected to have a non-committed capped value of c. £200m over the maximum term.

Lot B - Data Professions: Teams and/or specialist individuals within the data and data related DDaT Professions. If non-data professions are required to create a team, these to be sourced as civil servants, via interim frameworks and/or other HO DDaT Central Profession based contracts. Lot B is expected to have a non-committed capped value of c. £150m over the maximum term.

*Suppliers may bid for one, or more Lots but can only be awarded one of the resulting contracts.

An early market engagement exercise was conducted in July 2024, details of which can be requested at https://www.techuk.org

Summary details:

Route to Market: Crown Commercial Services framework for Digital Specialists and
Programmes (DSP) - RM6263 Framework - Lot 1 - Digital Programmes.

Lots: Two (2)

Indicative Total Value of Contract: Up to a maximum of £350,000,000 (see Lots) over the maximum five (5) year term.

Framework Supplier Engagement: July 2024 (conducted via Tech UK - details available)

Draft ITT issued: December 2024

Target Further Competition Date: January 2025

Term: 4 (+1 year Optional extension)

Target Contract Commencement Date: August 2025

Target Contract End Date: August 2029, plus, the option to extend for a further period of up to twelve months

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

PRJ_8500 - DSA - Data and Analytics Services Contract

  • Early engagement
  • Published 21 June 2024

Links

How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Jones

Address

2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
England

Email

Chris.Jones@homeoffice.gov.uk