Directive 2004/18/EC
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s) I.2)Type of the contracting authorityMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.3)Main activityOther: Public Procurement
I.4)Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
Section II.B: Object of the contract (Supplies or services)
II.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
Digital Services 3.
II.2)Type of contract and place of delivery or of performanceService category No 7: Computer and related services
UK
NUTS code UK UNITED KINGDOM
II.3)Information on framework agreement
II.4)Short description of nature and quantity or value of supplies or services:
The Government Digital Service (GDS) and Crown Commercial Service (CCS) are reviewing and redesigning the 3rd iteration of the Digital Services Framework.
Digital Services 3 will provide a route to market for designing and delivering digital by default services (see:
www.gov.uk/service-manual/start/ ) through provision of suppliers' specialisms in order to fulfil project outcomes. Early user research has also identified a need for user research facilities and recruitment of participants for user research.
CCS and GDS will be undertaking market engagement activity as part of this procurement in order to build on existing insights gained through user research.
For further information regards our latest thinking please visit our blog at
https://digitalmarketplace.blog.gov.uk/. Our first blog post was entitled ‘Redesigning Digital Services’.
Estimated cost excluding VAT:
Range: between 40 000 000 and 80 000 000 GBP
Lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.5)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)72590000 Computer-related professional services
II.6)Scheduled date for start of award procedures
II.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes
II.8)Additional information:
The Contracting Authority intends to use an eTendering system/online tool in this procurement exercise.
Information about lots
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority: Lot title: TBC1)Short description:
2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)72590000 Computer-related professional services
5)Additional information about lots:
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1)Conditions relating to the contract
III.1.1)Main financing conditions and payment arrangements and/or reference to the relevant provisions governing them:
III.2)Conditions for participation
III.2.1)Information about reserved contracts
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about European Union fundsThe contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
VI.2)Additional information:
Market consultation is due to begin during August 2015.
Market consultation event registration
We will use Eventbrite as the registration platform for the market consultation events.
Using the Eventbrite platform for the registration will lower the barriers for suppliers. This will make the event as inclusive as possible, therefore allowing us to gather feedback from a wide range of suppliers.
The platform allows us to collect attendee contact data, streamline communications with attendees before and after the event, and also allows us to check attendees in on the door. This way we can communicate effectively with more targeted messages to those attending and after the event to those who did and didn't attend.
Set-up and promotion
Government Digital Service, Digital Marketplace have an Eventbrite profile set-up. An event page will be created against this profile detailing the consultation event date, location and agenda.
The link to the event will be shared on the Digital Marketplace blog, industry blogs, on twitter, on the CCS website and via an email sent out to our current supplier database.
The event registration page allows the attendee to share the event via Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter meaning we will reach a wider audience of suppliers that we may not be able to reach through our current channels
Supplier registration process
1. suppliers will receive a link to the Eventbrite page to register for the market engagement event;
2. suppliers register by submitting their full name, company name and email address;
3. registered suppliers will receive any updates, notifications or reminders via the Eventbrite platform.
Attendees can submit any questions they might have directly to us via the button ‘contact the Digital Marketplace team’ on the event registration page. All communication between us and attendees will be recorded centrally.
VI.3)Information on general regulatory framework VI.4)Date of dispatch of this notice:17.7.2015
