Services - 397487-2020

24/08/2020    S163

United Kingdom-Birmingham: Information technology services

2020/S 163-397487

Prior information notice

This notice is for prior information only

Services

Legal Basis:
Directive 2014/24/EU

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)Name and addresses
Official name: Highways England
Postal address: 199 Wharfside Street
Town: Birmingham
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
Postal code: B1 1RN
Country: United Kingdom
E-mail: RoadsideTechnologyTeam@highwaysengland.co.uk
Telephone: +44 1
Internet address(es):
Main address: https://highwaysengland.co.uk
I.3)Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4)Type of the contracting authority
National or federal agency/office
I.5)Main activity
General public services

Section II: Object

II.1)Scope of the procurement
II.1.1)Title:

Highways England Information Technology Commercial Framework

II.1.2)Main CPV code
72222300 Information technology services
II.1.3)Type of contract
Services
II.1.4)Short description:

The purpose of this PIN is to inform the market of Highways England's plans to launch a technology framework that will be called the information technology commercial framework (ITCF). Launched alongside the operational technology commercial framework (OTCF), the ITCF and OTCF will be vehicles to support the delivery of Highways England’s RIS2 technology pipeline and to meet the strategic aims of Highways England. Please note, this PIN relates specifically to the ITCF.

A supplier engagement webinar to explain Highways England's Procurement of IT is scheduled for Monday 28 September 2020.

Highways England are committed to engaging with new members of the supply chain and encourage participation for all suppliers including SME’s. For further details on how to register your interest in attending the webinar or to ask any questions ahead of the webinar, please see section VI.3) Additional information.

II.1.5)Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 1 000 000 000.00 GBP
II.1.6)Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: yes
II.2)Description
II.2.1)Title:
Lot No: 4
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
48000000 Software package and information systems
48620000 Operating systems
50312000 Maintenance and repair of computer equipment
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72267100 Maintenance of information technology software
72590000 Computer-related professional services
II.2.3)Place of performance
NUTS code: UK UNITED KINGDOM
II.2.4)Description of the procurement:

The purpose of the ITCF is to deliver a broad spectrum of Highways England's IT requirements

The ITCF will be the principal vehicle for Highways England's IT procurement with a duration of at least 4 years, with options to extend a further 2 years on a 1 + 1 basis.

Lot 1 (Services and Solutions) will provide access to suppliers who:

• deliver technology and/or business change programmes and project to HE’s businesses, aligned to the IT lines of service;

• realise the end-to-end solutions for the delivery of the above;

• realise any specific component/phase of a programme (including plan, design, build, implement) as well as ongoing support service;

• are capable of design, installation, build and commission, support and maintenance of both their own and others’ products and service solutions.

Lot 2 (Technical Specialist Services) will provide access to suppliers who can:

• provide Highways England with specialist technical capabilities, services and skills;

• supplement Highways England client-side capabilities;

• support effective delivery of technology enabled projects, services and business outcomes.

Lot 3 (Professional Services) will provide access to suppliers who:

• provide and supplement Highways England with multi-disciplinary technological professional services specialists, capabilities and skills to deliver business outcomes;

• provide guidance and assurance to complex business and technical problems;

• can develop Highways England technological capabilities and identify and implement performance improvements;

• provide business engagement and delivery expertise to deliver technology projects and embed business change.

Lot 4 (IT Products and Managed Services) will provide access to suppliers who:

• supply IT products, including ongoing hardware or software support arrangements;

• deliver commodity IT managed services which cut across all lines of service;

• deliver commodity IT infrastructure and platform services which cut across all lines of service.

The ITCF will be a multi-supplier framework, comprising lots from which call-off contracts will be placed.

Please note that the above information is indicative only and could be subject to change prior to publication of the contract notice.

The contract notice is programmed for release in December 2020 with award between June 2021 and August 2021.

II.2.14)Additional information
II.3)Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
11/12/2020

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Description
IV.1.8)Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: yes

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3)Additional information:

All procurement documents will be issued with the contract notice. All procurement documents relating to ITCF will be available to download free of charge from the resourcing portal BravoSolutions (https://highways.bravosolution.co.uk). You will be required to create an account.

To find out further information about this procurement and to register your interest in the supplier engagement event taking place on Monday 28 September 2020, please visit our event homepage: https://registration.livegroup.co.uk/ITCFandOTCF

VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice:
19/08/2020