Provision of Digital Delivery Partner for the Central Digital Platform

Description

Summary of work The Government Commercial and Grants Digital Team are looking to procure a supplier to support the delivery of digital outcomes for the Central Digital Platform via the design and development of digital and data products and services. See the attached statement of requirement for details Where the supplied staff will work No specific location (for example they can work remotely) Why the work is being done To meet legislative compliance with the Procurement Act 2023 The business problem To appoint a Delivery Partner to support Cabinet Office with digital requirements for CDP under the act The people who will use the product or service User type: Public Sector User Definition: As a Public sector Contracting Authority and suppliers engaged in a public sector procurement process, enabling them to achieve legal compliance with the procurement act Any pre-market engagement done A market engagement event was held on 23 September 2024. The presentation and question and answer log are provided. Work done so far There are enhancements to the existing Find a Tender service and there will be a requirement to build upon the MVP of the sign in registration and supplier information service which will go live 24/02/25 as the new regime comes into force. Which phase the project is in Alpha Existing team The supplier will be expected to work alongside Civil Servant teams and other supplier teams across the life of the contract. Address where the work will be done 1 Horse Guards Road Westminster London SW1A 2HQ Working arrangements The supplier will work to traditional full time working hours unless agreed otherwise. There is a hybrid working model in place and some office attendance will be required. The supplier will be responsible for own travel expenses to an agreed location. Additional expenses or travel outside of this will be pre-agreed. Suppliers will work on own IT equipment, there is not an expectation to provide Cabinet Office IT. All travel expenses will be in line with the Cabinet Office Travel & Subsistence Policy. Security and vetting requirements Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Security and vetting requirements Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) Security and vetting requirements Security Check (SC) More information about the Security requirements: All must have BPSS as a minimum. The supplier will need to have CTC, SC resources available to them for some specific projects and be able to deploy them rapidly. Latest start date 15 January 2025 Expected contract length Contract length: 2 years 0 months 0 days Optional extension: 1 years 0 months 0 days Special terms and conditions special term or condition: Suppliers will be required to agree the CO Security Schedule found in Annex 1 to the Statement of Requirements. Budget Indicative maximum: £17500000 Indicative minimum: The contract value is not specified by the buyer Further information: The initial two year term will be up to £10.5m with an optional 12 month extension period of up to £7m. There is no commitment to spend under this contract. Contracted out service or supply of resource? Contracted out service: the off-payroll rules do not apply