Provision of Consultancy and Agency Services for Market Infrastructure and Payments

Description

The European Central Bank (the ‘ECB’) has awarded through this open procedure 62 framework agreements for the provision of consultancy and (optionally) temporary labour services on market infrastructure and payment systems matters in the following fields: project management, business, functional and/or technical-operational consultancy, market products and market development consultancy, testing and migrations services, operational risk management, information security and cyber resilience support, as well as, R&D/Innovation research and technological development services. The scope of the procurement is divided into eight lots (see section II.2) and is further detailed in the procurement documents. Lot 1: Business, Technical, and Operational Services Lot 1 includes activities related to providing technical expertise on analysing systemic risk in financial market infrastructures; on crisis exercise support; on financial modeling and analytical services including services pricing; on application development for TARGET services; on providing expertise on related the development and assessment of regulatory policy and supervisory frameworks as well as their operationalisation/compliance assessment support; consultancy on advanced/big data analytics as well as academic and other research services related to the TARGET services. It also includes activities covering academic research and quantitative analysis of transaction data (including methodological approaches and empirical analysis). The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 2: Testing and Migration Services Lot 2 includes activities related to testing and migration services for projects and maintenance releases: preparation of testing and migration and establishment of the related processes; processes and tools for release management testing; services for test and migration strategies; management and coordination related to testing and migration; test execution, reporting and test tooling services. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 3: Project Management Services Lot 3 includes activities related to the business and plan management; project and risk management; change and release management; project management concerning innovative products and/or infrastructure projects; demonstration/presentation of such; establishing and conducting monitoring frameworks; interacting with service providers as well as other internal and external stakeholders etc. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 4: Functional Services Lot 4 includes activities related to advice and support for functional services on payment, securities settlement as well and issuance and collateral management systems; for drafting functional solution papers or business/user requirements; for advising on functional/technical topics; for compiling, managing, analysing and providing advice on change requests and the change management processes; for the interaction with the service providers, as well as other internal and external stakeholders. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 5: Market Product and Market Development Services Lot 5 includes activities related to market product and market development such as analysing market trends and practices; assessment of available solutions in the field of payment, clearing and settlement services as well as in liquidity management; contributing to the works on securities settlement harmonisation; support and consultancy services related to procurement and acquisition procedures, legal and contract management and high level advice on specific projects. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 6: Operational Risk Management Support Services Lot 6 includes activities related to the operational risk management: support for running independent risk assessments for each of the TARGET services; creation and maintenance of risk/issue registers for services, applications and systems in operation; documenting related process descriptions and/or workflow charts; selection and implementation of risk management tools and methodologies; assessing TARGET services risk management maturity; providing support and advice for the development of risk management strategies and their implementation as well as the elaboration of work programmes. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 7: Information Security and Cyber Resilience Support Services Lot 7 includes activities related to assessment and review of information security and cyber resilience policies for TARGET services; assessment of change requests from an information security and cyber resilience perspective and the impact on threats and operational/cyber risks; assessment of the implementation and operation of information security and cyber resilience controls; organisation, planning and risk management for red team exercises e.g. according to TIBER-EU framework; etc. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly. Lot 8: R&D/Innovation Research/Technological Development Services Lot 8 includes activities covering innovation management and research and development in the field of market infrastructures and payments clearing and settlement. In addition, it covers experimentation with new technologies, tools and services; testing and integration of innovative solutions; and consulting on functional, technical and consumer requirements for the innovative product and/or service development. The total value of the procurement referred to in Section II.1.7) of this Contract Award Notice refers exclusively to the value of the contracts being awarded for the lot(s) referred to in this Contract Award Notice. In the event the ECB exercises the extension option referred to in Section II.2.11), the volume and value of the affected contract(s) will increase accordingly.