Prior information notice
This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
UK
Contact person: Karen Roberts
Telephone: +44 3000257095
E-mail: CommercialProcurement.DigitalDataICT@gov.wales
NUTS: UKL
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://gov.wales/public-sector-procurement
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Welsh Public Sector Procurement Centre of Excellence - Alpha/Beta
Reference number: C466/2021/2022
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79418000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
A report ‘Procuring well-being in Wales’ was published by the Future Generations Commissioner (FGC) for Wales. One of the key recommendations from this report was to establish a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE).
The, then, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport also commissioned a procurement expert panel to produce a paper on the development of a Centre of Excellence for Procurement.
The Welsh Government have completed a Discovery exercise to review the recommendations into the establishment of a PCoE.
The aim of this procurement is to now appoint a supplier to deliver the Alpha stage of the project.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
2 240 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKL
Main site or place of performance:
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A report ‘Procuring well-being in Wales’ was published by the Future Generations Commissioner (FGC) for Wales. One of the key recommendations from this report was to establish a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE).
The, then, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport also commissioned a procurement expert panel to produce a paper on the development of a Centre of Excellence for Procurement.
We have been working with all of our Welsh public sector stakeholders to understand how best to take both recommendation forward. With comprehensive engagement from the stakeholder community that has also included suppliers and looking at what other countries are doing.
The discovery has made a series of recommendations which include establishing community led governance and running an Alpha phase/pilot to test the PCoE recommendation as a series of initial services in more detail.
The services to be tested are:
Service 1 - Create the community
Service 2 - Share Best Practice
Service 3 - Develop Insight
Service 4 - Support Training
The aim of this procurement is to appoint a supplier to deliver the Alpha stage of the project. Knowledge accrued during the Contract duration shall be transferred to the Client, to enable Client staff to develop knowledge and expertise, to facilitate the continuation of the project and future work.
Upon completion of Alpha the Welsh Government may be in a position to move into “Beta”, fully building the services in preparation for service “Live”.
II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:
05/05/2022
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
A supplier briefing event will be held on-line during late April, please register your interest. An update will be posted with meeting details in due course.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at http://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=119734.
(WA Ref:119734)
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
22/03/2022