Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
The Capital Building, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: dalasmailbox@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: Public Procurement
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS)
Reference number: RM6335
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Crown Commercial Service (CCS), working with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), has procured a new Framework Agreement for IT Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS).
The DALAS framework will provide a strategic gateway to support the delivery of future application services and move HMRC toward an application services support model that is less dependent upon legacy technologies.
The framework will provide a commercial vehicle to replace existing contractual arrangements that are due to expire between September 2023 and January 2025, and will provide the basis for letting a large proportion of HMRC future application services requirements.
The framework will also be available to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations.
Phase 1 has been delivered which includes Lots 2a, 2b, 3 and 5.
Further information is provided at section VI.3 Additional Information.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
3 200 000 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 2a
II.2.1) Title
Digital, Integration and Programme Development Services(Large Scale)
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key Services:
• User-centred design
• Integration of software lifecycle from apps dev through release and IT Ops
• Process, workflow, forms and application development, deployment and live
support
using automated tooling to support rapid release of stable products and
microservices,
through discovery, alpha and beta phases, built on Dev/Sec/Ops principles by
design.
• Dev-Ops engineering and platform development
• Rapid forms creation and deployment
• Application hyper and enduring care in Dev/Sec/Ops contexts
• Multi-supplier strat-hacks and hackathons
• Minimum costed supplier workshare commitment to encourage investment
and innovation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Price
/ Weighting:
25
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 2b
II.2.1) Title
Digital, Integration and Programme Development Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key Services:
• User-centred design
• Integration of software lifecycle from apps dev through release and IT Ops
• Process, workflow, forms and application development, deployment and live
support
using automated tooling to support rapid release of stable products and
microservices,
through discovery, alpha and beta phases, built on Dev/Sec/Ops principles by
design.
• Dev-Ops engineering and platform development
• Rapid forms creation and deployment
• Application hyper and enduring care in Dev/Sec/Ops contexts
• Multi-supplier strat-hacks and hackathons
• Minimum costed supplier workshare commitment to encourage investment
and
innovation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Price
/ Weighting:
25
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Digital, Application and Integration Run Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key Services:
• Managing, augmenting and supporting:
o new or existing custom applications or BDApps
o new or existing enterprise applications
o packaged software applications
• New or existing middleware, including APIs, API platforms and ESBs
• ESCROW services where required
• Network-delivered applications
• Data, database and middleware management and integration practices,
techniques
and tooling for achieving consistent access and smart use-case-based
recovery to
structured and unstructured data across federated technology stacks
• Maintenance of infrastructure as code, PaaS and SaaS run and integration
via
technology or service stacks
• Infrastructure as Code
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Price
/ Weighting:
25
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Capability Pipeline Services
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72000000
80000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key Services:
• Dev-Ops academy
• Scala academy
• Pega academy
• MS Dynamics and Power Platform
academy
• SAP academy
• Service Now academy
• Kong academy
• TOGAF architecture academy
• NICE academy
• Rapid upskilling of existing staff
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Quality
/ Weighting: 75
Price
/ Weighting:
25
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
No
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2022/S 000-028003
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
02/08/2023
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 23
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 4
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 23
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
See Contracts Finder Notice for full supplier list
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: supplier@crowncommercial.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/ccs
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot:
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 3 200 000 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
This Contract Award Notice replaces the previous CAN issued on the 22/09/2023 https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/027990-2023.
The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement.
As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/d1126546-3abe-4e38-a144-19da4a25ed63
1) Redacted Commercial Agreement
2) List of Successful Suppliers
3) Approved Customer list
4) Transparency Agenda
On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications
Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement.
CCS reserved the right to award a framework to any bidder whose final score was within 1% of the last position. For Lot 2a 6 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the number of 5, for Lot 2b 11 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the number of 8, For Lot 3 6 suppliers were awarded a place as opposed to the number of 5, as was originally stated in the Contract Notice that was published on 05/10/2022.
Please note: Lots 3 and 5 had a contract start date of 27/07/2023, and Lots 2a and 2b had a contract start date of 02/08/2023. All lots have a contract expiry date of 26/07/2027.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
9th Floor, The Capital, Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9PP
UK
Telephone: +44 3454102222
E-mail: dalasmailbox@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/04/2024