CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

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Authority Name and Address

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Address from which documentation may be obtained

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Completed documents must be returned to:

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Invitation to Tender: CDPS Data AI, Cyber and Cloud Technology

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Description of the goods or services required

You are invited to tender for CDPS Digital Skills and Capability in competition in accordance with the attached document (CDPS Data AI, Cyber and Cloud Technology ITT). Our requirement is for a delivery partner who understands our needs and can co-create, and deliver training modules as part of our learning programme in alpha, to help us build skills and capability for leaders, and transform cultural ways of working across the organisations that deliver public services in Wales. These include central government, health, local authorities, the third sector and everyone in between.

The requirement and subsequent awarded contract shall be for an initial period of 6 months with the option to extend.

This Procurement is being carried out in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015 under the open procedure. Tenderers can submit a bid as a single legal entity, with other legal entities (to form a consortium) or with named sub-contractors.

The anticipated date for the contract award decision is 19/11/2021. Please note that this is an indicative date and may change.

Why the work is being done

The Digital Strategy for Wales set out a national vision for jointly adopting a digital approach across Wales. Part of the remit of CDPS is to support the building of digital transformation skills and capability for public sector leaders and teams. This requires changing culture, establishing new ways of working and building capability in user centred-design and agile principles.

Problem to be solved

To achieve this, we need public service leaders to guide and champion user-centred and agile ways of working and the cultural changes needed to implement the Digital Strategy.

The Welsh public sector has limited experience of Data and AI, Cyber Security, Cloud technology and user-centred and agile ways of working. The lack of these skills is a barrier to progressing digital transformation and growing the Welsh economy.

Who the users are and what they need to do?

As a senior leader (C-Suite), I need to understand the key concepts of data & AI, and how it can be leveraged, so that I’m better equipped to make strategic decisions that help realise the benefits of the technology for my organisation.

As a senior leader (C-Suite), I need to understand the key aspects of cybersecurity, so that I’m better equipped to make strategic decision to help secure my organisation

As a senior leader (C-Suite), I need to understand the key concepts and benefits of cloud computing, so that I’m better equipped to make strategic decisions that help realise the benefits of the technology for my organisation

Any work that’s been done already

The interim Head of Digital Skills and Capability has been working with a digital team (multi-disciplinary-teams) and a group of leaders from Health, Local Authorities and Welsh Government, to co-create high level training and support needs that cover a broad range of topics.

The successful supplier will continue to work with this group to understand the needs in more depth to ensure training, support and case studies are bespoke to Wales, delivered in the Welsh language and is relevant to different operational and policy contexts in which they work.

Existing team

We are building the Skills and Capability team which currently consists of:

Head of Skills and Capability (interim). A new permanent Head of Skills and Capability will start on 6 September 2021.

One Product Manager

We are currently hiring a Delivery Manager and a User Researcher. The User Researcher will work alongside the supplier to gather feedback on the training and support content to ensure needs are reflected throughout the alpha phase.

Current phase

Alpha

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=113396.

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Notice Coding and Classification

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Total quantity or scope of tender

The contract will go live November 2021. Alpha will run from November to March 2022, with the option of an extension up to the same value of the awarded contract. The authority reserves the right to enter into a beta phase with a preferred supplier if deemed appropriate.

The budget includes the co-creation and delivery of a training and support programme for an alpha, with an indicative budget against the requirements for this opportunity being:

A maximum budget of £50,000 (including VAT) for the initial period.

Budget range up to £50,000 (incl. VAT):

To include the co-creation and delivery, over a minimum of 2 iterations, of the following:

Training that provides senior leaders (C-Suite) with an understanding of the key concepts of data & AI, and how it can be leveraged. Approximately 12 delegate places.

Training that provides senior leaders (C-Suite) with an understanding of the key aspects of cybersecurity. Approximately 12 delegate places.

Training that provides senior leaders (C-Suite) with an understanding of the key concepts and benefits of cloud computing. Approximately 12 delegate places.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

Please read and complete Section 4 of the ITT.

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

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Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

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Time Limits

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Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

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Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:113396)

The buyer considers that this contract is suitable for consortia bidding.

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Additional Documentation

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Publication date of this notice