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Summary

OCID:
Published by:: National Savings and Investments
Authority ID:: AA46928
Publication date:: 11 February 2022
Deadline date:: 14 March 2022
Notice type:: Contract Notice
Has documents:: No
Has SPD:: No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:: N/A

Abstract

National Savings and Investments (NS&I) is an Executive Agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. It is one of the UK's largest retail savings organisations with 25 million customers, more than £202 billion funds under management, best known for Premium Bonds but also offering a range of savings products. NS&I raises financing for Government, by offering secure retail financial savings products, as an alternative to raising funds on the wholesale market.

NS&I's core services are currently provided by Atos IT Services UK Limited, which manages sales processing and customer servicing, and IT and infrastructure services. This contract will end on 31st March 2024. NS&I has started a significant transformation of its outsourced services, called the Rainbow Programme.

The second procurement in NS&I’s Rainbow Programme, the Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package, will provide capabilities in digital self-service experiences and journeys for NS&I’s customers and enable Assisted Digital support. This includes as a minimum the delivery of a mobile banking app (to include prize draw functionality) and a fully functional transactional website.

The new service will create journeys and experiences designed to support customers achieve their Jobs to be Done, reduce customer effort and improve customer experience.

NS&I has transitioned from branch-based banking to our current state as a direct-only business with digital, post and phone channels. This package is intended to bring us to the endpoint of that trajectory, transitioning to a digital first, self-service retail bank, with Assisted Digital support for customers unable to self-serve. That endpoint will meet customer expectations for effective, digital self-service, and deliver cost-effective operational excellence.

NS&I provides services to other government departments via B2B offer, called Government Payment Services (GPS). NS&I GPS offers modern, secure and competitive banking and payments services to all government departments, agencies and public sector organisations. Current B2B services include Help to Buy, Help to Save, 30 Hours of Childcare, Tax Free Childcare and Court Funds Office. There is potential for B2B services to expand during the contract lifetime that could result in growth of the outsourced services NS&I may be required to support the delivery of.

This procurement is intended to allow for future delivery of digital experience services to support NS&I GPS activities.

The total estimated value in section II.2.6 is £172m. Of this, £111.5m is in relation to the initial term for the retail opportunity, and £32.5m in respect of a possible two (2) year discretionary extension. This £32.5m is subject to further spend control approval.

The remaining £28m is the estimated value for supporting B2B services for both the initial term and any discretionary extension period. B2B and any extensions will be subject to further Cabinet Office spend control approval.

Full notice text

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1) Name and addresses

National Savings and Investments

London

SW1V 2QX

Contact person: Civam Perampalam

E-mail: civam.perampalam@rainbow.nsandi.com

NUTS: UK

Internet address(es)

Main address: https://rainbow.nsandi.com

I.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:

https://app.panacea-software.com/nsandi/Login.aspx

Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:

https://app.panacea-software.com/nsandi/Login.aspx

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

Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Digital Experience and Digital Enablement

Reference number: NS&I-21-CPN-02

II.1.2) Main CPV code

72600000

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

The Digital Experience and Digital Enablement package is the second procurement package in NS&I’s Rainbow programme, and provides the capabilities needed to deliver digital self-service experiences and journeys to NS&I’s retail banking customers, and to enable Assisted Digital support. It will deliver these services to mobile app, website and voice assistant channels.

II.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 172 000 000.00 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:

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

The new service will create journeys and experiences designed to support customers achieve their Jobs to be Done, reduce customer effort and improve customer experience.

This procurement is intended to allow for future delivery of digital experience services to support NS&I GPS activities.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

II.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 172 000 000.00 GBP

II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months: 56

This contract is subject to renewal: Yes

Description of renewals:

Subject to a discretionary extension of up to two (2) years, subject to Cabinet Office spend control approval.

II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 5

II.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

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

II.2.14) Additional information

The Authority reserves the right not to award the opportunity or to award only part (or a different arrangement) of the opportunity described in this contract notice.

The Proposed Contract will be procured using the competitive procedure with negotiation

(CPN) as set out in Regulation 29 of the PCR 2015 which provides a structure for this

competitive tendering exercise.

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1) Conditions for participation

III.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

III.2) Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date: 14/03/2022

Local time: 16:00

IV.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

Date: 01/04/2022

IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

VI.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

VI.3) Additional information

Bidders should note that the procurement documents (including the Invitation to Negotiate) are draft documents at this stage, providing indicative information of the Authority's intended approach in the procurement process and are for general information only. The Authority reserves the right to vary, amend and update any aspects of the procurement documents and final details and versions of the procurement documents will be confirmed to applicants successful in being selected to participate in the relevant tender stages of the procurement procedure.

Requests to participate must be by way of completion and return of the Standard Selection Questionnaire (in accordance with the requirements set out in the Standard Selection Questionnaire) by the date and time specified in Instructions to Candidates and Bidders . The Authority reserves the right not to accept requests to participate that are received after the deadline. Candidates are encouraged to submit their submissions well in advance of the stated date and time in order to avoid issues such as technical difficulties with the electronic system that may be due to the high volumes of traffic attempting to submit applications on the same date at the same time.

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales