Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
entity
I.1) Name and addresses
NS&I
London
SW1P 3BT
UK
Contact person: Jamie Thomas
E-mail: jamie.thomas@nsandi.com
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.nsandi-corporate.com
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.nsandi-corporate.com
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
Core Banking, Payment, Reporting and Business-to-Business Services
Reference number: 24-X-01
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66100000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
A new agreement for extended provision of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement originally established between NS&I and Atos dated 20 May 2013 (as amended and restated) until March 2028 (with a 12-month extension for continuity if required), to provide for the transformation of the Core Banking platform and associated technologies, and for the continued provision of the Government Payment Services (B2B) services, on an as-is basis, in accordance with the terms of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
474 380 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI32
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
A new agreement for extended provision of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement originally established between NS&I and Atos dated 20 May 2013 (as amended and restated) until March 2028 (with a 12-month extension for continuity if required), to provide for the transformation of the Core Banking platform and associated technologies, and for the continued provision of the Government Payment Services (B2B) services, on an as-is basis, in accordance with the terms of the Business Process Outsourcing Agreement.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
A discretionary 12-month extension option is available for continuity if required.
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition
Justification for selected award procedure:
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason: absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation
Competition is absent for technical reasons. As the incumbent service provider Atos and its key sub-contractor(s) are the providers of the existing NS&I Core Banking platforms, which rely on interdependent leveraged technology and resources. The process of dis-aggregating these at the same time as building and deploying a new Core Banking instance would be sufficiently complex that it can only be practicably carried out by Atos IT Services UK without very significant disruption to NS&I customers.
It is to be noted that the contract award is of relatively short duration, so that the services, once dis-aggregated and upgraded, can be taken back to market and re-procured. NS&I intends to publish a Planned Procurement Notice in due course, in this regard.
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23/12/2024
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Atos IT Services UK Ltd
London
UK
NUTS: UKI31
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:
: 474 380 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Rolls Building
London
EC4A 1NL
UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-courts-and-tribunals-services
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
24/01/2025