Contract notice
Directive 2014/24/EU - Public Sector Directive
Directive 2014/24/EU
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
HMRC
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
UK
Telephone: +44 788320722
E-mail: james.power1@hmrc.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.gov.uk
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
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: Direct and Indirect Taxation
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
Trader Support Service
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79400000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The UK government is committed to providing support for businesses engaged in new processes required under the Northern Ireland Protocol. To meet this commitment and to manage external readiness challenges, HMRC is procuring a Northern Ireland Trader Support Service.
The service would provide a route for traders and carriers to comply with changes set out in the command paper on the movement of goods under the Northern Ireland Protocol from 1 January 2021.
The trader support service will be a free at the point of use service available to all traders moving goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and importing goods into Northern Ireland from the Rest of the World for at least 2 years (when the service and its future will be reviewed).
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: 200 000 000.00 GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
79400000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
On 20 May, HMG published a command paper setting out how the Northern Ireland Protocol will be implemented within the UK.
This paper set out that application of the protocol will involve some changes for Northern Ireland goods movements at the end of the transition period..
The UK Government is clear in its commitment to give businesses the information and support needed to get ready for these changes at the end of the transition period. As part of this, HMRC is prepared to provide extensive support for businesses and plans to procure a Northern Ireland Trader Support Service.
The service should be operational from September and it will be able to help all traders, regardless of size and at no cost, to move their goods between Great Britain and Northern Ireland and to import goods into Northern Ireland from the Rest of the World in compliance with the NI protocol.
As part of the procurement we are looking for the following core services:
Trader education — the service should:
Educate businesses on what the protocol means for them and the steps they need to take to comply with them (including getting an Economic Operators Registration and Identification (EORI) number).
Support businesses developing processes to accurately provide the trader support service with all the information it needs to submit declarations on their behalf (including information on the ‘risk’ status of the goods).
Advise businesses on the additional documents/licences that they will need (for example, a permit is needed to import endangered species (CITES) goods).
Complete processes — the service should:
— submit relevant declarations into CDS (and hold the necessary authorisations required for simplified declarations);
— submit relevant safety and security declarations into HMRC’s Import Control System (ICS).
The intention is that the TSS will have its own guarantee, duty deferment account (DDA) and authorisations and will represent most traders indirectly, which will remove these requirements from many businesses.
In order to be fully operational the trader support service will need to work with HMRC to secure CDS software packages and ensure community service providers (CSPs) readiness as any third party will only be able to complete declarations once they have a CDS-ready software package available to them and CSPs are critical actors at some NI entry points.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Proposed operating model
/ Weighting: 25
Quality criterion: Core requirements
/ Weighting: 30
Quality criterion: Mobilisation of service
/ Weighting: 20
Quality criterion: Exit
/ Weighting: 5
Cost criterion: Price
/ Weighting: 20
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: 200 000 000.00 GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 24
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
Possible 1 + 1 years extensions.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
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
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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:
29/08/2020
Local time: 17:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
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)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
31/08/2020
Local time: 17:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.3) Additional information
The deadline for submission of requests to participate in the tender exercise will be 29 August 2020, that being
30 days following the publication of this contract notice. The authority intends to use the open procedure. Economic operators wishing to review the documentation and submit a request to participate will need to obtain access to the HMRC eSourcing tool, SAP Ariba as follows:
HMRC uses an HMRC instance of SAP Ariba Sourcing Pro (thereafter referred to as HMRC's SAP Ariba) and
this must be used to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity. (Further information about HMRC's SAP Ariba is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm).
Economic operators who have used HMRC's SAP Ariba previously will be registered as part of the HMRC Ariba Supplier Network and you should access the system to obtain your account ID number. Contact details on the system should be checked and, where necessary, additional users added to help avoid multiple registrations for the same organisation. Previously registered users having difficulty recovering their account ID number or identifying users within their organisation should email for assistance sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Economic operators using HMRC's SAP Ariba for the first time, including suppliers who are already registered
on the wider SAP Ariba supplier network, will need to register at http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full. (You must ensure that you are directed to the registration page for HMRC's SAP Ariba, identified with the HMRC logo at the top of the page, and to do this you may need to cut and paste the web address directly into your web browser). You will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process, you will receive a further email confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box), notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
When you have obtained 'your account ID' number, please email Thomas.atkins1@hmrc.gov.uk with the
following information as confirmation that you wish to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity.
The contract reference: MFA SR
Your HMRC SAP Ariba account ID: AN
Your organisation's name:
Your name:
Your email address:
Your telephone number:
Economic operators who have complied with the foregoing will receive an e-mail confirming access to the online
questionnaires. If access is not provided within one working day, please contact e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk, notifying non-receipt and confirming when your request for access to the online questionnaires was first made.
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VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
HMRC
100 Parliament Street
London
SW1A 2BQ
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
28/07/2020