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II.1.1) Title
Technology Support Services Framework
II.1.2) Main CPV code
72000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The Bank of England is looking to conduct an open tender procedure in 2023 for a Technology Support Services Framework.
Many of the Bank's critical functions and processes rely upon the Technology infrastructure and systems the Bank has in place. The maintenance, development and continuous innovation of these systems is critical for the Bank's future operations. Alongside the Bank's technology staff, utilising industry experts as necessary.
The Bank wishes to set up a multi-Lot, multi-supplier framework agreement with successful Bidders for the provision of services to support the various functions of the Bank's Technology Directorate. The Bank anticipates that the successfully appointed suppliers will provide both resource augmentation and project delivery services on-site at the Bank's various premises as well as off-site where appropriate and agreed by the Bank.
The framework will be in place for four years and is a series of zero-commit Agreements with Technology suppliers. Requirements will be called off over the Term and as such the contract value represents a maximum spend over this period, on this Framework.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
60 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
Tenders may be submitted for all lots
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
SAP
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that retain high levels of skills in SAP, in particular Business Warehouse. The Bank retains a highly configured estate with complex and high value logistics.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Cloud
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that can deliver services covering multi cloud environments and the interoperability between them and to on premise and shared data centres. Suppliers would also need to have an understanding about consumption models, reserved instances, cloud license management and FinOps. The Bank has a variety of data centres and cloud service providers and will seek to review this over time. It is keen to improve consumption based spend and reporting and to be able to make strategic TCO decisions on location of workloads.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 3
II.2.1) Title
Enterprise
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that are experienced in managing Enterprise Systems, including ERP solutions, M365 and D365. The Bank will be seeking to understand where the supply chain can take a more outcome-based approach to service provision.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 4
II.2.1) Title
Data
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that have strong and established development and engineering experience in the Data space in addition to Data science, architecture, strategy, and engineering capabilities.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 5
II.2.1) Title
Networks
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that can provide telecoms (internal and external) skills, first as an augmentation model but may also look to identify and source small parts of the whole scope by the end of the contract. Suppliers that can provide capability in supporting network and infrastructure appliances and that can consult and advise on evolution of telecoms and networking, so the Bank can look to leverage future technologies to deliver its services over multiple sites.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 6
II.2.1) Title
Infrastructure
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that can demonstrate capability managing database services and can provide TCO models as well as new approaches to Technical Debt. Suppliers that can demonstrate capability managing Server Operating Systems. Suppliers that can demonstrate capability managing Storage and Virtualisation Systems.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 7
II.2.1) Title
Architecture and Consultancy
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that have a strong track record in providing Business and Enterprise Architecture in relation to Technology and business strategy.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 8
II.2.1) Title
Service Integrators
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that are comfortable operating Large Change, transformation or managed services solutions across the Technology stack.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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
Lot No: 9
II.2.1) Title
Recruit Train Deploy
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
48000000
72000000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKI
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Bank is seeking suppliers that can provide Recruit, Train and Deploy services.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
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