Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue and Customs
5W Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
UK
Contact person: Liam Osborn/Sarah Phillips
Telephone: +44 3000532848
E-mail: liam.osborn@hmrc.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Additional information can be obtained from another address:
HM Revenue and Customs
5W Ralli Quays, Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
UK
Contact person: Sarah Phillips
Telephone: +44 3000510017
E-mail: sarah.phillips@hmrc.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.gov.uk
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://service.ariba.com/Sourcing.aw/ad/s4FullSelfRegister
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
Cheque Processing Services
Reference number: SR174089354
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79999100
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
HMRC are tendering for a cheque processing solution made up of the provision of hardware for the Authority to operate on its own premises, and a Software as a Service (SaaS) element, which the supplier will manage and operate, to process all the associated metadata.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
30216110
30200000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UNITED KINGDOM.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The authority intends to award a single supplier contract for the provision of a cheque processing solution. The service consists of 3 elements:
1) The provision of scanning hardware, at the Authority’s premises (Shipley and Cumbernauld), capable of scanning and extracting data from cheques and supporting payment documentation, such as payslips, etc;
2) The provision of Software as a Service (SaaS) operating software capable of:
(a) reconciling cheques and payslips;
(b) validating HMRC reference numbers;
(c) handling exceptions;
(d) sending cheque image files for clearing;
(e) uploading on to The Authority infrastructure;
(f) providing Management Information.
3) The provision of support service requirements.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Criteria below:
Quality criterion: Award criteria: social, environmental and innovative characteristics
/ Weighting: 5 %
Quality criterion: Award criteria: technical merit – background services (including implementation)
/ Weighting: 5 %
Quality criterion: Award criteria: technical merit — hardware
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Award criteria: technical merit – Software as a Service (SaaS) – general elements
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Award criteria: technical merit - Software as a Service (SaaS) – functional requirements
/ Weighting: 15 %
Quality criterion: Award Criteria: technical merit – support services
/ Weighting: 5 %
Cost criterion: Award criteria: cost effectiveness
/ Weighting: 40 %
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
1 500 000.00
GBP
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 36
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The contract will be for a period of 3+1+1 years (36+12+12 months). There will be the option extend by 12 months after the initial 36 month term, and a further option to extend by 12 months, after the initial 12-month extension.
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:
Yes
Description of options:
Lease equipment model and purchase equipment model options will be considered.
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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Full details regarding legal, economic, financial and technical information to be provided at the tender stage will be detailed in the tender documentation. Potential tenderers should be aware, however, that they may be required to forward the following information:
(a) a copy of the most recent audited accounts covering the tenderer’s last 2 years of trading (or for the period that is available if trading for less than 2 years); or
(b) for the most recent full year of trading, where this information is not available in audited form, a copy of the draft or unaudited financial accounts or equivalent information showing the tenderer’s turnover, profit and loss and cash flow position and an end period balance sheet or, where this cannot be provided, a statement signed by the finance director or similar responsible person detailing any major changes in the current financial position since the date of the latest audited accounts provided.
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
List and brief description of selection criteria:
Solution must include Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (MICR), Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and Intelligent Character Recognition (ICR).
Solution must be fully implemented by 2.3.2020 and no later.
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
The supplier must work with the Authority’s IT Infrastructure team and the Authority’s banking provider, during the implementation phase of the project.
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.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2018/S 198-448170
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
28/05/2019
Local time: 12:00
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:
28/05/2019
Local time: 12:00
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure:
HMRC will be using an e-sourcing(e-tendering) tool/application for this procurement. This prevents any information provided by the applicant or tenderer from being viewed by the Authority until the e-sourcing event is closed. The e-sourcing (e-tendering) application will display the closing date and time for this particular tendering exercise within the event. The close time will be the earliest point at which the HMRC nominated or a tender defined evaluation team member will be able to open and view the tender responses. Therefore, the opening time for tenders will coincide with the close date and time for the event and all tenders will become visible to the HMRC nominated or event defined tender evaluation team in any place that provides access to the e-sourcing tool/application at that time.
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
The Contracting Authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are Small or Medium Enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. Economic operators who wish to view the tender documentation electronically can do so by searching on the contracts finder website: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search login 48 hours after the dispatch of this notice. 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.
Once you have obtained “your account ID” number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk no later than 12:00 on 20.5.2019 with the following information as confirmation that you wish to express an interest and/or bid for the opportunity.
The contract reference shown in Section IV.3.1 of this Contract Notice
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.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your request for access to the online questionnaires was first made.
Questionnaires must be fully completed (and any associated hard-copy documents received by HMRC) no later than 12:00 on 28.5.2019. The deadline for clarification questions is 17.5.2019 with responses provided by the 20.5.2019 which will allow the required 6 days for the information to be considered. Tenders not submitted in the required form (or containing the requested information) may be rejected. HMRC does not bind itself to accept any tender and reserves the right to accept any part of the tender unless the tenderer expressly stipulates to the contrary. GO Reference: GO-201953-PRO-14861682
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
HM Revenue and Customs
Salford
UK
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/05/2019