The Provision of a private sector partner for the Accelerated Capability Environment

Concepts

• accelerated capability environment
• research and development
• home office ace directors’ review
• private sector partner
• provision of a private sector partner
• delivery partner
• private sector
• academic sector partnerships
• outcome of the home office ace directors
• information technology

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

Following the outcome of the Home Office ACE Directors’ review concluded in November 2021, the ambition is to continue ACE’s low-cost public, private, not-for-profit and academic sector partnerships, centred on collaborative innovation which bring the best practical ideas to the fore that can be understood, evaluated and proven and afterwards taken forward to quickly realise front-line mission impact. The Private Sector Partner (PSP) requirement is for a supplier to work closely with the Authority, on the client side, to act as a flexible commissioning and delivery partner with responsibility for the dynamic ecosystem and collaboration platform (physical and virtual), to deliver commissioned ACE customer requirements (challenges or problem statements) and jointly protect HMG interests. Please follow the above link and register for an account on the Jaggaer portal. Following registration, please email the key contact for this procurement: John.Hampshire@homeoffice.gov.uk and request access to the Non-Disclosure Agreement on Jaggaer. Following successful submission of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, an invitation to the full SQ Document suite (including the “Data Room”) will be provided. In your email requesting access, please provide: • Name of Contact; • Name of Organisation; • Outline description of the organisation;

Total Quantity or Scope

ACE has been set up by the Home Office to help the public sector to explore and find innovative solutions to mission-oriented problem statements through managed collaboration with an open but managed ‘ecosystem’ of providers. These providers are drawn from the private sector, academia and third sector. This PIN is not for the opportunity to join the ecosystem as a provider. Potential providers interested in joining ACE’s ecosystem today are encouraged to visit www.vivace.tech to understand more and make contact by registering their interest. A member of the team will get in touch and explain the next steps. A key part of the PSP’s services will be to engage the ecosystem of potential suppliers to explore and develop potential solutions to problem statements developed by users of ACE, though projects (known as ‘commissions’). The PSP will also be expected to keep the membership of the provider ecosystem under review so that it can always collectively supply the breadth and depth of contemporary products, services and know-how which will provide competitive, cost-effective, timely and innovate insights and solutions to these commissions. Users (or ‘customers’) of ACE are from, but not limited to, the public sector. The PSP will be expected to manage the overall delivery of these customers’ commissions, fulfilled by combined provider teams drawn from the ecosystem, assuring this delivery to the satisfaction of ACE and its customers, noting the ecosystem providers are expected to be responsible for the supply of the subject matter of the commissioned work (e.g. products, know-how and services). The PSP will further be expected to act as a neutral party, when engaging with the ecosystem, enabling ACE’s customers to access a wide variety of providers to explore and develop potential solutions for their problem statements. Once selected, to protect this neutrality, it is expected that the organisation which establishes the PSP will not be permitted to participate in the provider ecosystem. To carry out these delivery management and assurance activities, the PSP will be expected to bring together a multidisciplinary team covering, but not limited to, the disciplines of project management, delivery assurance, supply chain relationship management and delivery quality assurance.

CPV Codes

• 73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 75000000 - Administration, defence and social security services
• 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

• Details of the organisation’s website providing further information about their activities; • Contact’s email address; and • Contact’s telephone number. Registration for expressions of interest will close at 1200hrs, Friday 4 March 2022. The procedure for this procurement will be Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN). The initial term for the awarded contract shall be two years, with an optional one-year renewal. Please note, to participate in this procurement exercise, Bidder(s) would be required to register on the Authority’s e-Sourcing portal as part of their expression of interest. Registration can be found at; https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The Authority will be using a Portal and all communications will be made through the Portal: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html