Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS)

Concepts

• liverpool
• information technology
• hmrc
• commercial service
• legacy application services
• digital and legacy application services
• crown commercial service
• dalas framework
• it digital and legacy application services
• dalas

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

Crown Commercial Service (CCS), working with HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), intends to procure a new Framework Agreement for IT Digital and Legacy Application Services (DALAS). The DALAS framework intends to provide a strategic gateway to support the delivery of future application services and move HMRC toward an application services support model that is less dependent upon legacy technologies. The framework will provide a commercial vehicle to replace existing contractual arrangements that are due to expire between September 2023 and January 2025, and will provide the basis for letting a large proportion of HMRC future application services requirements. The framework will also be available to be utilised by Central Government Departments and all other UK Public Sector Bodies, including Local Authorities, Health, Police, Fire and Rescue, Education and Devolved Administrations. Further information is provided at section VI.3 Additional Information.

Lot Division

CPV Codes

• 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
• 80000000 - Education and training services

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** The ITT will be released in two phases. Phase 1 of the ITT for Lots 2a, 2b, 3 & 5 is due to be released between February and March 2023. Phase 2 of the ITT for Lots 1, 4a & 4b is due to be released between August and September 2023. This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement. CCS and HMRC are keen to hear your views to help us create an innovative and dynamic framework. Market engagement will be carried out as follows: • Stage 1 – a hybrid launch event that will provide an opportunity to discuss CCS’s (in conjunction with HMRC) vision for the DALAS framework and how application services will be delivered in future. This will involve presentations from CCS and HMRC guest speakers, a commercial overview of the procurement process and framework content and an opportunity for questions. CCS will share a recording of the event and a copy of the questions/answers with all suppliers post event. • Stage 2 – there will be stage 2 market engagement events for phase 1 and phase 2 respectively, which will occur prior to ITT releases as outlined above. These will involve CCS and HMRC holding 45 minute, one to one sessions with suppliers. CCS will share an anonymised copy of the questions/answers with all suppliers following each respective stage to ensure fair and open release of information to all suppliers interested in participating. These market engagement stages will provide an opportunity to discuss the DALAS framework in more detail. Following the launch event in stage 1, suppliers will have the opportunity to express interest in stage 2 market engagement events for both phase 1 and 2. Stage 1 Market Engagement Suppliers who are interested are invited to attend the hybrid launch event on 6th September 2022 @ 10:30am. Full details of venue location and time will be issued via Tech UK. Details of how to register for the hybrid launch event will be published by Tech UK. When live, a link to the registration page will also be published on the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6335. The contract notice for the procurement will be published on Find a Tender Service (FTS). A restricted procedure is intended to be used for this procurement. Therefore, prior to the publication of the Invitations to Tender (ITT) for each Lot, a selection stage will be undertaken that will require bidders to submit a Selection Questionnaire. The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value of call-off contracts awarded over the term of the framework, which is expected to be 4 years. The date in II.3 is the estimated date of publication. It is expected that the contract notice will be published in autumn 2022. Please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/RM6335 for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice. Please be sure to monitor this Prior Information Notice, as it will be used to inform suppliers of updates and additional information. It should be noted that this is not a guarantee of further competition. The Authority reserves the right, at its own discretion, to withdraw from the process and pursue alternative routes to market for the provision of this service, should it decide to do so. CCS will use an eSourcing system for this competition. The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk Please note that, to register on the eSourcing system, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so. A Future Opportunity on Contracts Finder can be found here: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/0d19975c-e331-4da7-94e5-1ad2d0...