Future Cyclamen: Early Market Engagement PIN

Concepts

• radiation protection
• home office
• early market engagement pin
• future cyclamen
• cyclamen capability
• future contracts
• early market engagement
• support of cyclamen
• cyclamen service
• border force

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

The Authority is embarking on early market engagement ahead of a formal procurement to put in place new contracts to support and enhance its Cyclamen capability. The future contracts would be for service and maintenance of Fixed and Non-Fixed Radiological and Nuclear (RN) Detection equipment in support of Cyclamen, including the IT platform and infrastructure. It may also include some provision to enable potential supply of hardware and associated software. Cyclamen is the UK's RN border detection system that plays a key part in protecting the UK border and is a critical part of HMG’s Nuclear Security Strategy as well as CONTEST, the Government's counter-terrorism strategy. It is a joint OSCT and Border Force initiative: OSCT is responsible for the counter-terrorism policy and risk and Border Force operates the capability at the Border.

Total Quantity or Scope

The Home Office is seeking the views of potential suppliers on how best to deliver RN services in support of Cyclamen. Please note that this is not a call for competition, neither is it a procurement exercise but an opportunity for the Home Office to better understand the supplier market and for potential suppliers to provide feedback at a formative stage of the process. The Authority’s high level business outcomes and requirements are summarised below: • Provide service and maintenance to the current deployed live RN detection capability at ports and airports, around the UK and one site in northern France, including all associated IT infrastructure, both cloud-based and physical. • Work with other key suppliers and subject matter experts including the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) in the testing, calibration and integration of new and existing components within the solution and any changes discovered through the continuous improvement process. • The complex nature of the solution means that there will be a number of stakeholders in addition to the Home Office that the supplier would be expected to work with in the execution of the Cyclamen Service. The new supplier may also be required to procure hardware and associated software on behalf of the authority. • A current test facility exists used by the incumbent supplier, Home Office and other key stakeholders and is employed for the purpose of testing, integration and storage. Work is ongoing to look at the arrangements and processes for running the site but there will be a need for the supplier to use the dedicated facility for testing purposes. More information may be found in our Early Market Engagement document. Additional information: To take part please register on Home Office eSourcing portal — https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html and look for: "PQQ_345 01 - Future Cyclamen: Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for Early Market Engagement". You will then be invited to our dedicated microsite in Jaggaer where you can find more information about our requirements and express your interest to attend our supplier event.

CPV Codes

• 90721600 - Radiation protection services
• 31642000 - Electronic detection apparatus
• 35113200 - Nuclear, biological, chemical and radiological protection equipment
• 35113210 - Nuclear safety equipment
• 35120000 - Surveillance and security systems and devices
• 35121000 - Security equipment
• 38341000 - Apparatus for measuring radiation
• 38430000 - Detection and analysis apparatus
• 38433200 - Emission measurement equipment
• 38546000 - Explosives detection system
• 38546100 - Bomb detectors
• 38581000 - Baggage-scanning equipment
• 38940000 - Nuclear evaluation instruments
• 45315100 - Electrical engineering installation works
• 45316210 - Installation of traffic monitoring equipment
• 48210000 - Networking software package
• 50100000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services of vehicles and related equipment
• 50116100 - Electrical-system repair services
• 50312300 - Maintenance and repair of data network equipment
• 50312600 - Maintenance and repair of information technology equipment
• 50324100 - System maintenance services
• 50324200 - Preventive maintenance services
• 50343000 - Repair and maintenance services of video equipment
• 50410000 - Repair and maintenance services of measuring, testing and checking apparatus
• 50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery
• 50600000 - Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials
• 50610000 - Repair and maintenance services of security equipment
• 51100000 - Installation services of electrical and mechanical equipment
• 51411000 - Installation services of imaging equipment
• 51540000 - Installation services of special-purpose machinery and equipment
• 72212211 - Platform interconnectivity software development services
• 73421000 - Development of security equipment
• 75222000 - Civil defence services
• 98113100 - Nuclear safety services

Other Information

Interested potential suppliers should visit the Home Office's eSourcing portal (Jaggaer) and look for: "PQQ_345 01 - Future Cyclamen: Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) for Early Market Engagement". You should complete and submit the NDA following which we will invite your organisation to the Jaggaer site that contains our Early Market Engagement document with more details about the Authority's requirements and how to participate. We also have a virtual supplier event planned to take place on Thursday 23 March 2023, subject to confirmation. Once you are fully registered at our Jaggaer microsite, your organisation will be invited to the supplier event when the date and time have been confirmed. Please note this is not a call for competition but start of early market engagement. ** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **