Digital Outcomes 6

A Contract Award Notice
by THE MINISTER FOR THE CABINET OFFICE ACTING THROUGH CROWN COMMERCIAL SERVICE

Source
Find a Tender
Type
Framework (Services)
Duration
23.5 month (est.)
Value
£813M
Sector
TECHNOLOGY
Published
04 Sep 2023
Delivery
To 24 Aug 2025 (est.)
Deadline
n/a

Concepts

Location

Liverpool

Geochart for 1 buyers and 1 suppliers

Description

Crown Commercial Service as the contracting authority has put in place a pan government collaborative framework agreement for use by UK public sector bodies identified at VI.3) (and any future successors to these organisations). These bodies had a need for a compliant procurement vehicle to access digital outcomes and user research services.

Lot Division

1 Digital Outcomes

Digital outcomes suppliers will help research, test, design, build, release, iterate, support or retire a digital service. Digital outcomes suppliers will work according to: ● the Technology Code of Practice: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-technologycode-of-practice ● and understand what it means to work on one of the Discovery, Beta, Live or Retirement phases described in the Service Manual: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual ● support Buyers to comply with the above through successful Service Standard assessments: https://www.gov.uk/service-manual/digital-by-default ● develop Services based on Open Standards Principles and accessible data protocols, to ensure they are interoperable: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/openstandards-principles/open-standards-principles ● comply with any adopted open standards that are compulsory in government: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/open-standards-for government-dataand-technology Examples of recent digital outcomes include: - a discovery phase to create an information systems vision for the business functions of an NHS department, - development of online resources to support medieval history teaching in secondary schools, - the build of an online, front-end billing application to replace a paper-based system for Ministry of Justice. -Services must be exclusively delivered by the supplier personnel (where supplier personnel is defined as employees or subcontractors). -Any supplier wishing to provide services through an agency model should be aware that other CCS agreements are available to offer services as an agency. Digital outcomes suppliers will provide at least one of the following capabilities: Performance analysis and data Security Service delivery Software development Support and operations Testing and auditing User experience and design User research

2 User Research Studios

User research will inform the development of all government digital services. User research studios suppliers will provide: - user research studio hire in the right location on specific dates; with the required technical facilities to enable observation and recording of people as they engage with designs, prototypes and live public sector services.

3 User Research Participants

All government digital services will: - use research to develop a deep knowledge of who the service users are and what that means for the design of the service, - have a plan for ongoing user research and usability testing to continuously seek feedback from users to improve the service. User research participants suppliers must provide: - access to user research participants who best reflect the users of a service.

Award Detail

1 See Contracts Finder Notice for Full Supplier List (Liverpool)
  • Num offers: 999
  • Value: £813,000,000

Award Criteria

Quality 100.0
PRICE _

CPV Codes

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
  • 72230000 - Custom software development services
  • 72232000 - Development of transaction processing and custom software
  • 73110000 - Research services
  • 73111000 - Research laboratory services
  • 79300000 - Market and economic research; polling and statistics

Indicators

  • Award on basis of price.

Other Information

The value provided in Section II.1.7 is only an estimate. We cannot guarantee to suppliers any business through this Commercial Agreement. As part of this contract award notice the following can be accessed at: https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e19ea023-118d-4ed7-aac8-1425b9... 1) List of Successful Suppliers 2) Approved Customer list 3) Transparency Agenda On 02/04/2014, Government introduced its Government Security Classifications (GSC) scheme which replaced Government Protective Marking Scheme (GPMS). A key aspect is the reduction in the number of security classifications used. All bidders were required to make themselves aware of the changes as it may impact this requirement. This link provides information on the GSC at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-security-classifications Cyber Essentials is a mandatory requirement for Central Government contracts which involve handling personal information or provide certain ICT products/services. Government is taking steps to reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme. The scheme defines a set of controls which, when implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet. To participate in this procurement, bidders were required to demonstrate they comply with the technical requirements prescribed by Cyber Essentials, for services under and in connection with this procurement. DOS 6 was awarded on 28th June 2022 and went live on the Contract Award Service (CAS) on 14th December 2022 therefore the initial Framework period is for 24 months, expiring on 27th June 2024.

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