Planning

Overseas Security Managers & Intelligence Analysts in Conflict Affected Areas

  • Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2021/S 000-007471

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-02a4a0

Published 9 April 2021, 10:55pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office

King Charles Street

London

SW1A 2AH

Email

kathy.ponteen@fco.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - UNITED KINGDOM

Internet address(es)

Main address

www.gov.uk/fcdo

Buyer's address

https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

one.3) Communication

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Ministry or any other national or federal authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Overseas Security Managers & Intelligence Analysts in Conflict Affected Areas

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 79700000 - Investigation and security services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The Provision of Overseas Security Managers and Intelligence Analysts in Conflict Affected Areas

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 79700000 - Investigation and security services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Provision of Overseas Security Managers & Intelligence Analysts in Conflict Affected Areas

two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice

30 April 2021


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is looking for an experienced and competent supplier capable of delivering the deployment of contract Overseas Security Managers (OSMs) and Intelligence Analysts (IAs) in the FCDO’s highest risk Posts.

OSMs and IAs form critical components of the FCDO’s overseas security structure: OSMs ensure that protective measures are in place for Post(s) security integrity, staff, premises and assets; and IAs are responsible for monitoring and assessing threats to our missions through information gathering and the analysis of a variety of information sources, intelligence, liaison and open-source material.

It is anticipated that the contract will commence in 2022. It will be a three year contract, with the options of extension of 12 months (a total of 4 years).

Please indicate your interest in delivering this requirement by registering on the FCDO portal at https://fcdo.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html

Accessing Jaggaer Advantage Portal

This requires Two Factor Authentication (2FA). The process for Jaggaer 2FA works as follows.

1. Log into the FCDO portal via the web login page, (requires registration first time which is free and instantaneous) enter your username and password. This is your first form of authentication.

2. You will then be presented with a QR code to scan. This requires a mobile phone with the Google or Microsoft Authenticator App.

3. Upon scanning the QR code with Google or Microsoft Authenticator you are presented with a code.

4. The code must be entered into the Token Number field within the allotted time. You must then select the “Submit” button on the right hand side of the screen to complete the second form of authentication which completes the Jaggaer login process.

5. For all future logins you will not be required to scan the QR code and instead can navigate to the Google or Microsoft Authenticator App and enter the current token into the Token Number field.