Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Welsh Government
Corporate Procurement Services, Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
Contact
Karen Roberts
CommercialProcurement.DigitalDataICT@gov.wales
Telephone
+44 3000257095
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKL - Wales
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://gov.wales/public-sector-procurement
Buyer's address
https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA0007
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Welsh Public Sector Procurement Centre of Excellence - Alpha/Beta
Reference number
C466/2021/2022
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79418000 - Procurement consultancy services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
A report ‘Procuring well-being in Wales’ was published by the Future Generations Commissioner (FGC) for Wales. One of the key recommendations from this report was to establish a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE).
The, then, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport also commissioned a procurement expert panel to produce a paper on the development of a Centre of Excellence for Procurement.
The Welsh Government have completed a Discovery exercise to review the recommendations into the establishment of a PCoE.
The aim of this procurement is to now appoint a supplier to deliver the Alpha stage of the project.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,240,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKL - Wales
Main site or place of performance
Cathays Park
Cardiff
CF10 3NQ
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
A report ‘Procuring well-being in Wales’ was published by the Future Generations Commissioner (FGC) for Wales. One of the key recommendations from this report was to establish a Procurement Centre of Excellence (PCoE).
The, then, Deputy Minister for Economy and Transport also commissioned a procurement expert panel to produce a paper on the development of a Centre of Excellence for Procurement.
We have been working with all of our Welsh public sector stakeholders to understand how best to take both recommendation forward. With comprehensive engagement from the stakeholder community that has also included suppliers and looking at what other countries are doing.
The discovery has made a series of recommendations which include establishing community led governance and running an Alpha phase/pilot to test the PCoE recommendation as a series of initial services in more detail.
The services to be tested are:
Service 1 - Create the community
Service 2 - Share Best Practice
Service 3 - Develop Insight
Service 4 - Support Training
The aim of this procurement is to appoint a supplier to deliver the Alpha stage of the project. Knowledge accrued during the Contract duration shall be transferred to the Client, to enable Client staff to develop knowledge and expertise, to facilitate the continuation of the project and future work.
Upon completion of Alpha the Welsh Government may be in a position to move into “Beta”, fully building the services in preparation for service “Live”.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
5 May 2022
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
A supplier briefing event will be held on-line during late April, please register your interest. An update will be posted with meeting details in due course.
NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=119734.
(WA Ref:119734)