Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
H M Revenue & Customs
Customs House Annexe,20 Lower Thames Street
LONDON
EC3R6EE
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs/about/procurement
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Direct and Indirect Taxation
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Portfolio, programme and project management (PPM) solution
Reference number
CW37913
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48330000 - Scheduling and productivity software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
In line with HMRCs 10 year tax strategy, the Department has a core directive to improve the way in which it delivers effective portfolio and project management across its Transformation Group. This is a highly complex environment and encompasses a multiyear portfolio in excess of £4 billion. As an enabler to this strategy, an appropriate IT solution in the form of a portfolio and project management tooling solution, is required in order to support the delivery of these objectives. Therefore, through this procurement exercise the Department is looking for suppliers who are able to provide:
• A portfolio and project management tooling solution
• Professional services to aid the implementation, integration, development, maintenance and training of the chosen solution
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £1,709,000 / Highest offer: £8,999,999 taken into consideration
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48330000 - Scheduling and productivity software package
- 72212330 - Scheduling and productivity software development services
- 72212331 - Project management software development services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Key Features of the IT Procurement are below as included in the contract notice
• A turnkey portfolio software as a service (SaaS) solution will include the software needed to install the solution and the professional services including: implementation, integration, and training required to support its delivery.
• The solution will be vendor and technology agnostic in the form of a Commercial-Off-the-Shelf (COTS) package, yet it should still retain flexibility to be configurable to the Departments requirements, but within HMRCs architectural boundaries for customisation.
• The scope of this procurement is intended to be an HMRC enterprise level solution owned under the Transformation portfolio budget, but with significant input from interested parties such as CDIO.
• This procurement will procure a portfolio solution; however, the competition will also test the markets capabilities for a project solution as-well.
• The functionality of the tooling will cater for portfolio management and have the flexibilities to take in data and information from project management disciplines such as agile and waterfall and other bespoke work processes by ensuring interaction and integration with key tools such as, but not limited to, Jira (commonly used for agile) and MS Project (commonly used for waterfall).
The procurement is awarded on the immediate need for the the portfolio solution. The procurement and subsequent contract caters for expanding the solution to cover the Authorities Programme and Project level needs.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical capability / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Cost criterion - Name: Total Cost / Weighting: 30
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
2 x 12 month extensions available
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Restricted procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2021/S 000-028164
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28 February 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 17
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Computacenter PLC
London
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Lowest offer: £1,709,000 / Highest offer: £8,999,999 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
HM Revenue & Customs
plaza 2, ironmasters wat
telford
TF34NT
Country
United Kingdom