Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
London
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKI - London
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
DAPD Schedule Data Analytics
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 48331000 - Project management software package
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
To provide a Schedule Analytics tool across Ministry of Defence major programmes and projects to provide Senior Responsible Owners (SROs) and associated project professionals the capability to make data-driven, effective decisions at pace on their programmes before problems arise.
The tool will provide predictive and prescriptive analytics capabilities to assess project performance against schedule, risk to schedule deliverables, schedule quality and propose courses of action.
This procurement shall utilise the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) RM6200 and this publication provides notice to suppliers that should they be interested in providing this capability they should seek to join that DPS. After a period of 30 days the Ministry of Defence shall conduct a capability assessment following a filtering exercise on the DPS. A Capability Assessment Questionnaire (CAQ) shall be released using the CCS eSourcing Portal. Potential suppliers should register on this for access to the CAQ. Successful suppliers will then be invited to tender for the opportunity.
The documentation shall be made available once the Capability Assessment has taken place. This notice is to ensure that the market is aware and can join the DPS . Top level requirements can be found at II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-023356
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
II.1.4.)
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A virtual industry day shall be held on the 4 September 24 at 14:00-16:00.
The purpose of this industry day shall be to:
1. provide background to the project and state its aims
2. talk to the requirements contained in the original contract notice
3. walk through the anticipated tender process
4. open discussion to help the authority define and clarify aspects of the tender documentation
To facilitate the open discussion, the Authority would like attendees to consider the following questions:
- What do you think is the optimal pricing option for this contract? Do you think the proposed option is sensible and / or attractive?
- What do you see as the deployment options, when considering defence security considerations? Is it possible to set up multiple instances to keep data separate?
- How long do you think your company would need to provide a live demonstration as part of the tender exercise? How much data would you need to best demonstrate the effectiveness of your solution?
- How do you envisage Authority data files being processed and stored?
- If a solution contains AI, is it likely that the AI will learn and develop based on the Authority data and how would this be managed both from a security perspective and from an ownership perspective?
Invitation to the event will be by request. To request inclusion you must email josiah.mayled101@mod.gov.uk by no later than 10:00 on 4 Sept 24.