Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence
Portsmouth
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Defence
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Navy Digital and Data Portfolio and Support Service
Reference number
713196450
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This is a Contract Award Notice to advise that a contract has been awarded following a Restricted Competition under the PCR 2015 regulations.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £12,125,960
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ31 - Portsmouth
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Navy Digital (ND) requires a support service to ensure effective planning, management, budget allocation, delivery and, decision making across the Digital portfolio to deliver Digital services and capabilities to the Royal Navy (RN) in support of Operational outputs and Business as Usual (BAU) in line with the Digital and Data (DD) plan.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Requirement - Detail the strategies and measures you will implement to ensure consistent delivery of outputs across all services throughout the entire duration of the contract. / Weighting: 17.5%
Quality criterion - Name: Resourcing - Provide a detailed breakdown of the resources you plan to deploy for managing and delivering this requirement. Please include specifics about the roles and responsibilities of your team and your contingency plans for addressing potential resource shortages or other unforeseen circumstances that might impact the delivery of the contract. / Weighting: 17.5%
Quality criterion - Name: Performance Management - Detail your approach to identifying, managing, and resolving performance issues? What measures do you have in place to prevent such issues and ensure continuous service delivery? / Weighting: 15%
Quality criterion - Name: Collaboration & Communication - Provide a detailed strategy outlining how you intend to collaborate effectively with various Authority teams in order to ensure seamless communication, efficient project management, and successful project outcomes? / Weighting: 15%
Quality criterion - Name: Continuous Improvement - Detail your approach to delivering continuous improvement throughout the duration of the contract? This should include specific strategies and methodologies you plan to use, how you will identify potential areas for improvement and efficiencies, and how you will measure the effectiveness of these improvements. Additionally, could you explain how you will communicate and implement these recommendations for improvements in processes? / Weighting: 15%
Quality criterion - Name: Culture - Detail your approach to fostering a partnering culture with the Authority; this should include specific strategies you plan to use building on past experiences of successfully creating such a culture, and how you will measure the effectiveness of these strategies. Additionally, please explain how you will handle any potential challenges or conflicts that might arise in the course of this partnership. / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value - MAC3.1 - Explain how you will Create a diverse supply chain to deliver the contract including new businesses and entrepreneurs, start-ups, SMEs, VCSEs and mutuals / Weighting: 5%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value - MAC4.2 - Explain how you will Influence staff, suppliers, customers and communities through the delivery of the contract to support environmental protection and improvement. / Weighting: 2.5%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value - MAC6.1 - Explain how you will Demonstrate action to identify and tackle inequality in employment, skills and pay in the contract workforce / Weighting: 2.5%
Price - Weighting: Total 100%
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
1 year + 1 year options to extend the contract for the same services
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2024/S 000-036775
four.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
713196450
Title
Navy Digital and Data Portfolio and Support Service
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 May 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Frazer-Nash Consultancy Ltd
Leatherhead
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ2 - Surrey, East and West Sussex
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £12,125,960
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Navy Commercial Team
Portsmouth
Country
United Kingdom