Awarded contract

Provision of a Digital Test Envionment

  • Financial Conduct Authority

F03: Contract award notice

Notice reference: 2022/S 000-028731

Published 12 October 2022, 4:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Financial Conduct Authority

12 Endeavour Square

London

E20 1JN

Contact

Paul Riley

Email

Paul.Riley@fca.org.uk

Telephone

+44 2070660911

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UK - United Kingdom

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.fca.org.uk/

Buyer's address

https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Economic and financial affairs


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of a Digital Test Envionment

Reference number

CON-22-074

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 48810000 - Information systems

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is awarding the Contract for the Provision of a Digital Test Environment (DTE).

The DTE will assist the FCA in achieving its goal of being an agile, innovative, confident, and data-driven regulator.

The DTE will aim to facilitate firms at early-stage ideation with access to data, within a secure environment that facilitated experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts. This will become form a part of FCAs external and potentially internal innovation services.

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: £1,023,660

two.2) Description

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom
Main site or place of performance

UNITED KINGDOM

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is awarding the Contract for the Provision of a Digital Test Environment (DTE).

The DTE will assist the FCA in achieving its goal of being an agile, innovative, confident, and data-driven regulator.

The DTE will aim to facilitate firms at early-stage ideation with access to data, within a secure environment that facilitated experimentation and scaling for proof of concepts. This will become form a part of FCAs external and potentially internal innovation services.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Dashboard / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: User Management / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Application Portal / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Events Management / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Theme Management / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Project Showcase / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: API Marketplace / Weighting: 5.5

Quality criterion - Name: Data Marketplace / Weighting: 8.5

Quality criterion - Name: Integrated Development Environment / Weighting: 5.5

Quality criterion - Name: Messaging / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Regulator Dashboard / Weighting: 4

Quality criterion - Name: Permissions / Weighting: 4.5

Quality criterion - Name: Implementation / Weighting: 4

Cost criterion - Name: Total Cost of Ownership / Weighting: 40

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

There will be two options to renew at the end of the Initial Term. Both extension options will be for 12 months. If all extension options are utilised the total term of the contract will be 60 Months.

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

This is a Contract Award for the Provision of a Digital Test Environment (DTE).


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open 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: 2022/S 000-014918


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

29 July 2022

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 3

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 3

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

NayaOne LImited

7 Bell Yard

London

WC2A 2JR

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UK - United Kingdom
National registration number

12117711

Internet address

https://nayaone.com/

The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £1,000,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £1,023,660


Section six. Complementary information

six.3) Additional information

This is a Contract Award for the Provision of a Digital Testing Environment. The initial term of 3 years is for a total of £1,023,660 ex VAT. There are two, one year extension each priced at £323,200 ex VAT

To view this notice, please click here:

https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=726246893

GO Reference: GO-20221012-PRO-21129505

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

High Court of England and Wales

Royal Courts of Justice, The Strand

London

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:

Any review proceedings will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR 2015'). Any review proceedings must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including, without limitation, PCR 2015. In accordance with PCR 2015, the contracting party will incorporate a minimum ten (10) calendar days standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision.