Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Defence - De&s
Bristol
Bs34 8JH
Contact
Desspisn-Comrcl@mod.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKK1 - Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Bristol/Bath area
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned 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
Industry Partner for Data Analytics Platform - Market Interest Day
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Authority will be holding a Market Interest event on Thursday 9th December 2021 at 13:30 GMT to socialise a potential future requirement for an Industry Partnership to work with UK MoD to develop, deliver and manage a range of IT and information services on for a Cross-Classification general purpose Data Analytics Platform to support a specific strategic military community.
The Authority is looking for a dynamic and collaborative Industry Partner to lead a collaboration that will include Small and Medium sized Enterprises, to work with DE&S and its customer to enhance and manage through-life a Data Analytics Platform that is currently in delivery. The purpose of this event will be to outline our high-level requirement, and roles and responsibilities expected of the lead, and smaller partners, such as innovation, expertise and experience, platform design and implementation development.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Authority welcomes any interested parties, including SMEs, that believe they have the commitment for excellence, and experience and expertise in; rapid life cycle DataOps deployments, cutting edge and complex multi-mode data transformations and analytics, or support and maintenance of data analytics platforms. All parties must have the teamship and spirit to join this innovative and collaborative community approach that sits at the cutting edge of defence information exploitation. We are explicitly not just looking those with extensive experience in Defence or military IT.
The presentation will take no longer than 1.5hrs with an opportunity for open questions at the end. The whole session will run for no longer than 2hrs.
The presentation will cover the following:
Programme overview
Overview of Operational Model
Architecture Overview of the Data Analytics Platform
Expectations of Industry Partners, small and large
Vision of the platform over the next 8 years.
Commercial considerations
Next Steps for the project, and industry partners
Questions
two.2.14) Additional information
This event will be broadcast on Microsoft Teams across the internet, a link to which will be sent separately to interested parties who have provided valid security clearance details.
Suppliers wishing to attend must complete the form linked below. Failure to do so will result in suppliers not being able to take part in this event.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/G88P35Z
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 November 2021
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: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
There is no obligation for the Authority to continue with the requirement following the Market Interest Day, and if potential suppliers choose to act on any answers and/or information they receive from the event, it is entirely at their own risk. Any resulting procurement procedure will be conducted competitively.
Any further quires please contact desspisn-comrcl@mod.gov.uk