Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
H M Revenue & Customs
Trinity Bridge House 2 Dearmans Place
Salford
M3 5BS
Contact
James Gadsby
Telephone
+44 3000587701
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Cyber Remediation Cyber Ops Delivery Partner
Reference number
SR1106927712
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
HMRC Chief Digital and Information Office (CDIO) is the internal department tasked with the provision of critical IT services, which enable billions of pounds of annual tax revenue, customer interfaces, and other UK tax operational systems.
The Enterprise Security Programme has secured investment for a three-year period which started April 2022. The investment for 2023/24 will contribute to HMRCs objectives by delivering enterprise-wide security improvements and support strategic planning and delivery activities (transformational, remediatory and enabling).
The Cyber Remediation and Cyber Operations Projects are 2 of 5 projects within the Enterprise Security Programme. Their objective is to deliver risk mitigation by remediating known vulnerabilities across our systems and services through the application of patches, configuration changes and encryption, additional access & session monitoring controls as well as strengthening networks/vulnerability assessment security controls/assurance and enhance HMRCs capability to mitigate, detect and respond to Cyber Security threats.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £7,500,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Services in scope are a range of services that HMRC utilises and relies upon to deliver its duties to the UK public.
Also, significant Programme/Project Management type activities co-ordinating delivery management and assurance working with internal HMRC delivery groups and IT suppliers.
Key activities will cover the ordering and monitoring of work packages/delivery requests through from initiation to implementation, including handover of changes to the HMRC Service owner community .
This notice has been edited to remove sensitive information after publication.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical Merit / Weighting: 60%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10%
Price - Weighting: 30%
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £7,500,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
3 April 2023
End date
31 March 2025
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
two.2.14) Additional information
This procurement will be conducted by way of an eSourcing event using HMRC's SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal. Please ensure you are registered with the HMRC SAP Ariba eSourcing Portal to gain access to the procurement documentation when it is released which will contain full details of the requirement.
If you are not already registered, the registration link is: http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full
As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the 'registration process is now complete' and providing you with 'your organisation's account ID' number. If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.
Once you have obtained 'your organization's account ID' number, please email james.gadsby@hmrc.gov.uk and copy in e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk and sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gov.uk with your account ID number. Once you have complied with the foregoing you will receive an e-mail confirming access to the procurement event once it is built. Further information about HMRC's procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htm If you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC's SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.
All clarification questions must be submitted via the SAP Ariba system messaging functionality and received by 17:00hrs 24/11/22.
Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information
three.1) Conditions for participation
three.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
three.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
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: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
5 December 2022
Local time
5:00pm
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
5 December 2022
Local time
6:00pm
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.2) Information about electronic workflows
Electronic ordering will be used
Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
HMRC Commercial Directorate
Trinity Bridge House 2 Dearmans Place
Salford
M3 5BS
Telephone
+44 7815439810
Country
United Kingdom