Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
ENVIRONMENT AGENCY (Defra Network eTendering Portal)
Seacole Building, 2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
Contact
Ed Butler
Telephone
+44 7741684491
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-environment-food-rural-affairs
Buyer's address
https://defra-family.force.com/s/Welcome
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Environment
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Logistics planning tool (replacement for rostering and mutual aid systems)
Reference number
C21832
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72222300 - Information technology services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The overall scope for the Services is for the Supplier to provide the following core Logistics Planning functionality for End Users, including:
• Duty, Standby and Incident Rostering capability;
• Mutual Aid capability (e.g. sharing staff and Equipment Assets between different teams, such as the Buyer's Area Teams) in order to support Incidents;
• creation and maintenance of a Logistics Planning application accessible from standard web browsers on desktop and mobile devices;
• an ability to restrict access to functionality and data based on an End User's Persona, Incident Role and Organisational Unit;
• reporting and notifications to support operational management and alerting of End Users as to necessary actions;
• a capability to ingest and export data via APIs and dataset files;
• self-service configuration and admin functions which allows the Buyer to perform routine maintenance tasks (e.g. adding new categories of Equipment Assets, adding new Incident Roles, or creating new Shift Templates);
• provision of Documentation for training and End User help; and
• IT Service Management (in accordance with ITIL v4) for the Logistics Planning application
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: £8,167,531.22
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Logistics Planning Tool (LPT) project’s vision is to deliver strategic resourcing tool(s) for incident management, including both people and equipment. The project will ensure our tools and ways of working can support logistical planning and coordination so that the right resources can be planned, requested and directed to the right locations in advance of when they’re needed. The Incident Management strategy recognises that IT systems are key to support the efficient use of resources, clear decision-making and effective communication that are essential to deliver the future service.
The ultimate objective of the project is to develop and embed an improved and nationally consistent service for managing the resources (people and equipment) required to support incident response and improve the associated ways of working. Effective management of the EA’s incident response is underpinned by efficient logistics processes, and this requires reliable information systems to roster staff and manage equipment sharing between areas to get what is needed to the front-line as soon as possible. The business case for this project is underpinned by more cost-effective use of resources (human and equipment) and ensuring that they are in the right place at the right time to mitigate the impact of incidents.
The intention of this project is to procure a scalable solution that, whilst focussing on EA initially, can be used to serve any rostering requirements across Defra Group (e.g. APHA veterinarians).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 50
Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
Price - Weighting: 40
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
The initial contract duration will be 5 years with the Environment Agency having the option to extend the Contract by an aggregate duration of up to an additional five years in increments of 2 and 1 years (5+2+2+1).
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
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 000-033702
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
16 November 2023
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 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
CACI Ltd
Kensington Village Avonmore Road
London
W14 8TS
Telephone
+44 1217885950
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
1649776
Internet address
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £4,919,734.78
Total value of the contract/lot: £8,167,531.22
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The contract value is expected to be up to £8,167,531.22 (net of VAT) during the overall maximum 10-year term (5+2+2+1), which includes the cost of implementation, ongoing operational service charges, contract extensions, contract changes and an allowance for indexing of prices. The contract value is an estimate only and will be dependent upon whether an extension (in part or in whole) is enacted, whether any optional services (in part or in whole) are enacted, the extent of any contract changes, and the indices used to index prices.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Public Procurement Review Body
N/A
N/A
N/A
publicprocurementreview@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit