Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Longhurst Group
1 Crown Court, Crown Way
Rushden
NN10 6BS
Contact
Zoe Berriman
procurement@longhurst-group.org.uk
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKF - East Midlands (England)
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.longhurst-group.org.uk/
Buyer's address
https://www.longhurst-group.org.uk/
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=67319328-eca0-ef11-8132-005056b64545
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Housing and community amenities
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Provision of IT Augment Resource Early Market Engagement
Reference number
DN751604
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79600000 - Recruitment services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Longhurst Group is developing a tender for an IT augmented resource contract to enable additional resource to be provided reactively and in response to business needs.
This resource capability needs to be highly specialised to reflect the Longhurst technology landscape to be able to deliver or contribute to the delivery of new IT systems or changes to IT systems.
To assist this work, we would like to engage with representatives from interested organisations to seek and gather views regarding the specification and procurement approach.
This will take place through interested organisations completing a Early Market Engagement Questionnaire. Information gathered from this early engagement will inform the procurement approach and service specification. The questionnaire can be accessed by this link https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=67319328-eca0-ef11-8132-005056b64545
Responses to the soft market testing questionnaire are due by 19 December 2024 at 12.00.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE1 - East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
- UKF - East Midlands (England)
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
- UKH - East of England
- UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- UKJ4 - Kent
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Longhurst Group is developing a tender for an IT augmented resource contract to enable additional resource to be provided reactively and in response to business needs.
This resource capability needs to be highly specialised to reflect the Longhurst technology landscape to be able to deliver or contribute to the delivery of new IT systems or changes to IT systems.
To assist this work, we would like to engage with representatives from interested organisations to seek and gather views regarding the specification and procurement approach.
This will take place through interested organisations completing a Early Market Engagement Questionnaire. Information gathered from this early engagement will inform the procurement approach and service specification. The questionnaire can be accessed by this link https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert/Index?advertId=67319328-eca0-ef11-8132-005056b64545
Responses to the soft market testing questionnaire are due by 19 December 2024 at 12.00.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
31 January 2025
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