Planning

Provision of IT Augment Resource Early Market Engagement

  • Longhurst Group

F01: Prior information notice (prior information only)

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-037403

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04bcf6

Published 19 November 2024, 3:46pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Longhurst Group

1 Crown Court, Crown Way

Rushden

NN10 6BS

Contact

Zoe Berriman

Email

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