Planning

Preliminary Market Engagement (RFI) - Technology Services for DBS Next Generation Estate

  • Disclosure and Barring Service

UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice - Procurement Act 2023 - view information about notice types

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-062068

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05a7b5

Published 3 October 2025, 11:36am



Scope

Description

DBS is finalising its requirements for the procurement of technology services for its next generation estate. There are:

• a number of cloud-based applications and platforms that are already known that would be supported as part of the services;

• new applications that are in the process of being sourced that will need supporting; and

• additional applications in DBS's legacy technology estate that will persist into the next generation estate that will also require support.

DBS is considering the procurement approach for these requirements and the responses to this preliminary market engagement will be considered in finalising the approach.

Please see the Engagement section of this notice for information on how you can participate in this online market engagement.

Contract dates (estimated)

  • 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2029
  • 3 years

Main procurement category

Services

CPV classifications

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Contract locations

  • UK - United Kingdom

Engagement

Engagement deadline

24 October 2025

Engagement process description

Suppliers wishing to participate in this online market engagement should register by emailing DBSTenders@dbs.gov.uk with confirmation that they are registered on Home Office Jaggaer. Suppliers who are not yet registered can do so here: https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html

The market engagement event will be open for participation from 3rd October 2025 until 10am on 24th October 2025 and will be conducted via Jaggaer. Please ensure you register in good time to enable your participation, noting that the deadline for suppliers to ask any clarification questions in relation to the market engagement will be 10am on Monday 14th October 2025.


Submission

Publication date of tender notice (estimated)

23 January 2026


Contracting authority

Disclosure and Barring Service

  • Public Procurement Organisation Number: PJXX-6763-PBZL

Shannon Court

Liverpool

L3 1QY

United Kingdom

Contact name: Eileen Mather

Email: DBSCommercial@dbs.gov.uk

Website: https://www.gov.uk/dbs

Region: UKD72 - Liverpool

Organisation type: Public authority - central government