Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Health and Safety Executive
Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside
Liverpool
L207HS
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD73 - Sefton
Justification for not providing organisation identifier
Not on any register
Internet address(es)
Main address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
General public services
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Building Safety Regulator Digital Delivery Partner
Reference number
HSE/T4192
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
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will be transitioned out of HSE into MHCLG. To support this transition, HSE is seeking a 12 month contract extension of the current contract that is in place with PA Consulting (PA) for the design and build of a case management system for BSR.
The contract extension is required for PA to deliver and facilitate a range of workshops as well as provide strategic advice and guidance to support the segmentation, separation and physical transfer of the case management system to the new BSR infrastructure whilst ensuring an appropriate instance of the developed system remains on HSE's infrastructure to ensure we are able to retain access to the appropriate components and functionality required to meet our needs going forwards.
PA will also be required to support and advise on the physical transfer of the system to the new bodies infrastructure.
PA Consulting has a vast understanding of the BSR Programs and services as they support the development and therefore have the skillset and knowledge base required to support a successful transition from the start. The delivery of the support will include various call-off periods, and HSE will only pay for the effort once it has been approved. The anticipated cost for the support over the period will not exceed £5 000 000.00 (£5 Mil) and will be calculated based on the existing contract rate card. It is not possible to consider other tender options that are expected to take between 6-12 months to conclude.
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: £2,480,121,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will be transitioned out of HSE into MHCLG. To support this transition, HSE is seeking a 12 month contract extension of the current contract that is in place with PA Consulting (PA) for the design and build of a case management system for BSR.
The contract extension is required for PA to deliver and facilitate a range of workshops as well as provide strategic advice and guidance to support the segmentation, separation and physical transfer of the case management system to the new BSR infrastructure whilst ensuring an appropriate instance of the developed system remains on HSE's infrastructure to ensure we are able to retain access to the appropriate components and functionality required to meet our needs going forwards.
PA will also be required to support and advise on the physical transfer of the system to the new bodies infrastructure.
PA Consulting has a vast understanding of the BSR Programs and services as they support the development and therefore have the skillset and knowledge base required to support a successful transition from the start. The delivery of the support will include various call-off periods, and HSE will only pay for the effort once it has been approved. The anticipated cost for the support over the period will not exceed £5 000 000.00 (£5 Mil) and will be calculated based on the existing contract rate card. It is not possible to consider other tender options that are expected to take between 6-12 months to conclude.
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Negotiated without a prior call for competition
- New works/services, constituting a repetition of existing works/services
Explanation:
HSE has a contract with PA Consulting for the design and build of a BSR Case Management system, to allow them to support and manage the transition of the system they have designed, developed and built on behalf of HSE to the new BSR body. We are seeking to extend this contract by 12 months and rely on the provisions of Reg 72 1 b (i) and (ii) to support this approach.
The original contract started 22nd November 2022 and is due to end 31st March 2026. Following this 12 month extension, the contract will now end on 31st March 2027.
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract/concession
Contract No
1.11.4.4192.
Title
Building Safety Regulator Digital Delivery Partner
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract/concession
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
22 November 2022
five.2.2) Information about tenders
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire
PA Consulting Services Limited
10 Bressenden Place
London
SW1E 5DN
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
Companies House
00414220
The contractor/concessionaire is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot/concession (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £2,480,121,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
HSE are considering varying the existing contract with PA Consulting for the design and build of a BSR Case Management system, to allow them to support and manage the transition of the system they have designed, developed and built on behalf of HSE to the new BSR body. We are seeking to rely on the provisions of Reg 72 1 b (i) and (ii) to do so.
In respect of Reg 72 1 b (i) - the argument supporting economic reasons, is primarily being that the current contract was let using the CCS DOS 5 framework four years ago. That framework has now been replaced by the CCS DOS 6 framework and the new framework rates have increased substantially compared to the old ones. This would create a substantial additional finance burden. More substantively the technical issues that would be experienced if we failed to direct award. The system built by PA Consulting has been substantially configured to HSE's requirements and it is intrinsically linked to a number of critical HSE systems and it is important that HSE appoints a supplier to support the transition work, which was not HSE's decision and needs to be undertaken within an extremely challenging timeframe, who understands the intricacies of the system and its interaction with HSE's other systems to ensure that appropriate security protocols and separation provisions can be maintained given that individual components of the system will need to be retained and used by HSE on its IT estate.
The rationale supporting the use of Reg 72 1 b (ii) is that engaging anyone other than PA Consulting to deliver this work is going to require a substantial financial and time commitment from any new supplier to understand the system which would be a substantial duplication of costs given that HSE has already paid PA a substantial amount of money to have that understanding. It would in all likelihood require that HSE also pay PA further sums to engage with any new supplier to support them as they develop their understanding of the system. The final point is that the engagement of anyone else to do this work would also cause HSE significant inconvenience as a substantial amount of staff resource would be required to support any new contractor in delivering this work, which wouldn't be required to the same extent if it is delivered by PA. This resource is scarce, expensive and isn't available because it is already being utilised to support other elements of the transition process. HSE cannot backfill this resource in the timeframe required without incurring significant costs and even if it were able to do so there would be a significant impact on HSE's ability to deliver BAU activity in an environment that is currently subject to a high level of public and political scrutiny.
The original contract value was circa £16m, prior to a previous uplift. The proposed uplift in contract value is £5m, which is within the 50% permitted by the Procurement Regulations.
The total contract value will now be £24,801,210.00
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Tommy Johnson
Redgrave Court, Merton Road, Bootle, Merseyside
Liverpool
L20 7HS
Country
United Kingdom