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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

Notice Type:MOD Contract Notice

GB-1000137476: New Information Systems Service Solution (NISSS)
Region Codes: UK

Section I: Contract Title
1. Contract Title: GB-1000137476: New Information Systems Service Solution (NISSS)
2. Section (DIO only):

Section II: Identification Numbers
1. MOD Contract Notice Nr: 1000137476

Section III: Relevant Dates
1. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 04/03/2019
2. Proposed/Estimated ITT Issue Date: 01/05/2019
3. Proposed/Estimated ITT Return Date: 23/10/2019
4. Proposed Issue Date of Contract: Not Provided
5. Proposed Completion Date of Contract: 31/03/2026

Section IV: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
1. Notice Address
Ministry of Defence, DSTL, Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Dstl Porton Down, Building 5, Room G02, Salisbury, SP4 0JQ, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 1980950000, Email: donotreply@dstl.gov.uk, URL:
Attn: NISSS

Section V: Product / Service Descriptor Code
1. Industry Codes:
72000000 – IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.

Section VI: Summary of Requirements / Description of Work, Goods and Services
1. Summary of Requirements / Description of Work: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support. Dstl (the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory) is an Executive Agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. We work to deliver high-impact science and technology for the benefit of the UK’s defence, security and prosperity. We provide sensitive and specialist science and technology (S&T) research, advice and analysis for the UK Ministry of Defence (MOD) and wider Government. Since we were formed in 2001, we have built an excellent reputation for world-class S&T, mostly due to the expertise and commitment of our talented scientists and professionals.

We are seeking a new service provider(s) to deliver our IS service provision that is cost effective, demonstrates Value for Money (VfM) and leverages economies of scale to meet the Business Goals and strategic objectives of Dstl. The scope of this requirement is the provision of a range of services appropriate to support Dstl’s core business needs and the specialist S&T needs of the people it employs. Dstl is a knowledge economy where knowledge, information and data are valued assets to be appropriately protected, shared, discovered and exploited enabling Dstl to maximise the impact of S&T for the defence and security of the UK. Dstl has historically run information and data systems independent from the rest of defence and government, creating its and owns strategies, policies, processes and governance models that are suited to its business but in line with broader departmental intent. Going forward Dstl has the desire to leverage services from MOD, where appropriate, or buying in external services where the economies of cloud provision reduce cost and improve capability.

We are looking at the following services to be provided by the supplier:

Service Integration & Management, End User Devices, Business Applications, Specialist Hosting and Cloud, Boundary Networks and IA.

For this requirement bidders are required to register on the Dstl Electronic Tendering Portal
Bidders must register in order to express an interest and pass the 1st stage of the supplier selection to receive tender documentation.
2. Main Place of Performance or Delivery: UNITED KINGDOM
3. Can a supplier bid alone for only a part of the contract?: No
Section VII: Reverse Auction
1. Reverse Auction: No. A Reverse Auction, conducted using electronic means, will not be used as part of the procurement process for this requirement.

Section VIII: Estimated Value of Requirement
1. Estimated Value of Requirement: Category A1: 250M – 400M GBP

Section IX: QA Standards
1. QA Standards: Other
2. If Other please specify: TickIT, BS EN ISO 9001:2015, ITIL v3 2011,ISO/IEC 20000:2011, ISO 10007, ISO 22301, BS EN ISO 14001
Section XII: Additional Information
1. Additional Information:
The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.Suppliers interested in working with the MOD should register on its Supplier Information Database (SID), available at www.contracts.mod.uk. The SID is a catalogue of potential suppliers available to all MOD procurement staff, and is the main supplier database used by MOD. Please note that the registration and publication of a company profile on the SID does not mean or imply that the supplier has in any way been vetted or approved by the MOD. Suppliers wishing to compete for a contract opportunity must respond to any specific call for competition by submitting a separate expression of interest in accordance with the instructions in the contract notice.
The Authority reserves the right to amend any condition related to security of information to reflect any changes in national law or government policy. If any contract documents are accompanied by instructions on safeguarding classified information (e.g. a Security Aspects Letter), the Authority reserves the right to amend the terms of these instructions to reflect any changes in national law or government policy, whether in respect of the applicable protective marking scheme, specific protective markings given, the aspects to which any protective marking applies, or otherwise.

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