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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom

Notice Type:MOD Contract Notice

GB-IMAGE/99999: PICASSO IT Service Management
Region Codes: UKH12

Section I: Contract Title
1. Contract Title: GB-IMAGE/99999: PICASSO IT Service Management
2. Section (DIO only):

Section II: Identification Numbers
1. MOD Contract Notice Nr: IMAGE/99999

Section III: Relevant Dates
1. Deadline for Expression of Interest: 27/09/2020
2. Proposed/Estimated ITT Issue Date: 07/10/2020
3. Proposed/Estimated ITT Return Date: 27/11/2020
4. Proposed Issue Date of Contract: 28/05/2021
5. Proposed Completion Date of Contract: 27/05/2024

Section IV: Issuing Branch / Organisation Details
1. Notice Address
Ministry of Defence, Information Systems and Services, Imagery and Geospatial Systems (IMAGE)
Yew 2a, #1247, MoD Abbey Wood, Bristol, BS34 8JH, United Kingdom
Tel. 030679 39147, Email: stephen.cairns148@mod.gov.uk
Contact: Stephen Cairns, Attn: Stephen Cairns

Section V: Product / Service Descriptor Code
1. Industry Codes:
72222300 – Information technology services.

Section VI: Summary of Requirements / Description of Work, Goods and Services
1. Summary of Requirements / Description of Work: Information technology services. The UK MoD has a requirement for the procurement of support for an existing Geospatial Intelligence System, including processing, exploitation and dissemination of imagery, maps, charts and geographical data. PICASSO Allied System for GEOINT (P-ASG) systems are critical to a range of key MOD operational outputs including: UK processing, exploitation and dissemination of US national technical means and other satellite imagery; production of authoritative maps, charts and digital geographic data for pan-Defence use; and field deployable geographic support. Continuity of contracted support is required to sustain 65 operationally critical systems across all security domains.

Continuity of operations (COOP) must be maintained via the provision of both Authority and Contractor provided Information Technology Service Management (ITSM), which in turn enables the effective delivery of the P-ASG IT Services in support of the primary UK end user, the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI) key business capabilities and outputs.

The new PICASSO ITSM contract will provide the opportunity for both the Authority and Contractor to more closely align with the formal adoption of industry best practice – Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) frameworks, as well as review and deploy their shared resources to perform PICASSO ITSM more effectively.
The term of this contract will be for 3 years, with the possibility of extension through a priced 1 year option.

Responses to the PQQ will be assessed by the IMaGE Delivery Team, answers in Part 1 of the PQQ will be assessed on a pass or fail basis, respondents are required to pass every question in Part 1 of the PQQ, if responses in Part 2 of the PQQ are to be considered. Answers in Part 2 of the PQQ will be marked on a 0-5 scoring system and this will be multiplied by the relevant weighting. The Authority will down-select 4 bidders for ITN process based on a 55% marking of the overall scoring criteria for the PQQ. If more than 4 bidders score 55% or greater, the top 4 scoring bidders will be down-selected for the ITN process.

The Cyber risk of this contract has been assessed as “HIGH”, in accordance with Defence Cyber Partnership Security Model.

Due the security classifications and timelines surrounding this project it is necessary for suppliers to hold List X status by issue of the ITN documentation. The authority reserves the right to not take forward any bidder who does not hold List X status by this time.

The estimated average annual contract value is circa £20-30m (ex VAT). If the estimated annual contract value is greater than 40% of the supplier’s turnover, the Authority reserves the right to exclude the supplier from being selected to tender except where the supplier provides, to the satisfaction of the Authority, evidence showing it has sufficient economic and financial capability, e,g, parent company or bank guarantee.

D/PQQ access code: CWYYHGG43N.

Future contract number:700935371
2. Main Place of Performance or Delivery: Cambridgeshire CC
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 B1: 100M – 250M GBP

Section IX: QA Standards
1. QA Standards: No QMS Certification Required

Section XII: Additional Information
1. Additional Information:
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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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