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Type of document: Contract Notice
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Ref: (2024/S 000-017386/EN)
Nature of contract: Service contract
Procedure: Not applicable
Type of bid required: Not applicable

Prior information notice without call for competition
Services

This notice is for prior information only
Section I: Contracting authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Official name: Ministry of Defence
Postal address: Westwells Road, MOD Corsham, Spur E, Building 405
Town: Corsham
Postal code: SN13 9NR
Country: United Kingdom
Contact Person: F-IUS Commercial
Email: UKStratComDD-CM-F-IUS@mod.gov.uk
Internet address(es):
Main address:

The contract is awarded by central purchasing body
Additional information can be obtained from:
the above mentioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local sub-divisions
I.5) Main activity
Defence

Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement:
II.1.1) Title: Future Integrated User Services (F-IUS) Fixed Voice – Official
II.1.2) Main CPV code: 64200000
II.1.3) Type of contract: Services
II.1.4) Short Description:
Currently Defence’s Fixed Voice (FV) and Enterprise Voice (EV) (at Official, Secret and Above Secret) and Mobile (at Official only) are all services provided by the Integrated User Services (IUS) Contract.
The F-IUS Programme has assessed all services currently delivered under the single contract with the Incumbent and separated these into the following discrete capability bundles including:
a. Fixed Voice OFFICIAL and Enterprise Voice Telephony
b. Fixed Voice and Video at SECRET Telephony
c. Automated Call Distribution
d. Mobile Devices and Airtime
e. Mobile Device Management and,
f. ABOVE SECRET Voice and Video Telephony
  
This Request for Information (RFI) relates to the Fixed Voice OFFICIAL and Enterprise Voice (“FVO & EV”) capability bundle only, for which we anticipate releasing a Contract Notice during Winter 2024. Contract award is expected in 2025 with an anticipated term of three years plus one plus one (3+1+1).
The Authority is releasing this RFI to gauge the level of market appetite for the FVO & EV competition and to inform our procurement approach in advance of initiating a competition. No formal procurement process has been launched at this stage and this RFI does not represent any commitment by the Authority. Any future procurement, if conducted, will be subject to contract.
Currently we expect to run a single competition to contract for the service(s) as described in the RFI document. The options currently under consideration by the Authority are either; a “Build New” approach incorporating either a Software as a Service (SaaS) or MODCloud option, or; a “Takeover and Enhancement” approach where the new Service Provider will take on the existing service, stabilise and move to crown hosting, whilst delivering a new SaaS or MODCloud platform. We anticipate the successful supplier will migrate Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) enabled endpoints to the SaaS / MODCloud platform and provide field engineering support to endpoints that are not SIP enabled.
II.1.6) Information about lots:
The contract is divided into lots: no
II.2) Description:
II.2.2)Additional CPV code(s)
Main CPV code: 32412100
Main CPV code: 32522000
Main CPV code: 64200000
Main CPV code: 64227000

II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Refer to II.1.4 (Short Description)
II.2.5) Award criteria

II.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice:2024-10-31
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description

IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement(GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: no
IV.2) Administrative information

Section VI: Complementary information
VI.2) Information about electronic workflows
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:2024-06-05