Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
UK
Contact person: Mark Skurr
Telephone: +44 02033343555
E-mail: neil.tiffen@justice.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
Address of the buyer profile: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice/about/procurement
I.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge at:
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent electronically to:
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
HMCTS Financial Transaction Processing (Middle Office) Service
Reference number: prj_3840
II.1.2) Main CPV code
66172000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
This Notice is issued by the Lord Chancellor acting as part of the Crown (the "Authority").
This service will be provided for the benefit of, and managed by, His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) an executive agency of the Authority.
The FTP middle office provides a range of data handling, processing, banking, and Management Information (MI) related services to support court services.
The provision of these services is critical to the processing of the court operations and involves the handling of high volumes of processing tasks, including receipting, payments, validation, reconciliation, and consolidation of up to 10 million transactions (over £3bn) per year.
The Authority intends to appoint a supplier to implement a service that will include integrating and maintaining a system that can pay, receive, account and reconcile high volumes of data and financial transactions. It will incorporate the ability to drill down to detailed transactional levels, support the management of individual cases, include exception handling process and the implementation of efficiencies and improved ways of working. The supplier is also required to undertake a transition programme, including data migration, in parallel to the incumbent service.
The procurement will be managed, and the procurement documents made available, via the Authority’s Jaggaer eSourcing Portal (address below). If you have not yet registered on the e-Sourcing Portal, this can be done online at
https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html
Interested suppliers must be registered on this site to view the Invitation to Tender (ITT) and will then need to complete and sign a Confidentiality Agreement to access further sensitive information. Once completed and signed the Authority will invite the interested supplier, provided it is registered on the above site, to access the sensitive information. The Confidentiality Agreement can be obtained by sending an email to
FTP_Reprocurement@justice.gov.uk
All Tenders are to be submitted via the Authority’s Jaggaer eSourcing Portal, attention FTP Commercial Team, in accordance with the instructions set out in the Invitation to Tender.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
31 358 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Add in same details as above
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 60
This contract is subject to renewal: Yes
Description of renewals:
The Initial Term of the proposed Contract will be 5 years with the option for the Authority to extend for two (2) further periods each of two (2) years in duration, up to a maximum extension period of four (4) years in aggregate.
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
II.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted:
No
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
The Initial Term of the proposed Contract will be 5 years with the option for the Authority to extend for two (2) further periods each of two (2) years in duration, up to a maximum extension period of four (4) years in aggregate.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
III.1) Conditions for participation
III.1.1) Suitability to pursue the professional activity, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
List and brief description of conditions:
As stated in the procurement documents.
III.1.2) Economic and financial standing
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3) Technical and professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2) Conditions related to the contract
III.2.2) Contract performance conditions
As stated in the procurement documents.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2023/S 000-006202
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
20/09/2024
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Tender must be valid until:
15/08/2025
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
10/09/2024
Local time: 16:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
UK
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
10/09/2024