UK-London: Software package and information systems.

Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
Financial Conduct Authority
12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2070660911, Email: Paul.Riley@fca.org.uk
Main Address: https://www.fca.org.uk/, Address of the buyer profile: https://fca.delta-esourcing.com
NUTS Code: UKI

I.2) Joint procurement:
The contract involves joint procurement: No
In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No

I.4)Type of the contracting authority:
Body governed by public law

I.5) Main activity:
Economic and financial affairs

Section II: Object Of The Contract

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title: Themis
Reference number: CON-19-177

II.1.2) Main CPV code:
48000000 - Software package and information systems.


II.1.3) Type of contract: SUPPLIES

II.1.4) Short description: As part of the Themis project the FCA sought to replace its existing intelligence management solution and procure a separate or combined solution for Search and Discovery. The opportunity was divided into lots to enable the FCA to procure the most appropriate solution, the Lots were:

Lot 1 - Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution)
Lot 2 - Search and Discovery
Lot 3 - Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution) & Search and Discovery

Only Lot 1 has been awarded. Both Lot 2 and 3 have been discontinued.

II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: Yes

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value: 1,013,100

Currency:GBP

II.2) Description (lot no. 1)


II.2.1) Title:Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution)
Lot No:1

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
48000000 - Software package and information systems.
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKI - LONDON

Main site or place of performance:
LONDON


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The FCA is awarding a contract for Quantum, which will deliver the outcomes as detailed below:

• Deliver the ability to securely capture, locate, manage and share intelligence – through enhanced search, intelligence management and user experience capabilities
• Enable earlier intervention and insight in the harm lifecycle – by using more sophisticated analytical and reporting capabilities to enhance proactive intelligence linking and discovery across disparate FCA data sets including Quantum
• Enable more effective external collaboration – through effective dissemination of intelligence with FCA law enforcement and regulatory partners.
• Deliver an intuitive and user friendly solution – by ensuring that the solution is configurable and efficient to manage and maintain
• Ensures the FCA is legally compliant with GDPR, CPD/LED and CPIA
• The FCA is seeking an integrated, value-for-money, secure and evergreen Intelligence Management solution, which can scale with the FCA’s strategic ambition for how to use intelligence whilst satisfying the FCA’s external intelligence partner’s security expectations

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 75

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 25


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: This is a contract award for Lot 1

The Initial Term is for 5 years and commences on the 1st June 2020.

After the initial term the contract for Lot 1 can be extended annually on five (5) occasions.

II.2) Description (lot no. 2)


II.2.1) Title:Search and Discovery
Lot No:2

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
48000000 - Software package and information systems.
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKI - LONDON

Main site or place of performance:
LONDON


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This Lot has been discontinued.

The FCA's objectives and expected outcomes for Search & Discovery were:

• An enterprise search, which allows users to identify data quickly, accurately and with some level of context
• Provide the capability to add external sources such as Companies House
• Discovery analytics provides users with access to a richer context and additional intelligence within the data through inexact matching, visualisations, collaboration, notifications, analytics, and discovering new data sets
• Identify results beyond a simple Search with visualisation to help interpretation by non data/intelligence specialists
• Enable ‘push’ notifications of linked information from rules that are based on issues of current importance to the FCA
• Be programmed to alert on specific ‘typologies’ that indicate cause for concern, e.g. when a firm is failing to submit SARs*, is phoenixing through use of shadow directors, or is linked to risky investments or jurisdictions of concern
• Enhance the FCA’s capacity to identify new risks
• Empower users to conduct powerful searches across the data and collaborate with colleagues as part of their existing work

This Lot has been discontinued.

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 20

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 80


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Lot 2 has been discontinued.

II.2) Description (lot no. 3)


II.2.1) Title:Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution) & Search and Discovery
Lot No:3

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
48000000 - Software package and information systems.
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


II.2.3) Place of performance
Nuts code:
UKI - LONDON

Main site or place of performance:
LONDON


II.2.4) Description of the procurement: This Lot has been discontinued

The FCA sought a solution, which combined it's objectives for Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution) & Search and Discovery.

The Objectives and outcomes for Quantum were:

• Deliver the ability to securely capture, locate, manage and share intelligence – through enhanced search, intelligence management and user experience capabilities
• Enable earlier intervention and insight in the harm lifecycle – by using more sophisticated analytical and reporting capabilities to enhance proactive intelligence linking and discovery across disparate FCA data sets including Quantum
• Enable more effective external collaboration – through effective dissemination of intelligence with FCA law enforcement and regulatory partners.
• Deliver an intuitive and user friendly solution – by ensuring that the solution is configurable and efficient to manage and maintain
• Ensures the FCA is legally compliant with GDPR, CPD/LED and CPIA
• The FCA is seeking an integrated, value-for-money, secure and evergreen Intelligence Management solution – which can scale with the FCA’s strategic ambition for how to use intelligence whilst satisfying the FCA’s external intelligence partner’s security expectations

The FCA's objectives and expected outcomes for Search & Discovery were:

• Enterprise search allows users to identify data quickly, accurately and with some level of context
• Provide the capability to add external sources such as Companies House
• Discovery analytics provides users with access to a richer context and additional intelligence within the data through inexact matching, visualisations, collaboration, notifications, analytics, and discovering new data sets
• Identify results beyond a simple Search with visualisation to help interpretation by non data/intelligence specialists
• Enable ‘push’ notifications of linked information from rules that are based on issues of current importance to the FCA
• Be programmed to alert on specific ‘typologies’ that indicate cause for concern, e.g. when a firm is failing to submit SARs*, is phoenixing through use of shadow directors, or is linked to risky investments or jurisdictions of concern
• Enhance the FCA’s capacity to identify new risks
• Empower users to conduct powerful searches across the data and collaborate with colleagues as part of their existing work

This Lot has been discontinued

II.2.5) Award criteria:
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 78

Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 22


II.2.11) Information about options
Options: No


II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


II.2.14) Additional information: Lot 3 has been discontinued


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation


IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No


IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
An electronic auction has been used: No

IV.1.8) Information about the 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 OJEU: 2019/S 182-442736



IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

Contract No: CON-19-177 (Lot 1)
Lot Number: 1
Title: Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution)

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


V.2) Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 07/04/2020

V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 6
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 3 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 5

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Contractor (No.1)
Clue Computing Company Limited, 01715616
Clue House, Petherton Road, Hengrove, Bristol, BS14 9BZ, United Kingdom
NUTS Code: UK
The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided
Total value of the contract/lot: 1,013,100
Currency: GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No


Award Of Contract (No.2)

Contract No: CON-19-177 (Lot 2)
Lot Number: 2
Title: Search and Discovery

A contract/lot is awarded: No

V.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
Notice reference (year and document number): 2019 - 0


Award Of Contract (No.3)

Contract No: CON-19-177 (Lot 3)
Lot Number: 3
Title: Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution) & Search and Discovery

A contract/lot is awarded: No

V.1) Information on non-award
The contract/lot is not awarded
Other reasons (discontinuation of procedure):
Notice reference (year and document number): 2019 - 0

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information: This notice details the award of Lot 1 and the discontinuation of both Lot 2 and Lot 3
To view this notice, please click here:
https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=499999899

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body
High Court of England and Wales
Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, Holborn, London, WC2A 2LL, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2079476000

VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Any review proceedings will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ('PCR 2015'). Any review proceedings must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including, without limitation, PCR 2015. In accordance with PCR 2015, the contracting party will incorporate a minimum ten (10) calendar day standstill period from the date information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. The notification will provide full information on the award decision.

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Financial Conduct Authority
FCA Head Office, 12 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom
Tel. +44 2070661000

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 09/06/2020