Financial Conduct Authority: Application Maintenance and Support Services

UK-London: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.

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 2070666702, Email: isprocurement@fca.org.uk
       Main Address: https://www.fca.org.uk
       NUTS Code: UK

   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: Application Maintenance and Support Services            
      Reference number: CON-21-178

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The FCA uses third party partners to provide Application Maintenance and Support Services of systems. This includes services required to keep a software system (application) operational and functional and includes support and maintenance of bespoke code and COTS (commercial off the shelf) and SaaS (Software as a Service) products, providing incident and problem management services to resolve software problems, supporting batch and housekeeping tasks as well as Service Management Services such as IT Service Continuity, Availability and Capacity Management, Release Management and Software and Configuration Management.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 7,142,277.55
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            72611000 - Technical computer support services.
            72222300 - Information technology services.
            72222200 - Information systems or technology planning services.
            72223000 - Information technology requirements review services.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: The FCA has tendered for Application Maintenance and Support Services of systems. The services required includes keeping a software system (application) operational and functional and includes support and maintenance of bespoke code and COTS (commercial off the shelf) and SaaS (Software as a Service) products, providing incident and problem management services to resolve software problems, supporting batch and housekeeping tasks as well as Service Management Services such as IT Service Continuity, Availability and Capacity Management, Release Management and Software and Configuration Management.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 70
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Price / Weighting: 30
            

      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: Not Provided


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   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: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2019/S 016-033748
      
   

   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-21-178    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 28/02/2022

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 1
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0 (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: 1          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Sopra Steria Limited, 04077975
             Three Cherry Trees Lane, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 7AH, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 7,142,277.55          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 7,142,277.55
         Currency: GBP

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

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://fca.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=690570888

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Financial Conduct Authority
          London, E20 1JN, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 16/05/2022