Financial Conduct Authority: Themis

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