TTPi Network Communications Services.

Descriptions

The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) as the contracting authority (Contracting Authority) is seeking tenders for the supply of Network Services to the Digital Policing function of the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS).The Total Technology Programme Infrastructure (TTPi) has been established to implement a Service Integrator and Management (SIAM) and Service Tower operating model for the delivery of ICT services across the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) and to procure replacement contracts that align with and support this model.This contract notice covers the procurement of MPS' Network Tower (other than provision of mobile voice and data services and certain specialist circuits, which are outside the scope for this procurement). This procurement in structured into two lots: Lot A covers WAN, LAN, telephony, inter-network gateways and co-ordination of other suppliers in the network tower; including suppliers for the services that are not the subject of this procurement. Lot B covers provision and management of a call routeing system to support emergency and non-emergency callsThe Contracting Authority reserves the right to award a separate contract in respect of each Lot or alternatively award a contract which covers a combination of both of the Lots.Acting on MPS' behalf, the MPS' new SIAM supplier will integrate, manage and monitor the business as usual ICT Services from each of the other Tower suppliers into a portfolio of end-to-end business services, assuring their delivery to agreed standards. The SIAM supplier will also co-ordinate the introduction and delivery of change across the Towers to ensure integrated deployment services. Should the bidder for any of the Lots have bid for and ultimately won the competition for the SIAM services (either as a prime contractor or sub-contractor), in order to minimise any conflict of interest the successful bidder of the relevant Lot will need to demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Contracting Authority that acting in this capacity (as SIAM supplier) will not prevent it from maintaining independence and neutrality in its provision of both the Network and SIAM services.It is envisaged that both supplier to supplier and Contracting Authority to supplier TUPE will apply to this contract.The Authority will use the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation for the purposes of this procurement and, in accordance with Regulation 29(15) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Authority reserves the right to award a contract on the basis of the initial tenders without negotiation. However, should a contract not be awarded at initial tender stage, the Authority also reserves the right to use successive negotiation stages in order to reduce the number of tenders to be negotiated by applying the Award Criteria contained in the procurement documentation.Further details can be found in the procurement documentation and Descriptive Document.