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ClosedStage · preprocurement

Intellectual Property Office

Provision of Project Accelerator Expertise

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 72200000 72210000 72212000
Value£20k
Deadline21 Dec 2023
Published6 Dec 2023
RegionWales
Timeline
Published 6 Dec 2023ClosedCloses 21 Dec 2023
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£20ktotal contract value
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The brief

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright.

IPO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology, supported by 1 public body.

Read more about what we do: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office/about The Intellectual Property office (IPO) is conducting Early Market Engagement (Engagement) for the provision of Project Accelerator.

The IPO are currently using Project Online integrated with Power BI to manage their IT project portfolio, planning and capacity management.

As Microsoft have announced the Project Online end of life dates, we are now looking to move away from Project Online to a replacement tool by March 2024 so the new FY plan can be added into the new tool in line with the IPO planning process.

Following a review of our IT and Organisational requirements and a number of road mapping workshops we have made the decision to move to a Power App hosted solution using the Project Accelerator tool.

IPO are now looking for a partner to help build the current Project Online functionality into the Project Accelerator, with an aim to allow future iterations to integrate with Azure Dev Ops.

The linked specification summarises our requirements, which are still subject to change based on the feedback from the market engagement approach..

The purpose of the Engagement is to provide the market with the opportunity to influence the potential structure of the proposed tender process.

Through this process you can express views and confirm latest product/service developments, ways of working etc which may meet the need of the IPO.

Please register your interest via this link: https://atamis-2198.my.site.com/s/Welcome and search for C3322 to locate the opportunity.

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01

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is

The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) is the official UK government body responsible for intellectual property (IP) rights including patents, designs, trade marks and copyright.

02

The IPO are currently using Project Online

The IPO are currently using Project Online integrated with Power BI to manage their IT project portfolio, planning and capacity management.

03

IPO are now looking for a partner

IPO are now looking for a partner to help build the current Project Online functionality into the Project Accelerator, with an aim to allow future iterations to integrate with Azure Dev Ops.

04

The purpose of the Engagement is

The purpose of the Engagement is to provide the market with the opportunity to influence the potential structure of the proposed tender process.

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Source & provenance
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Stage
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