Enforcement Services

This Prior Information Notice is to signal an intention to commence market engagement with those within the Enforcement Services market.

Crown Commercial Service intends to hold market engagement sessions during August 2023 with industry experts and suppliers interested in potentially bidding for the resulting framework contract.

If you are interested in attending a market engagement session please express your interest by emailing valentina.ruggiero@crowncommercial.gov.uk no later than midday on 26/07/2023.

Further details will be provided to you.

Your email must clearly state: the name of your organisation, and contact details for the individual(s) who will be participating in the market engagement.

Crown Commercial Service (CCS) will use an eSourcing system for this competition and reserves the right to use an electronic auction.

The eSourcing system we will use is https://crowncommercialservice.bravosolution.co.uk.

Please note that, to register, you must have a valid DUNS number (as provided by Dun and Bradstreet) for the organisation which you are registering, who will be entering into a contract if invited to do so.

The value in II.1.5 is an indicative value over 5 years.

The date in II.3) is the estimated date of publication, please refer to the CCS website page https://www.crowncommercial.gov.uk/agreements/upcoming Crown for updates and monitor Find A Tender Service for the publication of the contract notice.

The Cyber Essentials scheme is mandatory for Central Government Contracts which involve handling personal information and providing certain ICT products and services.

The Government is taking steps to further reduce the levels of cyber security risk in its supply chain through the Cyber Essentials scheme.

The scheme defines a set of controls which, when properly implemented, will provide organisations with basic protection from the most prevalent forms of threat coming from the internet.

To participate in this procurement, bidders will be required to demonstrate that they are Cyber Essentials Plus certified for the services under and in connection with the procurement.

The bidder may be awarded a contract but shall not enter into any call off contracts with buyers until they are able to demonstrate to CCS that they meet the technical requirements prescribed by the Cyber Essentials Plus Scheme for services under and in connection with this procurement.

The service that arise from this framework will involve the supplier holding material that has been assigned a protective marking under the Government Security Classifications Scheme (April 2014) of OFFICIAL/SENSITIVE.

Bidders will be required to implement their solution in accordance with the Enforcement Services Schedule, "Security Requirement and Plan", to meet Enforcement Services requirements.

This will be released at the ITT stage.