The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service
Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for Automation Marketplace DPS
The submission route named on the official notice.
This is a large award for IT Services — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.
The Minister for the Cabinet Office acting through Crown Commercial Service publishes IT Services work continuously — 23 notices, roughly one every 58 days. This is a stream to watch, not a cycle to wait for.
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Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has set up a dynamic purchasing system for the supply of automation applications and services.
CCS is inviting bidders to request to participate in the automation marketplace DPS.
This DPS will provide central government and wider public sector departments the opportunity to procure an extensive range of automation services and licences to support digital transformation, including strategy and business transformation, problem solving with tech solutions, resource and training, and software licences.
If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your submission you will be invited by customers (buyers) to submit tenders for relevant services through a call for competition.
This DPS remains open for any supplier to request to participate throughout the duration of the DPS.
CCS reserves the right to reduce, extend or terminate the DPS period at any time during its lifetime in accordance with the terms set out in the DPS contract.
What the notice asks for
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has set up
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has set up a dynamic purchasing system for the supply of automation applications and services.
Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.
What this notice demands of you
2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.
Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has set up a dynamic purchasing system for the supply of automation applications and services.
Extension of existing Dynamic Purchasing System for Automation Marketplace DPS
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What it takes to bid this
Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.
Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%
Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack
- Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
- Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
- Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
- Show at bidComparable references / case studies
- Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
- Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
- Show at bidSocial value commitments
Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.
Skills, tools & certifications
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- ocds-h6vhtk-047e07
- Stage
- tender · Open
- Source
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- 021972-2024
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