Synergy Technology (including ERP) & Systems Integration Services

The Authority published a prior information notice on 21 December 2022 (Notice Reference 2022/S 000-036281) the “December 2022 PIN” (see: Synergy Technology (including ERP) & Systems Integration Services - Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)). The Authority seeks to provide further information to the market which complements the information contained in the December 2022 PIN. The Authority continues to engage the market to work with the Synergy Programme and its stakeholders to ensure the delivery of best in class, Value for Money (VfM), shared Human Resources (HR), Finance and Commercial service which meet the needs of service users. The Authority intends to undertake a procurement for the Synergy Programme in accordance with section II.2.4) of the December 2022 PIN. This prior information notice has been issued to provide further detail as to: a) the rules for participation in the procurement: “Capping Mechanism”; b) the contract construct; and c) the use of the Competitive Procedure with Negotiation and the high-level timelines for this. This information is contained in section II.2.4) of this prior information notice. The purpose of this PIN is to update the market as the Authority continues to design its intended procurement process and, in that respect, to notify the market of the Authority’s current position in relation to items (a) to (c) above. However it should be noted that nothing in this prior information notice is intended to commit the Authority to following those positions as part of its final procurement process or indeed to commence a subsequent procurement process. The Authority reserves the right to amend its position on any of the matters relating to items (a), (b) and (c) final details of which will be confirmed within the Contract Notice for this opportunity.