Software package and information systems

Tender description

As part of the Themis project the FCA is seeking to replace its existing intelligence management solution and procure a separate or combined solution for search and discovery. The opportunity is being divided into lots to enable the FCA to procure the most appropriate solution, the lots will be: Lot 1: Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution); Lot 2: Search and Discovery; Lot 3: Quantum (Intelligence Management Solution) and Search and Discovery. Not all lots will be awarded. Applicants may decide to submit proposals for 1, 2 or all 3 lots. If choosing to bid for more than 1 lot, applicants must ensure they complete the relevant response questionnaire. The FCA objectives and outcomes for quantum are: — deliver the ability to securely capture, locate, manage and share intelligence — through enhanced search, intelligence management and user experience capabilities, — enable earlier intervention and insight in the harm lifecycle — by using more sophisticated analytical and reporting capabilities to enhance proactive intelligence linking and discovery across disparate FCA data sets including quantum, — enable more effective external collaboration — through effective dissemination of intelligence with FCA law enforcement and regulatory partners, — deliver an intuitive and user friendly solution — by ensuring that the solution is configurable and efficient to manage and maintain, — ensures the FCA is legally compliant with GDPR, CPD/LED and CPIA, — the FCA is seeking an integrated, value-for-money, secure and evergreen intelligence management solution, which can scale with the FCA’s strategic ambition for how to use intelligence whilst satisfying the FCA’s external intelligence partner’s security expectations. The FCA's objectives and expected outcomes for search and discovery are listed below: — an enterprise search, which allows users to identify data quickly, accurately and with some level of context, — provide the capability to add external sources such as Companies House, — discovery analytics provides users with access to a richer context and additional intelligence within the data through inexact matching, visualisations, collaboration, notifications, analytics, and discovering new data sets, — identify results beyond a simple search with visualisation to help interpretation by non data/intelligence specialists, — enable ‘push’ notifications of linked information from rules that are based on issues of current importance to the FCA, — be programmed to alert on specific ‘typologies’ that indicate cause for concern, e.g. when a firm is failing to submit SARs*, is phoenixing through use of shadow directors, or is linked to risky investments or jurisdictions of concern, — enhance the FCA’s capacity to identify new risks, — empower users to conduct powerful searches across the data and collaborate with colleagues as part of their existing work. The FCA is seeking a solution, which combines it's objectives for quantum (intelligence management solution) and search and discovery. The objectives and outcomes for quantum are: — deliver the ability to securely capture, locate, manage and share intelligence — through enhanced search, intelligence management and user experience capabilities, — enable earlier intervention and insight in the harm lifecycle — by using more sophisticated analytical and reporting capabilities to enhance proactive intelligence linking and discovery across disparate FCA data sets including quantum, — enable more effective external collaboration — through effective dissemination of intelligence with FCA law enforcement and regulatory partners, — deliver an intuitive and user friendly solution — by ensuring that the solution is configurable and efficient to manage and maintain, — ensures the FCA is legally compliant with GDPR, CPD/LED and CPIA, — the FCA is seeking an integrated, value-for-money, secure and evergreen intelligence management solution — which can scale with the FCA’s strategic ambition for how to use intelligence whilst satisfying the FCA’s external intelligence partner’s security expectations. The FCA's objectives and expected outcomes for search and discovery are listed below: — enterprise search allows users to identify data quickly, accurately and with some level of context, — provide the capability to add external sources such as companies house, — discovery analytics provides users with access to a richer context and additional intelligence within the data through inexact matching, visualisations, collaboration, notifications, analytics, and discovering new data sets, — identify results beyond a simple search with visualisation to help interpretation by non-data/intelligence specialists, — enable ‘push’ notifications of linked information from rules that are based on issues of current importance to the FCA, — be programmed to alert on specific ‘typologies’ that indicate cause for concern, e.g. when a firm is failing to submit SARs*, is phoenixing through use of shadow directors, or is linked to risky investments or jurisdictions of concern, — enhance the FCA’s capacity to identify new risks, — empower users to conduct powerful searches across the data and collaborate with colleagues as part of their existing work.