National Retraining Scheme (NRS) Digital Partners - Package 1

Tender description

The purpose of this Prior Information Notice (PIN) is to provide new and updated information on the competition to appoint suppliers to deliver the National Retraining Scheme (NRS) digital roadmap. Please also see the PIN published on 22 August 2019 via Contract Finder 2019/S 163-400609. This PIN is not a call for competition. This PIN is intended to provide an update to all potential suppliers as follows: 1. Inform potential suppliers of a change to the route to market from OJEU to Digital Outcomes & Specialists (DOS) 4 Framework. The currently planned NRS product pipeline will be spilt into a number of separate bundles; each bundle comprising a set of digital products and phases to be commissioned via the DOS framework. It is expected that contract(s) will be awarded to a single legal entity for the entirety of delivery of each bundle. A lead supplier will be appointed for each DOS call off contract to deliver specific digital requirements which will be clearly defined in the invitation to tender. Whilst the lead organisation may sub-contract certain elements of its service delivery with the Authority's consent (and consortia bids will be permitted), a single legal entity must execute the contract with the Department. 2. To inform potential suppliers that the DOS advert for the first call off opportunity is estimated to be published via the Digital Marketplace in early/mid-January 2020. The requirement will be to appoint a supplier, who will be responsible for the resource, delivery, management and associated services for the following digital outcomes and products: a. Get Help to Retrain (Public Beta) b. An Alpha phase for Find and Apply for a Job c. A Private Beta phase for Find and apply for a Job; and d. A Public Beta phase for Find and Apply for a Job 3. The Authority will award a single contract to a lead supplier assessed as having the capability and capacity to deliver all resources, required for the phases and products above within an Agile Service Delivery environment. 4. The opportunities for the remaining NRS products and phases will be advertised at a later stage.