Private Sector Partner (PSP) FOR The Accelerated Capability Environment (ACE)

Tender description

Following the outcome of the Home Office ACE Directors' review concluded in November 2021, the ambition is to continue ACE's low-cost public, private, not-for-profit and academic sector partnerships, centred on collaborative innovation which bring the best practical ideas to the fore that can be understood, evaluated and proven and afterwards taken forward to quickly realise front-line mission impact. The Private Sector Partner (PSP) requirement is for a supplier to work closely with the Authority, on the client side, to act as a flexible commissioning and delivery partner with responsibility for the dynamic ecosystem and collaboration platform (physical and virtual), to deliver commissioned ACE customer requirements (challenges or problem statements) and jointly protect HMG interests. Please follow the below link and register for an account on the Jaggaer portal. Following registration, please email the key contact for this procurement: John.Hampshire@homeoffice.gov.uk and request access to the Non-Disclosure Agreement on Jaggaer. Following successful submission of the Non-Disclosure Agreement, an invitation to the full SQ Document suite (including the "Data Room") will be provided. In your email requesting access, please provide: • Name of Contact • Name of Organisation • Outline description of the organisation • Details of the organisation's website providing further information about their activities • Contact's email address • Contact's telephone number. Registration for expressions of interest will close at 1200hrs, Friday 4 March 2022. The procedure for this procurement will be Competitive Procedure with Negotiation (CPN). The initial term for the awarded contract shall be two years, with an optional one-year renewal. Please note, to participate in this procurement exercise, Bidder(s) would be required to register on the Authority's e-Sourcing portal as part of their expression of interest. Registration can be found at; https://homeoffice.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html.