Retained Core Business Services (CBP)

Concepts

• application service providers
• enhancement services
• system integration services
• other business applications
• optional business application development
• feasibility analysis services and decommissioning services
• business application support
• business application
• core business services
• retained core business services

Location

100 Parliament Street Westminster London SW1A 2BQ

Description

The Core Business Platform (Retained Services) contract covers the provision of business application support and maintenance services for a set of business-critical HMRC applications. The contract includes options to provide decommissioning and applications modernisation services for applications in scope. The contract modification will support ongoing decommissioning and modernisation of services to meet initial contract objective ensuring that key business applications and services are modernised and ready for future market engagement.

Ammendments to Previous Notice

Award Detail

CPV Codes

• 72416000 - Application service providers
• 72250000 - System and support services
• 72261000 - Software support services
• 72262000 - Software development services
• 72263000 - Software implementation services

Indicators

• Contract modified due to additional needs.

Legal Justification

The CBP contract provides services supporting the Government's ability to manage national tax collection. A compromise to service delivery would impact the Government's ability to collect taxes and administer benefits payments and as such detrimentally impact UK citizens. This modification has been made in line with Reg (1) (b): Modification of the Contract is sought pursuant to Regulation 72 (1) (b) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 ("PCR 2015") on the basis of additional works, services and supplies that are required to be delivered under the Contract. Under Regulation 72(1)(b) contracts and framework agreements may be modified without a new procurement procedure where additional works, services or supplies by the original contractor that have become necessary and were not included in the initial procurement, and where a change of contractor- (i) cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements of interchangeability or interoperability with existing equipment, services or installations procured under the initial procurement. (ii) would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs for the contracting authority, and provided that any increase in price does not exceed 50% of the value of the original contract. A change of supplier for this contract is not feasible for technical reasons due to Core Business Platforms applications having extremely high levels of technical and functional complexity. In addition, there would be a significant increase in costs if a new supplier provided these services which would include major delays to programmes.

Other Information

This is a contract modification notice.