This is the latest instalment of an exclusive series analysing the UK’s biggest public sector tech deals. In partnership with the data analysis firm Tussell, we drill down into the most valuable tenders and awards from the last seven days. Here’s what we found this week…
Prior information notices
The Crown Prosecution Service has unveiled plans to spend up to £500,000 on courtroom audio and video equipment, as part of a wider plan to digitise how evidence is prepared and presented. The contract would begin on 31 August 2020 and last for three years.
| Authority | Contract Title | Date Published | Bid Deadline | Framework | Tender Value (High) |
| Southend-on-Sea Borough Council | Provision of CCTV Services | 6/11/19 | – | N | £2.3m |
| Crown Prosecution Service | Electronic Preparation and Presentation of Evidence | 6/11/19 | – | N | £500k |
| Ash Manor School | IT Support Service | 8/11/19 | – | N | £300k |
| University of Leeds | PIN Notice for the Development of Website for Postgraduate Courses in Clinical Psychology | 4/11/19 | – | N | £100k |
| University of Edinburgh | Vet School Vender Neutral Archiving System | 4/11/19 | – | N | – |
Tenders
NHS Shared Business Services appears to have revised down the value of its cyber security mega-framework. When the contract was officially launched in September, NHS SBS valued the contract at up to £500m, but the official tender notice suggests a more modest value of £25m to £250m. As NS Tech reported earlier this year, the agency hopes that the comparably small pool of 24 suppliers will streamline procurement and distinguish the framework from larger alternatives such as G-Cloud, which lists 4,200. The closing date for applications is 19 December.
| Authority | Contract Title | Date Published | Bid Deadline | Framework | Tender Value (High) |
| NHS Shared Business Services | Cyber Security Services | 9/11/19 | 19/12/19 | Y | £250m |
| Cabinet Office | Quality Assurance and Testing for IT Systems 2 (QAT2) | 5/11/19 | 2/12/19 | Y | £166m |
| Rotherham, Doncaster & South Humber NHS Foundation Trust | Restricted Framework Reference RM3808, For the Provision of Trust Wide Area Network WAN/HSCN Further Competition | 5/11/19 | 29/11/19 | N | £37.5m |
| West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Provision of Real-Time Passenger Information Battery Powered Displays for Bus Stop Pole and Shelters Framework | 4/11/19 | 9/12/19 | Y | £10m |
| Centre for Process Innovation Limited | Framework for Automation Solutions and Specialist Consumables | 5/11/19 | 4/12/19 | Y | £10m |
Awards
The engineering giant KBR has secured the largest award unveiled last week: a £22m deal to provide facilities management integration services to the Ministry of Justice. The deal was inked back at the start of 2018 but has only come to light now. It will remain in place for five years.
| Contracting Authority | Supplier | Contract Title | Date Awarded | Framework | Value |
| Ministry of Justice | Kellogg Brown & Root Limited | Provision of Facilities Management Integrator Services | 5/6/19 | N | £22.1m |
| Transport for London | Rail Asset Management Solutions Limited | Procurement for a TfL Asset Management Information System | 4/10/19 | N | £21.6m |
| Birmingham City Council | Insight Direct (UK) Ltd | HR & Finance System Replacement | 30/7/19 | N | £12.3m |
| Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency | Not Binary Limited | Provision of Digital Delivery Teams | 3/10/19 | N | £9.3m |
| The Open University | Uniwise Education Solutions Ltd | Exams and Assignments (E&A) Solution | 30/10/19 | N | £7.8m |
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