HMRC: Project GRACE (Government Reporting and Cash Management Environment)

UK-Salford: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.


Preliminary Questions
   This notice is for prior information only: Yes
   This notice aims at reducing time-limits for receipt of tenders: No
   This notice is a call for competition: No
         
Section I: Contracting Authority

I.1) Name and addresses:
       HMRC, UK
       5W Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley St, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 03000587871, Fax. +44 03000587871, Email: e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk
       Contact: Lee Corrigan
       Main Address: www.hmrc.gov.uk, Address of the buyer profile: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
       NUTS Code: UK
      Specifications and additional documents: As Above
I.2) Joint procurement:
   The contract involves joint procurement: No.
   The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: No .

I.3) Communication          
   Further information can be obtained from: the above mentioned address

I.4) Type of the contracting authority    
   Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity:    
   Other activity: Collector of direct and indirect taxes

Section II: Object
      
II.1) Scope of the procurement - 1
   II.1.1) Title: Project GRACE (Government Reporting and Cash Management Environment)    
          Reference number: SR131673967
   II.1.2) Common Procurement Vocabulary:       
      66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
   II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES
   II.1.4) Short description:    
      Government Banking, acting through HMRC, are giving potential suppliers early notification of a requirement to supply a Cash Management reporting system. It is expected to be a 5 year contract with options to extend. Additional information will be provided in the lot description.          
   II.1.5) Estimated total value: Not Provided
   II.1.6) Information about lots:
      This contract is divided into lots: No          
      Maximum number of lots that may be awarded to one tenderer: Not Provided       
      The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots: Not Provided

II.2) Lot Description    
   II.2.3) Place of performance:       
      Region Codes:               
         UK - UNITED KINGDOM    
   II.2.4) Description of the procurement:       
      HMRC is seeking to engage with potential suppliers for a Cash Management solution that can report intraday position data using transactional data which is used to supply HM Treasury with key financial information, allowing them to effectively deliver government cash management objectives in conjunction with the Debt Management Office (DMO). Additional reports are supplied to HM Treasury using Previous End of Day data for Cash Management purposes and next day information for forecasting.

Any solution must have the ability to create payment messages (Internal movements only) for onward transmissions to our supplier banks. We also require the ability to interrogate the data in the form of user definable reports and visual presentation.    
   II.2.14) Additional information          
      HMRC intends to hold Supplier Days and/or Site Visits to seek further clarification of submissions; and discuss market innovations of service delivery. Dates of Supplier Days will be confirmed via SAP Ariba but likely W/C 4th November at 1 Ruskin Sq, Croydon but will be confirmed closer to the time. Site Visits will be confirmed in due course. Please see VI.3 below If interested in attending,    


II.3) Estimated Date of publication
         20/01/2020
      
      
Section IV: Procedure   

IV.1) Description       
   IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA )
         The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) - YES

Section VI: Complementary Information    
VI.3) Additional Information:       
   Please note that suppliers will need to register on the HMRC SAP Ariba eSourcing portal in order to express an interest in attending a Supplier Day. Guidance on how to register can be found at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/528355/SAP_Ariba_Sourcing_Professional_Supplier_s_Guide_-_June_2016.pdf.
Once you have registered, HMRC will be in touch to arrange a time slot and we ask that you limit attendees to no more than 6 individuals. You may be required to sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement prior to attending the supplier day.
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=427944347
GO-2019910-PRO-15346888 TKR-2019910-PRO-15346887        

VI.5) Date Of Dispatch Of This Notice: 10/09/2019