HMRC: Confirmation of Payee

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

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       HM Revenue & Customs
       Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 7815438343, Email: bhavina.patel1@hmrc.gov.uk
       Contact: Bhavina Patel
       Main Address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
       NUTS Code: UK

   I.2) Joint procurement:
      The contract involves joint procurement: No          
      In the case of joint procurement involving different countries, state applicable national procurement law: Not Provided
      The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body: Yes

   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: Tax

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Confirmation of Payee            
      Reference number: SR550131519

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: The Authority has identified a requirement for the provision of confirmation of payment services in order to enable our customers to easily make bank transactions to and from the Authority.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 9,000,000
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
            66170000 - Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
            66110000 - Banking services.
            66172000 - Financial transaction processing and clearing-house services.
            48812000 - Financial information systems.


      II.2.3) Place of performance
      Nuts code:
      UK - UNITED KINGDOM
   
      Main site or place of performance:
      UNITED KINGDOM
             

      II.2.4) Description of the procurement: HMRC is the UK’s tax, payments and customs authority. We collect the money that pays for the UK’s public services. Our strategic objectives to help us achieve this, and become a world-class organisation, are:
• Maximise revenues and bear down on avoidance and evasion;
• Transform tax and payments for our customers; and
• Design and deliver a professional, efficient and engaged organisation.
Focusing on these objectives the Authority wishes to procure the provision of the service to use Confirmation of Payee (CoP) to make it easier for our customers to make bank transactions to and from the Authority. Individuals and organisations can transact with the Authority via a growing number of online internal and external services, many of which require the user to supply bank account details. These online services currently use industry standard checks, sort code data and third-party APIs to validate bank account details. The addition of CoP service shall allow the Authority to improve this validation process, which consequently will make these online services easier to use and provides additional means for preventing and detecting fraud.

Bidders must have an existing relationship with a sponsor who has Open Banking credentials possess access through an authorised participant bank or be able to demonstrate to the Authority that the bidder can ensure a sponsor will be in place before the effective date.

Central government strategy is moving towards ‘Government as a platform’. As a result, the Authority needs to ensure that it is not limited in how it makes its services available to other government bodies, local government and the wider public sectors. This contract will be enabled for all public sector organisations to use, including but not limited to: Central Government Departments and their arm’s length bodies (ALBs), education and higher-education sector, housing associations, NHS trusts, local authorities and charities. The maximum contract value, including the Authority and any other service beneficiaries, will be £9million over the contract period of two (2) years plus a possible one (1) year extension. The Authority’s specific requirement for the Services as a share of the maximum contract value is anticipated to be £1.7million over the contract period.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 40
      Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10
      Quality criterion - Name: Management Activity / Weighting: 10
      Quality criterion - Name: Social, Environmental & Innovative Characteristics / Weighting: 3
      Quality criterion - Name: Security / Weighting: 7
                  
      Cost criterion - Name: Cost / Weighting: 30
            

      II.2.11) Information about options
         Options: No
         

      II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
         The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
         

      II.2.14) Additional information: Suppliers need to register on HMRC SAP Ariba portal.
Suppliers will need to register at: http://hmrc.supplier-eu.ariba.com/ad/register/SSOActions?type=full
Once you have registered to access the event, please email Bhavina.patel1@hmrc.gov.uk and e.procurement@hmrc.gov.uk the following:
AN number
Contract title in Section II.1.1
Contact name & details
Organisation name


Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

   IV.1.1)Type of procedure: Open


   IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system
      The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement: No       
      

   IV.1.6) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction has been used: No

   IV.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-003939
      
   

   IV.2.9) Information about termination of call for competition in the form of a prior information notice
      The contracting authority will not award any further contracts based on the above prior information notice: No

Section V: Award of contract

Award Of Contract (No.1)

   Contract No: CW34509    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Not Provided

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 19/05/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 6
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2 (SME - as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC)          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: 6

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             National Westminster PLC, 00929027
             London, United Kingdom
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: No

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: Not Provided          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 9,000,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: Yes
                  Value or proportion likely to be subcontracted to third parties:
                  
                  
         Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
          The subcontractor will be the service provider of the CoP solution, with Supplier acting as the managing agent. The subcontractor will be responsible for delivering the key contract deliverables.          
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.
The total value provided in Section II.1.7) and Section V.2.4) is the maximum total contract value and may vary based on the uptake from our customers and the other organisations that may potentially use this contract.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          HM Revenue & Customs
          Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street, Salford, M60 9LA, United Kingdom

      VI.4.3) Review procedure
         Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures: Not Provided

      VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
         Not Provided

   VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice: 12/08/2021