Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: Cyber Growth and Innovation Academy Programmes 2021-22

UK-London: Education and training services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, United Kingdom
       100 Parliament Street,, London,, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2072116000, Email: commercial@dcms.gov.uk
       Contact: DCMS Commercial
       Main Address: www.gov.uk/dcms, Address of the buyer profile: www.gov.uk/dcms
       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:
      Recreation, culture and religion

Section II: Object Of The Contract

   II.1) Scope of the procurement

      II.1.1) Title: Cyber Growth and Innovation Academy Programmes 2021-22            
      Reference number: 102356

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         80000000 - Education and training services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: As part of the National Cyber Security Programme, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires the design and delivery of an academy programme to help support the growth of the Cyber sector. The programme will develop activity to support cyber security firms, across early stages of their lifecycle with the essential businesses skills that they need to further their growth.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 635,335
                  
         Currency:GBP            

   II.2) Description

      II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s):
      Not Provided

      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: As part of the National Cyber Security Programme, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) requires the design and delivery of an academy programme to help support the growth of the Cyber sector. The programme will develop activity to support cyber security firms, across early stages of their lifecycle with the essential businesses skills that they need to further their growth. There will be three parts to the
programme, a start-up academy, SME academy and scale up academy.
The Start Up Academy will aim to increase the number and success of early-stage cyber security companies, which is crucial to securing and embedding innovation with the UK’s wider cyber security ecosystem and will seek to transform early-stage cyber security ideas into workable proposals and potential new businesses.
The SME academy will provide UK based cyber security firms, across early and growth stages of the life cycle, with the business skills they need to help further their progress.
The scale up academy will support cyber security scale-ups to address barriers to growth nationally and abroad.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
       Not Provided

      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: To respond to this opportunity please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/9R9327WY82


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 000-008636
      
   

   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: 102356    
   Lot Number: Not Provided    
   Title: Cyber Growth and Innovation Academy Programmes 2021-22

   A contract/lot is awarded: Yes


   V.2) Award of contract

      V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract: 28/06/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 5
         Number of tenders received from SMEs: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: Not Provided          
         Number of tenders received by electronic means: Not Provided

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Plexal (City) Limited, 10012478
             c/o Delancey, 6th Floor, Lansdowne House,, Berkeley Square,, London, W1J 6ER, United Kingdom
             Tel. +44 2039097763
             NUTS Code: UK
            The contractor is an SME: Yes

      V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
         Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: 650,000          
         Total value of the contract/lot: 635,335
         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:
                  
                  Proportion: 31%                   
         Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted:
          Delivery of Start-Up Academy and Academic & Technical Support associated with the provision of the required services, including certain elements of the programme delivery and oversight.          
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: The value of the contract/procurement is for the initial duration and excludes any activity that may be carried out if the contract is extended.
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   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
          100 Parliament Street,, London, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 207212088, Email: commercial@dcms.gov.uk

      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: 06/08/2021