Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport: 102451 Safety Tech Challenge Fund

UK-LONDON: Administration services.

Section I: Contracting Authority

   I.1) Name, Addresses and Contact Point(s):
       DCMS
       100 Parliament Street, LONDON, SW1A 2BQ, United Kingdom
       Tel. +44 2072112088, Email: commercial@dcms.gov.uk
       Main Address: www.dcms.gov.uk
       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: No

   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: 102451 Safety Tech Challenge Fund            
      Reference number: 102451

      II.1.2) Main CPV code:
         75100000 - Administration services.


      II.1.3) Type of contract: SERVICES

      II.1.4) Short description: Managed Service requirement for design and administration of the Safety Tech Challenge
Fund. A competition challenging UK Safety Tech firms to develop innovative technological solutions addressing the
challenges faced by the move by online platforms to end-to-end encrypted environments. The service required will fall
into 3 distinct phases: 1) Design and Preparation of the competition; 2) Launch and Application and 3) Development
and Assessment.

      II.1.6) Information about lots
         This contract is divided into lots: No
            
      II.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
          Value: 650,000
                  
         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: Description of procurement: DCMS requires an external supplier to deliver the Safety Tech Challenge Fund, a competition challenging safety tech firms to develop innovative technological solutions to address online abuse.
The Supplier will be required to lead on the delivery of the competition, including designing and administering successive phases in line with the direction and timeframe specified by HMG, including the delivery, monitoring and assurance of grant funding to selected companies. The challenge should be launched and invite applications by August/September 2021, and be open until 31 March 2022.
Throughout these phases, the Supplier will:
be required to lead on the design, delivery and administration of the competition, including allocation of grant prizes; provide publicity and communications for the competition, working with relevant Departmental Press Offices. The Supplier will not:
Make final decisions regarding the choice of firms to be awarded grants or prizes, except through the sift of applications at the assessment phase. The Fund sponsors (DCMS, Home Office, GCHQ) have decision-making authority in this regard
The outcome of the challenge will be the development of technological solutions with the potential to create lasting impact by improving the capability of companies to detect harmful and illegal content and behaviour, while respecting user privacy. In doing this, the challenge will also aim to create an environment for the forging of partnerships and the exchange of expertise between safety tech innovators and those who use their products.

      II.2.5) Award criteria:
      Quality criterion - Name: Case Study / Weighting: 5%
      Quality criterion - Name: Skills, expertise and capacity / Weighting: 20%
      Quality criterion - Name: Methodology / Weighting: 20%
      Quality criterion - Name: Project Management and Delivery / Weighting: 15%
      Quality criterion - Name: Understanding of the sector / Weighting: 10%
      Quality criterion - Name: Social value / Weighting: 10%
                  
      Price - Weighting: 20%
            

      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: Not Provided


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: No

IV.2) Administrative information

   IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
       Notice number in the OJEU: 2021/S 000-012004
      
   

   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: 102451    
   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: 01/09/2021

      V.2.2) Information about tenders
         Number of tenders received: 2
         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: 2

      V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

      The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
         
         Contractor (No.1)
             Public Group International Ltd, 10608507
             PUBLIC Hall, One Horse Guards Avenue, London, SW1A 2HU, United Kingdom
             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: 650,000
         Currency: GBP

      V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
         The contract is likely to be subcontracted: No
         
Section VI: Complementary information

   VI.3) Additional information: To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=627952927

   VI.4) Procedures for review

      VI.4.1) Review body
          Department of Culture, Media and Sport
          2-4 Cockspur Street, London, SW1Y 5DH, United Kingdom
          Tel. +44 02072112088

      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: 22/09/2021