Digital Inclusion and Support Dynamic Purchasing System

Crown Commercial Service is setting up a dynamic purchasing system for an initial period of 48 months. CCS is inviting bidders to request to participate in the Digital Inclusion and Support DPS. This DPS will provide central government and wider public sector departments the opportunity to find and procure a range of services relating to assisted digital support and digital inclusion support.

The 3 distinct categories of the DPS service filters are support type, delivery method and location.

If you are successfully appointed to the DPS following your submission you will be invited by customers (buyers) to submit tenders for relevant services through a call for competition. This DPS remains open for any supplier to request to participate throughout the duration of the DPS. CCS reserves the right to reduce, extend or terminate the DPS period at any time during its lifetime in accordance with the terms set out in the DPS Contract.

Additional information: This DPS Agreement RM6209 Digital Inclusion and Support is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom that exist on 22/05/2020 and which fall into one or more of the following categories:

1. Any of the following:

• (a)Ministerial government departments;
• (b)Non ministerial government departments;
• (c)Executive agencies of government;
• (d)Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;
• (e)Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs);
• (f)Police forces;
• (g)Fire and rescue services;
• (h)Ambulance services;
• (i)Maritime and coastguard agency services;
• (j)NHS bodies;
• (k)Educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;
• (l)Hospices;
• (m)National Parks;
• (n)Housing associations, including registered social landlords;
• (o)Third sector and charities;
• (p)Citizens advice bodies;
• (q)Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;
• (r)Public corporations;
• (s)Public financial bodies or institutions;
• (t)Public pension funds;
• (u)Central banks; and
• (v)Civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations.

2. Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link.

3. Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement or updated web-link.

4. Those bodies in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which are within the scope of the definition of "Contracting Authority" in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and/or Schedule 1 PCR.