By Tim Ferguson, 17 September 2007 15:40
NEWS
Companies interested in becoming suppliers to the government's controversial ID card scheme have been given the lowdown on what to expect if they are successful.
The Identity and Passport Service (IPS) staged a bidders' conference last week for companies to learn how the procurement process for the National Identity Scheme (NIS) will work and what kinds of projects they could be involved in.
The conference took place in London last Friday with around fifty potential suppliers attending.
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Bill Crothers, the IPS commercial director, said the aim of the conference was to explain the procurement process and how the IPS wants to do business to ensure value for money for the taxpayer.
He added that the conference was well attended and marked the successful conclusion of the latest stage of the procurement process.
Following the conference potential suppliers have two weeks to complete a prequalification questionnaire to express their interest in bidding for a contract.
The NIS procurement framework was unveiled in August and published in the Official Journal of the European Union, inviting potential suppliers to register their interest.
Successful bidders will build, deploy and maintain the various IT systems needed to complete the NIS project as well as provide business process and IT outsourcing services.
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1. Karen Challinor
"...said the aim of the conference was to explain the procurement process and how the IPS wants to do business to ensure value for money for the taxpayer"
so basically we are going to be chained to a wall
and the IPS is going to make us buy our own chains
but the IPS is concerned that we should only have the best quality chains in case they break and we accidentally fall and hurt ourselves
nice to know the IPS has our best interests at heart
2. anonymous
Who are these potential bidders?
Good to know so we can boycott them.
3. Jay
the winer is doomed with poor gov planning and bad budgeting etc, its going to go bust, get taken up by someone else, cost the tax payer more and be a lesson learned.
if my prediction is correct u can buy me a drink.