National Identity Register / ID Cards procurement to start in June 2007 ?
The Identity and Passport Service has issued another "Prior Information Notice" ahead of any actual formal Invitations to Tender for contracts for the procurement of a "National Identity Scheme Framework":
National Identity Scheme Prior Information Notice 2007 (.pdf 4 pages)
This procurement process for the Framework is supposed to start in "the second quarter of 2007" i.e. now, and the list of chosen suppliers and consortia will probably have been put together by this June 2007, but that is not necessarily a firm date
This is not a firm Invitation To Tender, or even a procurement Request For Information - because those would require some actual detailed specifications of what the Labour Government intends for this scheme. These detailed specifications either do not exist or are being kept secret, for political reasons.
The "Prior Information Notice" lists a few(!) of the categories of products and services which companies might be interested in bidding for,
It is anticipated that the framework may include provision of Managed Services and Systems Integration capabilities for services such as (but not limited to) the following: (a) biometric systems, (b) application support and development, (d) design of identity products such as Passports and Identity Cards, (e) production and distribution of identity products and (d) systems, estates and people to support application and enrolment.
There is a long list of vague product or service titles, in which, interestingly, the word biometric is not mentioned, and neither is Privacy, but the term "Super computer" is.
Does the inclusion of the term "Public law and order services." imply that they are planning to create a privatised police force to enforce the Identity Cards Act 2006 ?
ID cards. Passports. Computer-related services. Passports. ID cards. Database services. Software programming and consultancy services. Software integration consultancy services. Hardware integration consultancy services. Database services.Computer network services. Call centre. Administration services. Data transmission services. Data supply services. Added-value database services. Data management services. Document management services. Facilities management services involving computer operation. Documentation services. Engineering services. Consultative engineering and construction services. Marketing services. Building and facilities management services. Facilities management services. Supporting services for the government. Public law and order services. Printing and delivery services. Printing and distribution services. Document management system. Data-transmission equipment. Integrated network. Data-communications equipment. Data carriers. Construction work for buildings relating to law and order. Engineering works and construction works. Maintenance of information technology software. Maintenance of information technology equipment. System maintenance services. Electronic data exchange services. Interconnection services. Computer and related services. Information systems or technology planning services. Information technology services System implementation planning services. Custom software development services. Development of transaction processing and custom software. System maintenance and support services. Disaster recovery services. Computer archiving services. Software development services. Data services. Data-processing services. Data capture services. Data collection and collation services. Data network management and support services. Data network support services. Data network management services. Data storage services. Bespoke printed matter. Smart cards. Security systems. Security equipment. Technical equipment. Information-processing equipment. Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies. Photocopying and printing equipment. Photocopying equipment. Copying equipment. Computer equipment and supplies. Data-processing machines. Super computer. Central processing unit. Network interfaces. Computer hardware. Desktop computers. Dataprocessing equipment. Data-entry equipment. Storage, input or output units.Computer storage units. IT equipment. Database software. Applications software.Security software. Statistical software. IT software. Software applications. Computer systems. Database-management system. Computer software. Computer-related services. Data capture services. Data collection and collation services. Data network management and support services. Data network support services. Data network management services. Data storage services. Data transmission services. Data supply services. Database services. Added-value database services. Data management services. Computer-related services. Document management services. Facilities management services involving computer operation. Computer network services. Documentation services. Engineering services. Consultative engineering and construction services. Marketing services. Call centre. Building and facilities management services. Facilities management services. Administration services.Supporting services for the government. Public law and order services. Printing and delivery services. Printing and distribution services. Software applications. Computer systems. Database-management system. Document management system. Data transmission equipment. Integrated network. Data-communications equipment. Data carriers. Construction work for buildings relating to law and order. Engineering works and construction works. Maintenance of information technology software. Maintenance of information technology equipment. System maintenance services.Electronic data exchange services. Interconnection services. Computer and related services. Software programming and consultancy services. Information systems or technology planning services. Information technology services. System implementation planning services. Software integration consultancy services Hardware integration consultancy services. Custom software development services. Development of transaction processing and custom software. System maintenance and support services. Disaster recovery services. Computer archiving services. Software development services. Data services. Data-processing services. Passports. ID cards. Bespoke printed matter. Smart cards. Security systems. Security equipment. Technical equipment Information-processing equipment. Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies. Photocopying and printing equipment. Photocopying equipment. Copying equipment. Computer equipment and supplies. Data-processing machines. Super computer. Central processing unit. Network interfaces. Computer hardware. Desktop computers. Data-processing equipment. Data-entry equipment. Storage, input or output units. Computer storage units. IT equipment. Computer software. Database software. Applications software Security software. Statistical software. IT software. Software. Servers. Networks. Telecommunications equipment and supplies.
N.B. do not blame us for the apparent duplications and lack of any structure or sub-headings in this list, that is what is on the document.
If this is an example of the new, super efficient, best value for money, re-vamped Office of Government Commerce compliant procurement programme, involving billions of pounds of our money, then we are not impressed.
Comments
We need to leaflet this info, in layman's terms ofcourse, to public.
richie
defyid
Posted by: richie krueger | May 10, 2007 6:32 PM