Request for Information: Cyber Accelerator Programme - Design Partnerships

What the buyer says

The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) is seeking information from the market to help test the feasibility, deliverability and commercial attractiveness of a proposed requirement for the Cyber Accelerator Programme: Design Partnerships. This Request for Information (RFI) relates to an early draft Invitation to Tender and is intended to give potential suppliers an opportunity to comment on the proposed scope before any final procurement documents are issued. The proposed programme is intended to create a practical pathway from public-sector cyber challenges to potential commercial adoption of innovative cyber solutions. The Programme would bring together public sector organisations with clearly defined cyber challenges and innovative cyber SMEs capable of developing, testing and demonstrating solutions through structured design partnerships. The delivery partner would be expected to identify and recruit suitable public-sector challenge owners, build a pipeline of potential cyber innovators, support challenge development, match innovators to challenges, facilitate design partnership activity, provide a light-touch commercial and compliance wrapper, support adoption planning, organise programme events, report on progress and capture repeatable learning for the wider cyber ecosystem. At this stage, DSIT is particularly interested in understanding the following; • whether the proposed delivery model is realistic • whether the market has the capability and capacity to deliver it • whether the proposed timetable and fixed-price approach are workable, and • whether any changes would improve supplier interest, competition, value for money or successful programme outcomes. Proposed requirement summary Programme name Cyber Accelerator Programme: Design Pa…