Pipeline Framework: Early notice for the provision of reward vouchers as an incentive for individuals taking part in research for HMRCs digital services

A pipeline has been launched for Early notice for the provision of reward vouchers as an incentive for individuals taking part in research for HMRCs digital services.The contract start Date is 20 August 2018. Approach to market date is 27 July 2018.HMRC are seeking assistance from an external supplier to provide reward vouchers to users that have taken part in research of our Digital Services.The supplier will be expected to source and Issue vouchers in a secure manner to HMRC, enabling HMRC to then issue these vouchers to the recipients. The amount of the vouchers will be of varying amounts for each of the particular needs of the research the users participate in.These vouchers would be in the form of paper and hopefully eventually look to move to eVouchers depending on the security process around these vouchers.We look to order an estimate of 50-60 vouchers on a monthly basis depending on demand.The eSourcing event for this procurement is provisionally planned to be opened early mid July 2018 with around 15 working days for you to Please can you ensure you are registered as soon as possible with SAP Ariba to gain access to the procurement tender documentation.As part of the registration process you will receive a system generated email asking you to activate your SAP Ariba supplier account by verifying your email address. Once you have completed the activation process you will receive a further email by return confirming the ‘registration process is now complete’ and providing you with ‘your organisation’s account ID’ number.If an email response from HMRC is not received within one working day of your request, please re-contact sapariba.hmrcsupport@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk (after first checking your spam in-box) notifying non-receipt and confirming when your registration request was first made.Once you have obtained ‘your organization’s account ID’ number, please email e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk with your account ID number.Once you have complied with the foregoing you will receive an e-mail confirming access to the procurement event. Further information about HMRC’s procurement tool SAP Ariba, a Suppliers Guide and general information about supplying to HMRC is available on the HMRC website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/about/supplying.htmIf you have already registered on SAP Ariba then you may also need to re-register on HMRC’s SAP Ariba in order to be added to the event.This is a potential opportunity from the government, and the pipeline gives advance notice of an opportunity that might be offered by the public sector in the future – allowing potential suppliers to plan accordingly. When a public sector organisation publishes a pipeline notice, it does not necessarily mean that an opportunity will be offered in the future.For more information contact: 100 Parliament Street, Westminster, London, SW1A 2BQ, England. Email: e.procurement@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk. (Liam Merchant)