Tender

OHCAT - ICT Managed Service

ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE & ACADEMY TRUST

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Tender

22 Nov 2022 at 17:45

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust is seeking a single provider to deliver an ICT managed service across its 22 sites in London, Surrey, Sussex, and Berkshire. The procurement process involves a restricted procedure with a tender period closing on 22nd December 2022. The contract period is set to start on 30th May 2023 and end on 29th May 2028. This presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services to engage with a significant contract valued at £9,500,000 GBP.

This tender from the Trust is ideal for businesses that can provide strategic ICT advice, monitoring and management services, service desk support, training, innovation, and overall infrastructure design and management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be particularly suitable for this opportunity. Interested parties should be prepared for a comprehensive service delivery model that aims to enhance the ICT capabilities across multiple education sites, driving innovation and providing valuable support throughout the entire contract duration.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

OHCAT - ICT Managed Service

Notice Description

Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. The uniqueness of OHCAT is that it is fully representative of all designations of special education needs and disabilities. Across the whole organisation there are a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.Orchard Hill College (OHC) was established in 1983 and has grown from a small hospital provision into an Outstanding College that operates from eight college centres across London and provides post-16 education for approximately 400 students with mild, moderate, severe and profound learning need.Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (OHCAT) was established in 2013 by Orchard Hill College to share its expertise and provide services and support to specialist schools. The Trust is now home to 15 special schoolsIn total there are currently 22 sites encompassing c1,500 staff and c2,077 PupilsThe Purpose of this procurement is to identify a single provider who will deliver an ICT managed service across all sites. It is expected that TUPE will apply from the Trust.Bidders should assume that the Trust will require a 51 week onsite service that fulfils an SLA that will be provided by the Trust. The following list of services are to be provided but should not be seen as a finite list:- strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT- 24hrs a day 365 days per year monitoring and management service- service desk- support for the Trust administration staff who currently number c70 at Quadrant House and remotely- local staffing that bidders deem necessary to meet the delivery requirements of the SLA- responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure- supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach- management of all ICT against an agreed SLA- management of third parties- relevant management, patching and reporting- training - technical and curriculum as necessary- expectation that the provider will drive innovation- risk registers and inventory management- co-ordination and administrative support to an ICT Project GroupThe initial work will be to both transition to the new service and then design and implement a new infrastructure across seven initial sites. Starting with a design phase in the summer term of 2023 and then a roll out during the Autumn term and when new communication lines are in place (due to be procured in parallel to this procurement).

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8752bdb-ab19-401e-ad25-c6f860f5079f
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Restricted procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£9,500,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Nov 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
22 Dec 2022Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 May 2023 - 29 May 2028 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE & ACADEMY TRUST
Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
procurement@orchardhill.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 3454020453

Buyer Location

Locality
SURREY
Postcode
SM2 5AS
Post Town
Sutton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI6 Outer London - South
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton
Delivery Location
TLI London, TLJ South East (England)
Local Authority
Sutton
Electoral Ward
Sutton South
Westminster Constituency
Sutton and Cheam

Further Information

Notice Documents

Notice URLs

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