Tender

Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package

ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST

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Tender

11 Dec 2023 at 11:09

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust is seeking services for its "Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package" procurement. The trust aims to become a cloud-first, device-led organisation, providing a device for every child in its school network. This 10-year strategy involves migrating to Microsoft Office 365 and SaaS-based learning platforms. The procurement has a total value of GBP 300,000 and is open for interested bidders, with a tender deadline of January 29, 2024. The contract period is set to start on March 25, 2024, and run until March 24, 2028. Potential bidders should note the IT services nature of the procurement in the consulting, software development, and support domain.

This tender by St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust presents an opportunity for businesses to provide IT services aligned with the trust's cloud-first strategy. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be suitable bidders for this procurement, given the trust's emphasis on modern technology solutions. With a focus on delivering improved learning experiences through technology, businesses offering cloud-based solutions, integrated learning platforms, and consulting services could find this opportunity particularly relevant. The procurement method is open, allowing for a competitive bidding process, and interested organisations need to ensure they can support the trust's transitionary state and varying operating models effectively.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package

Notice Description

Technical Strategy The trust's strategy is to be a cloud first, device led organisation. We hope to put a device in the hands of every child at every school in our network, removing the barriers to technology and improving the learning experience. To deliver this vision, we will be adopting a cloud first approach to technology and services, removing our dependence on on-premises infrastructure such as directory servers, file servers, SQL servers etc... Instead, we are moving our identities, data, and device management to Microsoft Office 365. We are accomplishing this transition using Microsoft 365 A3 licenses, applied to all staff and students. The end goal is for all schools to be part of this single Microsoft tenant, providing centralised management as well as improved collaboration and communication across the trust. All schools will be moving towards SaaS based learning platforms that can integrate with our 365 services, either directly or through 3rd party integration partners such as Wonde. The trust are in the process of outlining our recommended core suite of applications for schools for both curriculum and none curriculum requirements. We have already standardised on certain services such as Arbor for MIS, CPOMS for safeguarding, and Senso for classroom management and monitoring. This is a 10-year strategy, due to the timeline we are working with for onboarding of new schools. As such, the trust will be in a constant transitionary state, between those schools that have moved to our model, and those that are scheduled to. As each school is onboarded, they will be migrated to our parent tenancy for identity, data, and device management. Those that are inline to be onboarded will have their own model, which could range from cloud only, hybrid, or solely on prem. This is important to any bidders as we require the solution to support multiple operating models and support ease of migration from one to another.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
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Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fae46ce-d017-4671-94c0-256dbaba82da
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open 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
£300,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
11 Dec 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
29 Jan 2024Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
25 Mar 2024 - 24 Mar 2028 4-5 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
ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
BURY
Postcode
BL9 5BT
Post Town
Bolton
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD3 Greater Manchester
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD37 Greater Manchester North East
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Bury
Electoral Ward
Moorside
Westminster Constituency
Bury North

Further Information

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