Notice Information
Notice Title
IT Managed Service
Notice Description
Clyde Valley Housing Association wishes to procure an IT Services Partner to work with us over the next 3-5 years to deliver an IT managed service contract. Details of scope can be found in the attached ITT document.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The core scope includes the following: -Advisory services with respect to the use of Microsoft cloud to support digital transformation in housing associations -Microsoft 365, Office 365 support backed up by appropriate Microsoft gold competencies -Full management of Office 365 including licencing. Being a registered charity Non-Profit pricing will be required. This would also need to include domain management of new and existing domain names -Full management and support of Citrix environment -Management and administration of M365 licensing and active asset management to set an appropriate plan and budget for device refresh and infrastructure renewals -Physical and virtualised application / database server maintenance and support -Monitoring and management of the current Datto backup solution inc. verification and testing of backups to ensure ongoing integrity and assurance of the backup effectiveness and ongoing ability to restore data and apps -Management of our Sophos AV estate and endpoints -Disaster recovery and business continuity services including the testing and maintenance of the DR plan. In the event of a major event that renders on site equipment unusable (e.g. theft, flooding, failure etc.) suppliers must be able to restore all systems (including the provision of alternative core equipment) with data restored to the latest backup within 72 hours. All data storage and retention is to meet relevant data protection legislation. There must be a minimum of one full, successful Disaster Recover Test per year with documented evidence of the test. Where appropriate, the report should include recommendations for changes/improvements to the recovery process -Device management including patch management of end user devices and all active equipment on the infrastructure at per ITSM configuration management best practice -End user support inc. 1st, 2nd, 3rd line 08:00-18:00 Monday to Friday for c100 users -Active network monitoring / remote monitoring with out of hours identification, triage and resolution of all outages/faults 24x7 excluding bank holidays. Proactive checking of servers to identify potential faults and take appropriate action before the fault causes issues for users -Asset Management -Wireless, local area and wide area networking -ITSM ITIL lifecycle management -CSM, account management, road mapping and performance reporting -Proactive and partnership approach to delivering innovation to the Association, presenting ideas, improvements and future roadmap to improve the Association's security, resilience, network and applications. -We will require as a minimum weekly review meetings with a Client Manager during our transition period, and quarterly thereafter with a monthly report to review helpdesk queries and SLA and KPI performance to date. In addition, there are other services which may come online during the course of the contract. These are detailed in the ITT document.
Options: In addition to the core services there are other services which may come online during the course of the contract. These are detailed in the ITT document. Whether these come online is at the sole discretion of the Association.
Renewal: 2 x 1 year extensions
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0332dc
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/011327-2022
- 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
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72222000 - Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 3 May 20223 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Jun 2022Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- 5 years
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- CLYDE VALLEY HOUSING ASSOCIATION LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- it@cvha.org.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1698268855
Buyer Location
- Locality
- MOTHERWELL
- Postcode
- ML1 1PN
- Post Town
- Motherwell
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM3 West Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM34 North Lanarkshire
- Delivery Location
- TLM84 North Lanarkshire
-
- Local Authority
- North Lanarkshire
- Electoral Ward
- Motherwell North
- Westminster Constituency
- Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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