Tender

South West Essex Community Education Trust - ICT Partner

SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST

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27 Apr 2023 at 16:19

Tender

29 Mar 2023 at 07:16

Summary of the contracting process

The South West Essex Community Education Trust is looking for an ICT Partner to consolidate its ICT provision, providing infrastructure management, ICT projects, and equipment supply. This procurement opportunity involves strategic advice, full-time service desk, remote monitoring, ICT infrastructure management, training, and innovation. The tender deadline is 24th April 2023, with second-stage invitations sent by 2nd May 2023.

This ICT partnering tender by the South West Essex Community Education Trust presents significant business growth opportunities for companies experienced in providing comprehensive ICT services. Businesses with expertise in infrastructure management, ICT projects, and continual innovation in the education sector would be well-suited to participate. The competitive procedure with negotiation allows for tailored solutions that can align with the Trust's objectives and drive innovation in educational technology.

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Notice Title

South West Essex Community Education Trust - ICT Partner

Notice Description

The South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) is a Trust of 6 Academies encompassing c.3,964 pupils. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide To achieve this, we recognise that we must take accountability for the quality of our teaching, our learning environments and our pupils' development as well as striving to be at the forefront of innovative education. We provide exceptional training and development opportunities for our colleagues so that they can reach their full potential. It is vital that they have the skills, capacity and expertise needed to not only teach our pupils and provide an outstanding education, but to inspire, support and prepare them for adult life. We also work to cultivate an exciting, dynamic and pupil-focused learning environment where our teaching is innovative and developmental. Our pupils' education is our main priority and we want to ensure they enjoy coming to school. We are constantly challenging ourselves and looking within our schools and beyond our immediate community to understand our needs and identify best practice. It is important to us to stay up to date with the latest research and continue to find new innovative ways of educating our pupils. The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided internally by 6 people. The team who deliver a mix of both onsite and remote support. There is an ICT Manager, Deputy ICT Manager, 3 x Technicians and an apprentice. The reason for this procurement is that the Trust wishes to consolidate its ICT provision, into a single outsourced service that will deliver infrastructure management, ICT Projects (initially to re-organise the joining up of ICT across the Trust) and supply of equipment. In school, 'adds, moves and changes' will continue to be carried out by SWECET staff. The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the Stage 2 ITT for the service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but not be limited to: * Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT * Single service desk for all ICT issues - Full time except Bank Holidays * Single ITSM tooling for both SWECET and the bidders staff to use (6) * 24 x 7 x 365 remote monitoring and management, including all patching and updates of infrastructure that the supplier is responsible for. * Responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure * Re-active onsite staffing bidders to deliver the SLA. * Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach * Management of 3rd parties - apart from those which relate to local device based applications * Relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting * Training - Technical and curriculum as necessary * Expectation that the provider will drive innovation * Risk registers and infrastructure inventory management * Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives * Due diligence for future schools Bidders should note the following; * The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack * There is not expected to be an initial requirement for TUPE

Lot Information

Lot 1

The South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) is a Trust of 6 Academies encompassing c.3,964 pupils. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide To achieve this, we recognise that we must take accountability for the quality of our teaching, our learning environments and our pupils' development as well as striving to be at the forefront of innovative education. We provide exceptional training and development opportunities for our colleagues so that they can reach their full potential. It is vital that they have the skills, capacity and expertise needed to not only teach our pupils and provide an outstanding education, but to inspire, support and prepare them for adult life. We also work to cultivate an exciting, dynamic and pupil-focused learning environment where our teaching is innovative and developmental. Our pupils' education is our main priority and we want to ensure they enjoy coming to school. We are constantly challenging ourselves and looking within our schools and beyond our immediate community to understand our needs and identify best practice. It is important to us to stay up to date with the latest research and continue to find new innovative ways of educating our pupils. The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided internally by 6 people. The team who deliver a mix of both onsite and remote support. There is an ICT Manager, Deputy ICT Manager, 3 x Technicians and an apprentice. The reason for this procurement is that the Trust wishes to consolidate its ICT provision, into a single outsourced service that will deliver infrastructure management, ICT Projects (initially to re-organise the joining up of ICT across the Trust) and supply of equipment. In school, 'adds, moves and changes' will continue to be carried out by SWECET staff. The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the Stage 2 ITT for the service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but not be limited to: * Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT * Single service desk for all ICT issues - Full time except Bank Holidays * Single ITSM tooling for both SWECET and the bidders staff to use (6) * 24 x 7 x 365 remote monitoring and management, including all patching and updates of infrastructure that the supplier is responsible for. * Responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure * Re-active onsite staffing bidders to deliver the SLA. * Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach * Management of 3rd parties - apart from those which relate to local device based applications * Relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting * Training - Technical and curriculum as necessary * Expectation that the provider will drive innovation * Risk registers and infrastructure inventory management * Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives * Due diligence for future schools Bidders should note the following; * The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack * There is not expected to be an initial requirement for TUPE

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012200-2023
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive procedure with negotiation
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

48 - Software package and information systems

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

80 - Education and training services


CPV Codes

30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

32410000 - Local area network

32420000 - Network equipment

32430000 - Wide area network

32550000 - Telephone equipment

48100000 - Industry specific software package

48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package

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

80100000 - Primary education services

80200000 - Secondary education services

80400000 - Adult and other education services

80500000 - Training services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£2,700,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£2,700,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
27 Apr 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
24 Apr 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

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

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST
Contact Name
Geoff Chandler
Contact Email
geoff.chandler@moxton-education.com
Contact Phone
+44 07970661087

Buyer Location

Locality
THURROCK
Postcode
RM16 3NJ
Post Town
Romford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLH East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLH3 Essex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLH32 Thurrock
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Thurrock
Electoral Ward
Stifford Clays
Westminster Constituency
Thurrock

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