Notice Information
Notice Title
ICT-24-001 Email Protection Solution
Notice Description
ICT-24-001 Email Protection Solution covering all EA locations throughout Northern Ireland.
Lot Information
Lot 1
EA currently hosts approximately 5800 user mailboxes that send/receive up to one million external emails per month. This includes emails to parents, schools, suppliers and other public sector and private sector organisations. As such, email is an essential tool for communications both internally and externally. It is critical that mail flow is secure, protected and logged, allowing Business services to function effectively and efficiently.
Options: The initial Contract Period will end on 11 February 2026, following which there is the option for 3 further extensions of up to 12 months. Each extension is entirely at the Contracting Authorities discretion.
Procurement Information
This contract is not an award without prior notice. This is a secondary competition from the original framework RM6098 Lot 6.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-043bd0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005666-2024
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
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
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £704,350 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Feb 20242 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 12 Feb 20242 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- EDUCATION AUTHORITY
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- BELFAST
- Postcode
- BT1 2NQ
- Post Town
- Northern Ireland
- Country
- Northern Ireland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLN Northern Ireland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLN0 Northern Ireland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLN06 Belfast
- Delivery Location
- TLN Northern Ireland
-
- Local Authority
- Belfast
- Electoral Ward
- Duncairn
- Westminster Constituency
- Belfast North
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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