Notice Information
Notice Title
The Mercian Trust ITT for ICT Managed Service Procurement
Notice Description
The Mercian Trust wishes to engage a single contractor to supply an ICT Managed Service and associated project implementation and training services across all sites within the Trust.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Mercian Trust wishes to engage a single contractor to supply an ICT Managed Service and associated project implementation and training services across all sites within the Trust. The Procurement will be overseen by the CPC with support from Moxton Education Ltd and will be a full 2 stage FTS Procedure conducted in accordance with the restricted procedure under the Public Contract Regulations (2015). Note: No variant bids will be accepted. Note: The ITT has been included for information only and should not be completed in stage 1 of this process.
Options: 60 month(s) from the commencement date, with 36 initial month(s) and option to extend 2x12 month(s)
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-04c0f7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/016448-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
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
- Large
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
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
80 - Education and training services
-
- CPV Codes
30213000 - Personal computers
30214000 - Workstations
32400000 - Networks
32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
80000000 - Education and training services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £2,831,975 £1M-£10M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 23 Apr 202510 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Jan 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 22 Apr 202510 months 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
- THE MERCIAN TRUST
- Contact Name
- Not specified
- Contact Email
- info@themerciantrust.org
- Contact Phone
- +44 1922211388
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WALSALL
- Postcode
- WS1 2PG
- Post Town
- Walsall
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLG West Midlands (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLG3 West Midlands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLG38 Walsall
- Delivery Location
- TLG38 Walsall
-
- Local Authority
- Walsall
- Electoral Ward
- Paddock
- Westminster Constituency
- Walsall and Bloxwich
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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