Managed Service Provider Contract

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                "description": "Border to Coast Pensions Partnership currently outsources its ICT Corporate Services via a managed service provider (MSP). The contract for the current MSP expires in 2026. Border to Coast have contacted at least four MSPs to discuss their service offering to support Border to Coast define their future support and ICT service provision. Border to Coast fall under public procurement rules (Procurement Act 2023). The procurement for these services will commence in the second half of 2025. Border to Coast have undertaken soft market testing by meeting a number of service providers to support our analysis of current and future market capabilities. Border to Coast carried out virtual meetings with the four MSPs, with the meetings taking place across March 2025. This enabled Border to Coast to establish clarity on our future requirements prior to the formal public procurement. It is worth noting that these sessions were not commercial and were designed to establish market differentiators. Topics included: * User Support Services Delivery Model * Cyber & Information Security Services Operating Model, e.g. Bronze, Silver, Gold * Cloud & Data Centre Services (locations, resilience & DR capability) * Data Management * Service Roadmap - 2026 onwards",
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        "title": "Managed Service Provider Contract",
        "description": "Border to Coast intends to appoint a partner organisation to support core capabilities necessary to manage its existing infrastructure and achieve its future ICT objectives. This includes the oversight of the existing infrastructure and provision of corporate ICT solutions to enable Border to Coast to operate its core business using latest technologies deployed in a modern and flexible environment. The ICT Managed Service will manage and oversee the cloud based collaborative platform to allow Border to Coast to manage and deliver its investment portfolio effectively and securely. This will include hardware infrastructure, communications, service support, cyber and data resilience capabilities. Border to Coast currently operates on a single site with circa. 180 users, and has adopted standard Microsoft 365 solutions, with additional Business Central (Finance), CRM and Data modules deployed across the business.",
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            "features": "Part 1 - Issuing Procurement Documentation: i. Border to Coast publish the relevant Notices under the Act and all documentation relation to the Procurement. Part 2 - Clarification Phase: ii. Suppliers to submit clarification questions within deadline stated in the Procurement Timetable. iii. Border to Coast to respond to clarifications within the deadline stated in the Procurement Timetable. iv. Suppliers to complete documents at 2.3 within the deadline stated in the Procurement Timetable. Part 3 - Review and Assessment of Pre-Selection and Strategic Alignment Questionnaire : v. Border to Coast to assess Part 1 of the Pre-Selection and Strategic Alignment Questionnaire. vi. Border to Coast to assess Parts 2 and Part 3 of the Pre-Selection and Strategic Alignment Questionnaire to down-select Suppliers. vii. Notification to all Suppliers of Down-Selection outcome. Part 4 - Evaluation of Bids: viii. Border to Coast evaluate Bids. Part 5 - Clarification Phase 2: ix. Border to Coast may carry out clarification meetings. Please note any in-person meetings are to take place at Border to Coast's Leeds office. Part 6 - Due Diligence: x. Border to Coast will carry out Due Diligence on the remaining Suppliers which may include a site visit. Part 7 - Assessment and Moderation: xi. Moderation sessions will take place following Clarification Phase 2 and Due Diligence. Part 8 - Contract Award: xii. Border to Coast to issue Contract Award Notice and assessment summary letters. xiii. Standstill period observed. xiv. Border to Coast and selected Supplier to execute Contract."
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