Notice Information
Notice Title
End User Workspace and Hosting
Notice Description
PS14,000,000 project over five years comprised of an initial period of three years, followed by an allowable extension period of no longer than twenty four months.
Planning Information
You are invited to attend a scheduled meeting taking place via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday, 23 July 2025, from 16:00 to 17:00 (BST). To express your interest in joining, please email ngominfo@reading.gov.uk Upon registration, you will receive a Teams meeting link with full access details. This will help us explore and inform Reading's Sourcing Strategy for our Next Generation Operating Model (NGOM) Programme. This is an opportunity to develop strategic partnership relationships with suppliers, to improve services and to encourage Prime, SME's as well as subcontracting partnerships. Our objective is to gain an understand of the markets interest for this opportunity, through engagement in discussion and to address any potential gaps prior publication. A detailed procurement timeline will be provided at this stage to help suppliers manage expected timeframes
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-0559a5
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069083-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK1 - Pipeline Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
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
- £11,200,000 £10M-£100M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 28 Oct 20251 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 3 Nov 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2026 - 31 Mar 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- READING BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Nicola Philp
- Contact Email
- pchub@reading.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- READING
- Postcode
- RG1 2LU
- Post Town
- Reading
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ16 Berkshire West
- Delivery Location
- TLJ11 Berkshire
-
- Local Authority
- Reading
- Electoral Ward
- Abbey
- Westminster Constituency
- Reading Central
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/069083-2025
28th October 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/038816-2025
10th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037659-2025
7th July 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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