Notice Information
Notice Title
Red Kite Community Housing - IT Managed Services
Notice Description
Red Kite currently has an IT Managed Service Contract which expires on 31st March 2027 and are now seeking to award a new Contract. It is expected that the Successful Bidder will be appointed by the end of 2026 and that the new Contract must be operationally live no later than 1st April 2027. The current hosting arrangements are located in the current supplier's data centre and delivered as a private cloud solution with the core infrastructure belonging to the current supplier. These core assets will not be transferable and therefore a new solution must be provided by the Successful Bidder. The new Contract shall include: *Technical architecture and design *Onboarding of all services in-scope of the Solution *First-, Second- and Third-Line Service Desk *Full inventory management service for all ICT assets *Capacity management *Developing appropriate refresh cycles for all equipment *Hosting, including support the VMware servers and associated storage *24x365 Proactive monitoring of all core ICT services *Security infrastructure including Firewall Management *Security Operations Centre (SOC) which is staffed 24x7 *Assistance to promote security best practice throughout Red Kite *Resilient connectivity between Red Kite's Head Office and the hosting service *Resilient Internet connectivity *Local Wired and Wireless Area Networks (Switches and Wireless Access Points are assets belonging to Red Kite) *End-user support providing an engineer on-site at Head Office for 3 days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday). The engineer will primarily handle first-line Tickets to resolution but may also be required to participate in project work if and when there is insufficient support work to be undertaken *Building of new end-user devices (laptops) and maintenance of these builds; the supply of end-user devices is not in-scope of this Tender and end-user devices are Red Kite's assets *Patching (as a minimum to Cyber Essentials Plus standards) *Backup including: o Private/Public cloud hosted services o Office 365 services including Email, OneDrive and SharePoint o Dynamics 365 *Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity *Monthly Service Reports and Meetings * On-site first-line engineer (3 days per week) *Ad-hoc project days (60 days per annum) *Rate Card for ad-hoc work Full details of the Services required are contained in the Technical Statement of Requirements as set out in Appendix 1 of the ITT document. The Contract will last for an initial period of 3 years, with an option to extend at Red Kite's discretion for a period of 1 year, plus 1 additional year, and 1 final year, giving a total potential period of 6 years. This tender is being administered on behalf of Red Kite Community Housing by Clarity Procurement Solutions Limited. The total estimated value is PS4,500,000 including VAT over 6 years (PS750,000 per annum including VAT). This excludes annual price indexation. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the eSourcing portal at: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-UK-High-Wycombe:-Computer-platforms./A3EM22M568 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/respond/A3EM22M568
Lot Information
Lot 1
Renewal: The Contract will last for an initial period of 3 years, with an option to extend at Red Kite's discretion for a period of 1 year, plus 1 additional year, and 1 final year, giving a total potential period of 6 years.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-06dc0f
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074042-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender 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
30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
30211300 - Computer platforms
72222300 - Information technology services
72250000 - System and support services
72253000 - Helpdesk and support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Lots Value
- £4,500,000 £1M-£10M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 5 Aug 2026Today
- Submission Deadline
- 15 Sep 20262 months to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 31 Mar 2027 - 31 Mar 2030 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- RED KITE COMMUNITY HOUSING
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- HIGH WYCOMBE
- Postcode
- HP11 1JU
- Post Town
- Hemel Hempstead
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
- Delivery Location
- TLJ13 Buckinghamshire
-
- Local Authority
- Buckinghamshire
- Electoral Ward
- Tylers Green and Loudwater
- Westminster Constituency
- Wycombe
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074042-2026
5th August 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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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