Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of ICT Support Services
Notice Description
Quality Meat Scotland are seeking an external ICT support services provider to support the organisation and staff with IT issues.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) are a Non-Departmental Public Body (NDPB). QMS require a service provider to provide a fully manages ICT support service. QMS comprises 33 members of staff full and part-time, all staff need access to all their work documents from homeor remote locations. Each employee has a laptop and mobile phone. We run the Microsoft operating system and currently have a mixture of Full O365 licences for all employees and online exchange licences for our 12 board members. Each computer is installed so that there is a uniform set-up although individuals will have additional programmes associated with their role, currently we run a remote desktop system which uses and FTP feed to update figures on our website from a third party contractor which will be cloud based as part of this contract. We currently have cloud based file storage a managed server, remote desktop, and VPN.
Renewal: Contract for two years with the possibility to extend for and additional 3 one year terms.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-r6ebe6-0000782027
- Publication Source
- Public Contracts Scotland
- Latest Notice
- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV517352
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- PCS Notice - Website Contract Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
-
- CPV Codes
72510000 - Computer-related management services
72610000 - Computer support services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £60,000 Under £100K
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Nov 20241 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 2 Dec 2024Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 17 Feb 2025 - 16 Feb 2027 1-2 years
- Recurrence
- every 5 years
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- QUALITY MEAT SCOTLAND
- Contact Name
- Debbie Phillips
- Contact Email
- dphillips@qmscotland.co.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1315107920
Buyer Location
- Locality
- NEWBRIDGE
- Postcode
- EH28 8NZ
- Post Town
- Edinburgh
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM1 East Central Scotland
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM13 City of Edinburgh
- Delivery Location
- TLM75 City of Edinburgh
-
- Local Authority
- City of Edinburgh
- Electoral Ward
- Almond
- Westminster Constituency
- Edinburgh West
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV517352&idx=1
1st November 2024 - ITT QMS ICT Support Services -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV517352&idx=2
1st November 2024 - Quality Meat Scotland ICT Terms and Conditions Final -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=NOV517352&idx=3
1st November 2024 - Supplier Assurance Questionnaire -High Risk Profile -
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV517352
Provision of ICT Support Services - Quality Meat Scotland are seeking an external ICT support services provider to support the organisation and staff with IT issues.
Notice URLs
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