--- title: "OHCAT - ICT Managed Service" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE & ACADEMY TRUST" published: "2022-11-22" --- # OHCAT - ICT Managed Service Buyer: ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE & ACADEMY TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-015ad30d-e577-4bf2-a8f3-bbbac6961015.json) ## Summary The Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust is seeking a single provider to deliver an ICT managed service across its 22 sites in London, Surrey, Sussex, and Berkshire. The procurement process involves a restricted procedure with a tender period closing on 22nd December 2022. The contract period is set to start on 30th May 2023 and end on 29th May 2028. This presents an opportunity for businesses specialising in IT services to engage with a significant contract valued at £9,500,000 GBP. This tender from the Trust is ideal for businesses that can provide strategic ICT advice, monitoring and management services, service desk support, training, innovation, and overall infrastructure design and management. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be particularly suitable for this opportunity. Interested parties should be prepared for a comprehensive service delivery model that aims to enhance the ICT capabilities across multiple education sites, driving innovation and providing valuable support throughout the entire contract duration. ## Notice Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. The uniqueness of OHCAT is that it is fully representative of all designations of special education needs and disabilities. Across the whole organisation there are a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.Orchard Hill College (OHC) was established in 1983 and has grown from a small hospital provision into an Outstanding College that operates from eight college centres across London and provides post-16 education for approximately 400 students with mild, moderate, severe and profound learning need.Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (OHCAT) was established in 2013 by Orchard Hill College to share its expertise and provide services and support to specialist schools. The Trust is now home to 15 special schoolsIn total there are currently 22 sites encompassing c1,500 staff and c2,077 PupilsThe Purpose of this procurement is to identify a single provider who will deliver an ICT managed service across all sites. It is expected that TUPE will apply from the Trust.Bidders should assume that the Trust will require a 51 week onsite service that fulfils an SLA that will be provided by the Trust. The following list of services are to be provided but should not be seen as a finite list:- strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT- 24hrs a day 365 days per year monitoring and management service- service desk- support for the Trust administration staff who currently number c70 at Quadrant House and remotely- local staffing that bidders deem necessary to meet the delivery requirements of the SLA- responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure- supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach- management of all ICT against an agreed SLA- management of third parties- relevant management, patching and reporting- training - technical and curriculum as necessary- expectation that the provider will drive innovation- risk registers and inventory management- co-ordination and administrative support to an ICT Project GroupThe initial work will be to both transition to the new service and then design and implement a new infrastructure across seven initial sites. Starting with a design phase in the summer term of 2023 and then a roll out during the Autumn term and when new communication lines are in place (due to be procured in parallel to this procurement). ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8752bdb-ab19-401e-ad25-c6f860f5079f | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Nov 2022 | | Submission deadline | 22 Dec 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 29 May 2023 - 29 May 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £9,500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | ORCHARD HILL COLLEGE & ACADEMY TRUST | | Locality | SURREY | | Post town | Sutton | | Postcode | SM2 5AS | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI6 Outer London - South | | ITL 3 | TLI63 Merton, Kingston upon Thames and Sutton | | Local authority | Sutton | | Electoral ward | Sutton South | | Westminster constituency | Sutton and Cheam | | Delivery location | TLI London, TLJ South East (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 22 Nov 2022 at 17:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8752bdb-ab19-401e-ad25-c6f860f5079f ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c8752bdb-ab19-401e-ad25-c6f860f5079f 22nd November 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=NOV165565 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at the link provided. ## Notice URLs - http://ohcat.org ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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