--- title: "Framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to the education sector and any UK public sector body" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ENFRAME CIC" published: "2022-01-05" --- # Framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to the education sector and any UK public sector body Buyer: ENFRAME CIC Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-1e1aacd4-de54-479e-82e9-0315da980833.json) ## Summary Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and The Elliot Foundation Trust (TEFAT) are initiating a framework agreement titled "Framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to the education sector and any UK public sector body". This procurement falls under the IT services category and is located within the UK. The procurement method is an open procedure, with key dates including a tender period ending on 28th February 2022 and a contract period commencing from 28th March 2022, lasting until 28th March 2026. This tender presents significant opportunities for growth for suppliers in the ICT sector, particularly for registered companies, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and voluntary community and social enterprises (VCSEs). Businesses that specialise in hardware and software solutions, managed services, and consultancy, as well as those with a focus on social value and sustainability, would be well-suited to participate in this competitive process. Suppliers can respond to multiple lots within this framework, which encourages flexibility and inclusivity in proposals. ## Notice Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and The Elliot Foundation Trust (TEFAT) seek to establish a framework agreement enabling schools, multi-academy trusts and all UK public sector bodies to procure a variety of ICT goods and services, where those goods and services are split into a series of lots, allowing suppliers to respond to single lots, multiple lots, or all lots. The lots range from hardware and software purchases, to procuring a full managed service with a chosen Strategic ICT Partner. There is no limit to the number of suppliers on each lot and no limit to the number of lots you can respond to. We welcome responses from registered companies (including SMEs), consortia, Special Purpose Vehicles and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSEs).The Sponsors (AET and TEFAT) will be procuring a Strategic Partner utilising the framework, which will run in parallel to the framework procurement. These further competitions will be lots 16 and 17 of the framework ITT.The framework lots are Strategic Partnering Services, Hardware Provision, Audio Visual, Networking, Wide Area Networking, Servers and Storage, Hardware as a Service, Software, Cloud Services, MIS, Printing,Telephony, Built Environment, Support Services, Consultancy Services, AET Further Competition, and TEFAT Further Competition.enFrame are focussed on ensuring that every procurement is driven by Social Value and fighting climate change, an ethos that is shared with AET and TEFAT. A such, the framework asks what Social Value supplies can offer through delivery of the service that would benefit the trusts, and what they can offer and do to reduce the trusts' carbon footprint. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6cf0b57-0439-4989-9e76-64adfa910a20 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Framework | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Jan 2022 | | Submission deadline | 28 Feb 2022 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 27 Mar 2022 - 28 Mar 2026 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | 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 | ENFRAME CIC | | Locality | PETERBOROUGH | | Post town | Peterborough | | Postcode | PE1 5DD | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH4 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough | | ITL 3 | TLH41 Peterborough | | Local authority | Peterborough | | Electoral ward | Central | | Westminster constituency | Peterborough | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 5 Jan 2022 at 17:45 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6cf0b57-0439-4989-9e76-64adfa910a20 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/e6cf0b57-0439-4989-9e76-64adfa910a20 5th January 2022 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=JAN163449 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://www.enframe.org.uk ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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