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title: "Framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to the education sector and any UK public sector body"
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# Framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to the education sector and any UK public sector body

Buyer: ENFRAME CIC  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-a9ad4377-a59d-4ec6-9b1f-f07fe3ceeac3

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## Summary

The Academies Enterprise Trust (AET) and The Elliot Foundation Trust (TEFAT) are establishing a framework agreement to supply ICT goods and services to schools, multi-academy trusts, and all UK public sector bodies. The framework encompasses a wide range of ICT goods and services split into multiple lots, including hardware, software, managed services, and strategic partnering. The procurement method is an open procedure, with a tender period end date of March 4th, 2022. The contract period is from October 3rd, 2022, to October 2nd, 2026.

This tender provides opportunities for registered companies, consortia, Special Purpose Vehicles, and Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSEs) to deliver social value and contribute to reducing carbon footprints through ICT services. Businesses well-suited to compete in this field include those offering hardware, software, networking solutions, cloud services, consultancy services, and support services, all aligning with a focus on social value and environmental sustainability.

## 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/18d1258c-1699-4698-9f15-5b624098085f |
| Notice type | Award 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 | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 5 Oct 2022 |
| Submission deadline | 4 Mar 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 2 Oct 2022 |
| Contract period | 2 Oct 2022 - 2 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £250,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £4,250,000,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| 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 |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 46 |
| Supplier names | ADAPTIVECOMMS; AXIELL ALM; BECHTLE; BOXXE; BROMCOM COMPUTERS; CENTERPRISE INTERNATIONAL; CORONA CORPORATE SOLUTION; DATASPIRE SOLUTIONS; EUROPEAN ELECTRONIQUE; FIREFLY SI; GETECH; GVAV; HUGH SYMONS INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; IDNS; INSIGHT DIRECT (UK; JOSKOS SOLUTIONS; JTRS; KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (UK; MEDHURST COMMUNICATIONS; NETWORKOLOGY; NORTH27; NOVATIA; PACIFIC COMPUTERS; PANACEA APPLICATIONS; PRAESTANTIA TECHNOLOGY; PUGH COMPUTERS; RENAISSANCE LEARNING; RM EDUCATION; SCHOOL BUSINESS SERVICES; SHI; SIMPLIFY OPERATIONS; SOFT OFFICE LTD T/A DISCOVERIBT; STAFF ABSENCE MANAGEMENT; STONE TECHNOLOGIES LTD TRADING AS STONE GROUP; STRICTLY EDUCATION; SWEETHAVEN; SWITCHSHOP; TALK STRAIGHT GROUP; TEACHER BOOKER; TEL GROUP; THE RENEWED STORE; TOTAL COMPUTER NETWORKS; UPDATEDGE; VERYPC; VIETEC; WONDE |

## 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 Oct 2022 at 16:45 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18d1258c-1699-4698-9f15-5b624098085f

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/18d1258c-1699-4698-9f15-5b624098085f
  5th October 2022 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT165232
  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

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