--- title: "Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST" published: "2023-12-11" --- # Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package Buyer: ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-af754134-4af2-4fe4-b51e-733ba8556e34.json) ## Summary The St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust is seeking services for its "Broadband, Filtering and Telephony Package" procurement. The trust aims to become a cloud-first, device-led organisation, providing a device for every child in its school network. This 10-year strategy involves migrating to Microsoft Office 365 and SaaS-based learning platforms. The procurement has a total value of GBP 300,000 and is open for interested bidders, with a tender deadline of January 29, 2024. The contract period is set to start on March 25, 2024, and run until March 24, 2028. Potential bidders should note the IT services nature of the procurement in the consulting, software development, and support domain. This tender by St Teresa of Calcutta Catholic Academy Trust presents an opportunity for businesses to provide IT services aligned with the trust's cloud-first strategy. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) would be suitable bidders for this procurement, given the trust's emphasis on modern technology solutions. With a focus on delivering improved learning experiences through technology, businesses offering cloud-based solutions, integrated learning platforms, and consulting services could find this opportunity particularly relevant. The procurement method is open, allowing for a competitive bidding process, and interested organisations need to ensure they can support the trust's transitionary state and varying operating models effectively. ## Notice Technical Strategy The trust's strategy is to be a cloud first, device led organisation. We hope to put a device in the hands of every child at every school in our network, removing the barriers to technology and improving the learning experience. To deliver this vision, we will be adopting a cloud first approach to technology and services, removing our dependence on on-premises infrastructure such as directory servers, file servers, SQL servers etc... Instead, we are moving our identities, data, and device management to Microsoft Office 365. We are accomplishing this transition using Microsoft 365 A3 licenses, applied to all staff and students. The end goal is for all schools to be part of this single Microsoft tenant, providing centralised management as well as improved collaboration and communication across the trust. All schools will be moving towards SaaS based learning platforms that can integrate with our 365 services, either directly or through 3rd party integration partners such as Wonde. The trust are in the process of outlining our recommended core suite of applications for schools for both curriculum and none curriculum requirements. We have already standardised on certain services such as Arbor for MIS, CPOMS for safeguarding, and Senso for classroom management and monitoring. This is a 10-year strategy, due to the timeline we are working with for onboarding of new schools. As such, the trust will be in a constant transitionary state, between those schools that have moved to our model, and those that are scheduled to. As each school is onboarded, they will be migrated to our parent tenancy for identity, data, and device management. Those that are inline to be onboarded will have their own model, which could range from cloud only, hybrid, or solely on prem. This is important to any bidders as we require the solution to support multiple operating models and support ease of migration from one to another. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fae46ce-d017-4671-94c0-256dbaba82da | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | SME | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 11 Dec 2023 | | Submission deadline | 29 Jan 2024 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 25 Mar 2024 - 24 Mar 2028 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £300,000 | | 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 | ST TERESA OF CALCUTTA CATHOLIC ACADEMY TRUST | | Locality | BURY | | Post town | Bolton | | Postcode | BL9 5BT | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD3 Greater Manchester | | ITL 3 | TLD37 Greater Manchester North East | | Local authority | Bury | | Electoral ward | Moorside | | Westminster constituency | Bury North | | 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 - 11 Dec 2023 at 11:09 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fae46ce-d017-4671-94c0-256dbaba82da ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9fae46ce-d017-4671-94c0-256dbaba82da 11th December 2023 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://procontract.due-north.com/Advert?advertId=644c0618-9d62-ee11-8124-005056b64545 Advert ## Notice URLs - https://www.stoccat.org.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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