--- title: "South West Essex Community Education Trust - ICT Partner" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Tender" buyer: "SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST" published: "2023-04-27" --- # South West Essex Community Education Trust - ICT Partner Buyer: SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST Current stage: Tender OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03b6d3.json) ## Summary The South West Essex Community Education Trust is looking for an ICT Partner to consolidate its ICT provision, providing infrastructure management, ICT projects, and equipment supply. This procurement opportunity involves strategic advice, full-time service desk, remote monitoring, ICT infrastructure management, training, and innovation. The tender deadline is 24th April 2023, with second-stage invitations sent by 2nd May 2023. This ICT partnering tender by the South West Essex Community Education Trust presents significant business growth opportunities for companies experienced in providing comprehensive ICT services. Businesses with expertise in infrastructure management, ICT projects, and continual innovation in the education sector would be well-suited to participate. The competitive procedure with negotiation allows for tailored solutions that can align with the Trust's objectives and drive innovation in educational technology. ## Notice The South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) is a Trust of 6 Academies encompassing c.3,964 pupils. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide To achieve this, we recognise that we must take accountability for the quality of our teaching, our learning environments and our pupils' development as well as striving to be at the forefront of innovative education. We provide exceptional training and development opportunities for our colleagues so that they can reach their full potential. It is vital that they have the skills, capacity and expertise needed to not only teach our pupils and provide an outstanding education, but to inspire, support and prepare them for adult life. We also work to cultivate an exciting, dynamic and pupil-focused learning environment where our teaching is innovative and developmental. Our pupils' education is our main priority and we want to ensure they enjoy coming to school. We are constantly challenging ourselves and looking within our schools and beyond our immediate community to understand our needs and identify best practice. It is important to us to stay up to date with the latest research and continue to find new innovative ways of educating our pupils. The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided internally by 6 people. The team who deliver a mix of both onsite and remote support. There is an ICT Manager, Deputy ICT Manager, 3 x Technicians and an apprentice. The reason for this procurement is that the Trust wishes to consolidate its ICT provision, into a single outsourced service that will deliver infrastructure management, ICT Projects (initially to re-organise the joining up of ICT across the Trust) and supply of equipment. In school, 'adds, moves and changes' will continue to be carried out by SWECET staff. The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the Stage 2 ITT for the service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but not be limited to: * Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT * Single service desk for all ICT issues - Full time except Bank Holidays * Single ITSM tooling for both SWECET and the bidders staff to use (6) * 24 x 7 x 365 remote monitoring and management, including all patching and updates of infrastructure that the supplier is responsible for. * Responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure * Re-active onsite staffing bidders to deliver the SLA. * Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach * Management of 3rd parties - apart from those which relate to local device based applications * Relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting * Training - Technical and curriculum as necessary * Expectation that the provider will drive innovation * Risk registers and infrastructure inventory management * Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives * Due diligence for future schools Bidders should note the following; * The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack * There is not expected to be an initial requirement for TUPE ### Lot Information Lot 1 The South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) is a Trust of 6 Academies encompassing c.3,964 pupils. Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provide To achieve this, we recognise that we must take accountability for the quality of our teaching, our learning environments and our pupils' development as well as striving to be at the forefront of innovative education. We provide exceptional training and development opportunities for our colleagues so that they can reach their full potential. It is vital that they have the skills, capacity and expertise needed to not only teach our pupils and provide an outstanding education, but to inspire, support and prepare them for adult life. We also work to cultivate an exciting, dynamic and pupil-focused learning environment where our teaching is innovative and developmental. Our pupils' education is our main priority and we want to ensure they enjoy coming to school. We are constantly challenging ourselves and looking within our schools and beyond our immediate community to understand our needs and identify best practice. It is important to us to stay up to date with the latest research and continue to find new innovative ways of educating our pupils. The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided internally by 6 people. The team who deliver a mix of both onsite and remote support. There is an ICT Manager, Deputy ICT Manager, 3 x Technicians and an apprentice. The reason for this procurement is that the Trust wishes to consolidate its ICT provision, into a single outsourced service that will deliver infrastructure management, ICT Projects (initially to re-organise the joining up of ICT across the Trust) and supply of equipment. In school, 'adds, moves and changes' will continue to be carried out by SWECET staff. The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the Stage 2 ITT for the service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but not be limited to: * Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT * Single service desk for all ICT issues - Full time except Bank Holidays * Single ITSM tooling for both SWECET and the bidders staff to use (6) * 24 x 7 x 365 remote monitoring and management, including all patching and updates of infrastructure that the supplier is responsible for. * Responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure * Re-active onsite staffing bidders to deliver the SLA. * Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach * Management of 3rd parties - apart from those which relate to local device based applications * Relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting * Training - Technical and curriculum as necessary * Expectation that the provider will drive innovation * Risk registers and infrastructure inventory management * Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives * Due diligence for future schools Bidders should note the following; * The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack * There is not expected to be an initial requirement for TUPE ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012200-2023 | | Notice type | Tender Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Competitive procedure with negotiation | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 27 Apr 2023 | | Submission deadline | 24 Apr 2023 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £2,700,000 | | Lots value | £2,700,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Active | | Lots status | Active | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SOUTH WEST ESSEX COMMUNITY EDUCATION TRUST | | Locality | THURROCK | | Post town | Romford | | Postcode | RM16 3NJ | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH3 Essex | | ITL 3 | TLH32 Thurrock | | Local authority | Thurrock | | Electoral ward | Stifford Clays | | Westminster constituency | Thurrock | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 48 - Software package and information systems - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 80 - Education and training services ### Codes - 30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 32410000 - Local area network - 32420000 - Network equipment - 32430000 - Wide area network - 32550000 - Telephone equipment - 48100000 - Industry specific software package - 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 80100000 - Primary education services - 80200000 - Secondary education services - 80400000 - Adult and other education services - 80500000 - Training services ## Release History - 27 Apr 2023 at 16:19 - TenderUpdate - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012200-2023 - 29 Mar 2023 at 07:16 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/009065-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://swecet.org - https://swecet.org/tenders ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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