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title: "The Skinners' School ICT Tender 2023 (Tunbridge Wells)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03ce7a"
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# The Skinners' School ICT Tender 2023 (Tunbridge Wells)

Buyer: PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOLS LTD  
Current stage: Tender  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03ce7a

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## Summary

The Skinners' School ICT Tender 2023 (Tunbridge Wells) is currently open for procurement by Skinners, a regional or local authority in the education sector. The tender involves outsourcing their IT provision due to the departure of the Network Manager. The contract period is expected to start on July 19, 2023, with a 3+1 year renewal option. The procurement method is an open procedure with electronic submission, and the tender period ends on June 21, 2023, with bids opening on the same date.

This tender process presents an opportunity for IT service providers specialising in computer support and consultancy services to compete for a long-term contract with Skinners. Interested businesses should focus on presenting a strong Method Statement, Disaster Recovery Solution, Presentation, References, and competitive Price submission. The submission must adhere to the bid validity period of 180 days, and the award criteria emphasises both quality and cost aspects to secure the contract.

## Notice

Skinners' currently run the management of their IT in-house. This includes a full-time Network Manager, full-time IT Technician, and a part-time IT Director, who also holds substantial teaching responsibilities. The Network Manager is leaving the school, providing the opportunity for the school to look at outsourcing their IT provision. The retained full-time IT technician would continue to be employed and likely performance managed by the school. The intention would be for the incoming provider to take over the day-to-day line management of this individual and feed into the internal performance management process of the school. The current IT Director would continue to be employed at the school and so would continue to be available to the incoming provider for information. However, this individual would step down from their non-curricular role as IT Director to allow for the incoming provider to drive the strategic direction of the non-curricular IT provision at the school. The outgoing Network Manager will leave on 31 August 2023 to allow for a brief handover period with the incoming provider. The current Network Manager has indicated that they may be available beyond this date for an extended handover period, if absolutely necessary. Please view the Specification within the Tender pack and submit all clarification questions to Mr. Mike Newell at mnewell@procurementforschools.com

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Skinners' currently run the management of their IT in-house. This includes a full-time Network Manager, full-time IT Technician, and a part-time IT Director, who also holds substantial teaching responsibilities. The Network Manager is leaving the school, providing the opportunity for the school to look at outsourcing their IT provision. The retained full-time IT technician would continue to be employed and likely performance managed by the school. The intention would be for the incoming provider to take over the day-to-day line management of this individual and feed into the internal performance management process of the school. The current IT Director would continue to be employed at the school and so would continue to be available to the incoming provider for information. However, this individual would step down from their non-curricular role as IT Director to allow for the incoming provider to drive the strategic direction of the non-curricular IT provision at the school. The outgoing Network Manager will leave on 31 August 2023 to allow for a brief handover period with the incoming provider. The current Network Manager has indicated that they may be available beyond this date for an extended handover period, if absolutely necessary. Please view the Specification within the Tender pack and submit all clarification questions to Mr. Mike Newell at mnewell@procurementforschools.com

Renewal: 1 year extension is available (3+1 years)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014572-2023 |
| Notice type | Tender Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Tender |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 23 May 2023 |
| Submission deadline | 21 Jun 2023 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 18 Jul 2023 - 18 Jul 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 | Active |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | PROCUREMENT FOR SCHOOLS LTD |
| Locality | LONDON (GREATER) |
| Post town | Central London |
| Postcode | EC1V 0BP |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East |
| ITL 3 | TLI43 Haringey and Islington |
| Local authority | Islington |
| Electoral ward | Bunhill |
| Westminster constituency | Islington South and Finsbury |
| Delivery location | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 72600000 - Computer support and consultancy services

## Release History

- 23 May 2023 at 07:38 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/014572-2023

## Notice URLs

- http://www.procurementforschools.com
- https://www.dropbox.com/request/MrJL4pPMDQTZ5uLYOf3t
- https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x2a7hs5ck5v1vf3/AABI-s46bt7ZClyjYD-qZHOxa?dl=0
- https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-procurement-review-service-scope-and-remit
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=229468
- https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA42687

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