Official UK procurement notice
ICT Managed Service Partner
Authority: Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust (Public body)·On behalf of: MOXTON EDUCATION LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe ICT Support at LAAT is currently provided by a single outsourced support provider who provides a mix of scheduled onsite visits and remote support. This contract will end in March 2027, and so the Trust needs to run a procurement to ensure continuity of service.
In addition to this, the Trust is planning a major ICT related investment and commitment to pupil learning by implementing a Trust wide 'One to One' (hereafter, 1:1) mobile device scheme for its students.
The Trust has already piloted a 1:1 mobile device scheme using Apple iPads so the Trust understands its requirements clearly.
Going forward, given both the scale of the requirement and the need to sustain and develop the programme over five years the point has been reached where a significant procurement exercise is needed to both be compliant with the Procurement Act and ensure best value with a capable partner going forward.
Therefore, LAAT is taking the opportunity to go to the market to identify the best innovative and forward-looking partner to work with them in the support, delivery and development of their ICT provision over the next five years providing both the Managed Service Support and potentially 1:1 device procurement and support.
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Given the significant investment in Apple devices, and based on experience from the pilot 1:1 project, the Trust will require specific training and CPD on the use of Apple devices and education specific applications in the classroom (including, but not limited to, Showbie - which is currently used in the pilot schools) from an appropriately accredited training provider, with 'real-world' experience of Apple devices being used in a 1:1/classroom context.
The Trust is open to the MSP providing this training, but the Trust has built up a strong relationship with an existing 3rd party supplier in this area, and reserves the right to continue this relationship to ensure the most effective use of the 1:1 devices and the best outcomes for the 1:1 project.
This procurement includes (but may not be limited to) the items listed below.
• A core managed service, management of all ICT against an agreed SLA
• A Service Desk, available 52 weeks a year including out of hours access providing a 'remote fix' to issues as they are reported where possible
• On-site school staffing which suppliers deem necessary to deliver the service and meet the SLA requirements
• Support for the Trust's Safeguarding/Filtering solution, Securly
• Support for the Trust's Barracuda email security/Anti phishing solution
• Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT
• Responsibility for design, specification, installation, and management of all ICT infrastructure
• Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value approach
• Management of 3rd parties where relevant to the ICT support
• Relevant monitoring, management, patching
• Responsibility for ensuring appropriate backup and anti-virus is in place
• Regular performance reporting
• Support for cybersecurity readiness
• CPD and training - digital skills and curriculum as necessary across Microsoft and Apple devices/software
• There is an expectation that the provider will support and/or drive innovation
• Maintain technical documentation
• Maintain operational documentation, for example inventory management and risk registers
• Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trust's objectives
• In Trust support for the integration and upgrade of the connectivity, communications and security infrastructure as required, including liaising with relevant third parties on behalf of the Trust
• Suppliers may be required to deliver a range of technology and change management projects in addition to the providing the core managed service.
• Enhanced support during OFSTED visits, Exam periods, and around results days for Exams
• The potential supply of a significant amount of Apple iPad devices - currently estimated to be c.2,500 over 5 years
o A comprehensive managed service for repair and replacement,
Repair and/or replacement of devices
enrol/re-enrol hardware into the management console
• Provision and management of VoIP phones/telephony across the trust
How the procedure runs: At stage 1, a PSQ will be issued and suppliers will be shortlisted and invited to submit a tender. Suppliers will be provided with an ITT pack that contains the Stage 2 process, the contracting authority requirements, a draft contract and other relevant information. Suppliers will be asked to respond to the requirements and provide more…
a price for the service. Suppliers will be able to submit clarification questions during the tender writing process. Following submission of their proposals and costs, their responses will be scored alongside the charges for the service they propose aligning to the weightings described in the tender documents. The highest weighted score will be deemed to deliver the Most Advantageous Tender, and awarded Preferred Bidder status. Following a stand still period, the contracting authority will then endeavour to agree and enter into a contract with the Preferred Bidder.
CPV: Computer equipment and supplies · Education and training services · Local area network · Network equipment · Telecommunications equipment and supplies
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£2,500,000
- Value
- £2,500,000 exc. VAT · £3,000,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- For convenience
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
Local area network (CPV 3241) in North East England — and who usually turns up
Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust has too little published record in this market to describe on its own; the North East England market stands beside whatever it has. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Local area network (CPV 3241) →
How the contest usually goes
Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards (including PA 2023 transparency notices) report one bid by definition and are left out. On Procurement Act 2023 notices the count is the tenders assessed at the final stage, not every submission received; pairs compare like with like (VAT-exclusive, or VAT-inclusive on both sides). Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.
Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust
contract notices in 36 months: 2 in CPV 3241 · 2 in division 32 · 3 in all categories
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 1 lots. All 1 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed. Small sample.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 1 lots. Small sample.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Nothing published for this buyer in this sector: no comparable estimate → award pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 1 notices. Small sample.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 24 months: 3 notices.
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How often this buyer awards without a competition.
Direct or limited awards as a share of its notices that say which procedure was used. These routes are legal in defined cases. This is just the record.
Based on this buyer’s tenders in all categories, last 36 months: 3 notices.
North East England · Local area network (CPV 3241)
contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 20 in CPV 3241 (15 competed, 4 route not published) · 102 in division 32 (55 competed, 19 route not published)
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How many companies usually bid for work like this.
Middle value of published bid counts, one per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 9 lots. All 9 lots are from Procurement Act 2023 notices, which count bids assessed.
Nothing is filled in from UK-wide numbers. An empty tile means nothing usable was published.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 9 lots.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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Do awards for work like this land above or below the estimate.
Estimate against award per lot, for this buyer or this region in the same sector.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 6 pairs.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 10 notices.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
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How much of this market goes to small and medium firms.
SME bidders where buyers published the split, otherwise SME winners.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 9 lots.
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How much work like this goes to companies based in the delivery region.
Awards in this category delivered here where the winner’s registered address is in the region.
Based on this region’s tenders in this sector (CPV 3241), last 36 months: 9 awards.
Registered address, so a national firm with a local branch counts as outside.
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Where this tender’s estimate would land if the usual pattern repeats.
We apply the buyer’s usual movement between estimate and award (or the region’s) to the estimate on this notice.
Based on the North East England market’s usual movement over 6 lots (CPV 3241), applied to the £2,500,000 estimate on this notice. The range comes from the region’s middle half.
A benchmark, not a price to bid.
Who you are likely to meet i
Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
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Who you may be up against.
Suppliers on this buyer’s earlier similar contracts, and suppliers whose record fits this tender.
A guess from the record. Buyers do not publish who is bidding.
Suppliers on this authority’s earlier similar contracts, then suppliers with a matching track record — from published award history, not a bid list
Already supplying a similar contract to Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust i
Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
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Who holds similar work with this buyer now.
Winners of this buyer’s earlier contracts that match this tender by title, lot, buyer and category.
| Supplier | Earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TURN IT ON LIMITEDPrior contract | Wilson's School ICT Managed Service | Wilson's School ICT Managed Service | £750k | 64% match |
Earlier contracts of this authority that the nightly matcher links to this notice by title, lot, buyer and CPV. Open the contract before treating anyone as the incumbent.
Suppliers with a similar track record — and how they price i
Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
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Suppliers with a similar track record, and how they price.
Suppliers matched on wins in this category, history with this buyer, location and size. Their award vs estimate is from their own past wins.
A guess from the record, not a bidder list.
| Supplier | Evidence | Last award | Their award vs estimate | Relevance |
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| RM Education Ltd Large | 5 class wins · 2 lots for this buyer | this month | at estimate n=1 | 50% |
| EASY NETWORKS LIMITED SME | 1 class wins | 2 months ago | no comparable pairs | 46% |
| CAE Technology SME | 3 class wins | 4 months ago | no comparable pairs | 46% |
| IT4Automation Ltd SME | 1 class wins | 2 months ago | no comparable pairs | 45% |
Matched by the nightly worker on class wins, buyer history, delivery geography, scale and notice text; relevance is a 0–100% heuristic score, not a probability of bidding. “Their award vs estimate” is that supplier’s median on its own comparable single-supplier wins, CPV 3241 first. Nobody here is known to be bidding.
Coverage and what to read with care
- Each tile explains itself. The on a figure says what it is, how it is counted and which scope this notice’s own record came from (class, division, all categories, or the authority’s 24-month row). The two columns are never blended and nothing is filled from a UK-wide figure; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable. Long form: Methodology.
- Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). About 30 % of award-vs-estimate pairs are exact matches — the buyer published the award at the estimate. n is on every figure; a thin sample is muted, never hidden.
- “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.
What this replaces i
The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
48% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
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The earlier contract this tender most likely replaces.
Matched on title, category and buyer. The match percentage says how close the titles are.
48% title match.
A likely match, not a published link.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (48% title match) — the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
Wilson's School ICT Managed Service — held by TURN IT ON LIMITED; the published contract ends 8 Apr 2031.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open for expressions of interest
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:06 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776c4Find a Tender
- How it runs
At stage 1, a PSQ will be issued and suppliers will be shortlisted and invited to submit a tender. Suppliers will be provided with an ITT pack that contains the Stage 2 process, the contracting authority requirements, a draft contract and other relevant information. Suppliers will be asked to respond to the requirements and provide a price for the service. Suppliers will be able to submit clarification questions more…
during the tender writing process. Following submission of their proposals and costs, their responses will be scored alongside the charges for the service they propose aligning to the weightings described in the tender documents. The highest weighted score will be deemed to deliver the Most Advantageous Tender, and awarded Preferred Bidder status. Following a stand still period, the contracting authority will then endeavour to agree and enter into a contract with the Preferred Bidder.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice- Expression of interest (EOI)
- 23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice published1 day ago21 Sept 2026, 16:06 BST
- Clarification questions byin 20 days12 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 30 days23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 30 days23 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 129 days29 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 190 days1 Apr 2027, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Tender notice published21 Sept 2026, 16:06 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- MOXTON EDUCATION LTDProcuring entityProcurement & Edtech consultant
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: Emailed to shortlisted bidders.
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender