Official UK procurement notice
ICT Managed Service Partner
Authority: Mosaic Schools Learning Trust (Education)·On behalf of: MOXTON EDUCATION LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionMosaic Schools Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) established in September 2024 combining Connect Schools Academy Trust & Compass Academy Trust to form a new dynamic Trust of ten strongly performing schools across Bromley and Kent.
Our Trust has been established following a collaborative partnership between the two Trusts that has grown into a strong desire to combine our collective resources to continue to grow and to advance education for the public benefit. We have a strong MAT vision and a shared culture through Core Values and Key Principles, but retain the identity and uniqueness of each of the schools within their respective communities.
At the heart of the Trust is the focus on school improvement, staff development and ensuring that our pupils receive the absolute best educational experience. We adhere to a philosophy of continual improvement.
We are a family of schools with a plan for further growth and aim to welcome more primary academies and more primary children into our MAT over the coming years.
For more information, please visit https://www.mosaicschoolslearningtrust.org/
Procurement
The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided by a single outsourced support provider who provides a mix of scheduled onsite visits and remote support.
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As a result of a change in circumstances, the Trust is taking the opportunity to go to the market to identify the best innovative and forward-looking partner to support them in the delivery and development of their ICT provision over the next five years.
This procurement includes (but may not be limited to) the items listed below.
• A core managed service, covering management of all ICT against an agreed SLA
• A Service Desk, available 52 weeks a year including out of hours access
• On-Site local staffing covering (at a minimum) term time, which suppliers deem necessary to deliver the service and meet the SLA requirements
• 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 3approach
• Management of 3rd parties where relevant to the ICT support
• Relevant monitoring, management, patching
• Regular performance reporting
• CPD and training - digital skills and curriculum as necessary
• 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
• Suppliers may be required to deliver a range of technology and change management projects in addition to the providing the core managed service.
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
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Lot 1RenewalPublished value£3,000,000
- Value
- £3,000,000 exc. VAT · £3,600,000 inc. VAT
- Extensions
- For convenience
What it takes to win
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add moreNo 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
Mosaic Schools Learning 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.
North East England · Local area network (CPV 3241)
contract notices delivered in North East England in 36 months: 18 in CPV 3241 (17 contested) · 100 in division 32 (72 contested)
robust · n=6 Awards in North East England (CPV 3241, n=6 pairs) land a median at estimate: on this notice’s £3,000,000 that is about £3,000,000, middle half £3,000,000–£3,000,000 (quartiles from North East England · CPV 3241). Context for a bid, not a recommended price.
Method and what to read with care
- Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per lot, contested contract notices). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
- Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
- 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). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
- Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
- “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.
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, 16:10 BST
- Last source update
- 21 Sept 2026, 16:10 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end — 11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Accelerated
- State of urgency
- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0776c7Find 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)
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Tender submission deadline
- 9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Electronic submission
- Not allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
6 published dates · Europe/London- Tender notice publishedearlier today21 Sept 2026, 16:10 BST
- Clarification questions byin 14 days5 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Expressions of interest byin 18 days9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission deadlinein 18 days9 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Award decision expected byin 81 days11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 132 days1 Feb 2027, 00:00 GMT
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, 16:10 BSTUK4
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeOther public bodies
- MOXTON EDUCATION LTDProcess contact pointProcuring entityProcurement & Edtech consultantcy
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Bidding documents and specificationsAccess: By email to shortlisted suppliers.
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
- Bidding documents and specifications
Notices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender