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Published 22 Jul 2022, 16:05 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Little Heath School ~ IT & Network Services Tender

Official notice

Authority: Little Heath School (Education)

ServicesRestricted procedure
Published estimate£670,000≈ £134k / year
Submissions closed 23 Sept 2022
Contract term 5 yrsends 31 Jul 2028 · starts 1 Aug 2023

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The successful Supplier will be required to provide IT & Network services for Little Heath School.

CPV: Computer network services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1The selected service provider shall be: 5 yrsPublished value£670,000

The selected service provider shall be:

•Fully conversant with evolving legislation regarding the provision of IT & Network Services in a Secondary School environment

•Required to evidence their Quality Assurance and Security Systems

•Required to evidence their proposed Key Performance Indicator measures for the contract

•Required to periodically present performance reporting and systems development recommendations to Governors and Senior Staff

•Qualified to provide advice and support School IT & Network Services Hardware & Software Procurement activities

•Experienced in Network design in a Secondary School environment

•Required to support all current and future School systems

•Experienced in managing Cloud Based Solutions in a Secondary School environment

•Expected to support the interface and management of all Telephony and CCTV Systems

The contract will provide onsite support, including maintenance, currently on-site via the Network Manager and three Support Technicians located in school 5 days a week 52 weeks of the year. The School is receptive to proposals of alternative support models.

Comprehensive off-site system support is required 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year.

Maintenance and System Development activities shall be undertaken outside the 190 academic term-time days to minimise any disruption to pupil education and teaching activities.

The contract will commence on 1 August 2023 for an initial period of three years, ending 31 July 2026 with the opportunity to extend for a further period of up to two years at the discretion of the governing body.

The contract will provide Technical Management and on-site technicians, to the School’s ICT Infrastructure, including:

•Full server support and monitoring

•Fully Managed Helpdesk with Remote Support

•Full workstation support, software support, hardware support and repairs

•Staff and Student Network & email accounts and access setup and management.

•Proactive contract management to ensure best value for money across all areas of management systems and utilities.

•24/7/365 network monitoring with call out and emergency 24/7/365 contact

•Web Filtering via Smoothwall

See SQ Document for further information.

Contract period: 1 Aug 2023 – 31 Jul 2028 (5 yrs)
Delivery: South East · Berkshire
Second stage: 5–10 candidates invited to tenderVariant bids: allowed

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Restricted procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
22 Jul 2022, 16:05 BST
Last source update
22 Jul 2022, 16:05 BST
FTS notice number
2022/S 000-020042
Classification (CPV)
Computer network services
Delivery area
South East (UKJ11)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0354f2 Find a Tender

Publisher note: The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement. It will be the supplier's responsibility to obtain any necessary documents in order to submit a response by the closing date and time. The contracting authority reserves the right not to award any or part of the contract which is the subject of this contract notice and reserves the right to terminate the procurement process at any time. The contracting authority will not be liable for any costs incurred by those expressing an interest in tendering for this contract opportunity. The contracting authority will consider variant bids, evaluating them (so far as the variant or the evaluation of the variant is in the opinion of the contracting authority practicable) on the same basis as a conforming bid, but shall not be obliged to accept any such bid in preference to a conforming bid even if the variant bid scores more highly. No variant will be considered unless the bidder simultaneously submits a conforming bid. For more information about this opportunity, please visit the Delta eSourcing portal at: https://litmustms.co.uk/tenders/UK-UK-Berkshire:-Computer-network-services./6E892FMYD9 To respond to this opportunity, please click here: https://litmustms.co.uk/respond/6E892FMYD9 GO Reference: GO-2022722-PRO-20659446

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
23 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"written"}
Accepted languages
en

Timeline

22 Jul 2022 → 1 Aug 2023 · 4 dates
  1. Notice published
    22 Jul 2022, 16:05 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    23 Sept 2022, 12:00 BST
  3. Invitations to tender expected
    14 Nov 2022
  4. Contract starts
    1 Aug 2023, 00:00 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Little Heath School

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation Little Heath Road, Tilehurst, Reading, Berkshire, South East, RG31 5TYContact email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria