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# Look Ahead Care & Support - IT Managed Service Provider

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/look-ahead-care-support-it-managed-service-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Look Ahead Care & Support Ltd: "Look Ahead Care & Support - IT Managed Service Provider". Published status: complete. Published Value: £3,200,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Feb 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Look Ahead Care & Support Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/look-ahead-care-support-ltd-rsh-lh0013)
- **Published Value:** £3,200,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 February 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £3,157,590 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/look-ahead-care-support-it-managed-service-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/look-ahead-care-support-it-managed-service-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/look-ahead-care-support-it-managed-service-provider-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c#participate

## Description
The purpose of this tender is to identify a suitable supplier to deliver an IT Managed Service Provider solution to include a number of services under the following headings:
-24/7 Managed Service Desk
-Server hosting
-Backup as a Service (BaaS)
-Security services
-Procurement, billing and builds
-Reporting and Service Reviews
-Technical and innovation guidance, advice and support in conjunction with the Look Ahead IT strategic plan
It is the intention that this service will be awarded under one contract to one supplier. To deliver the requirements, an initial 3-year contract will be awarded with an optional extension of an additional 24 months. Therefore a total potential contract length of 5 years.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 72222300
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The purpose of this tender is to identify a suitable supplier to deliver an IT Managed Service Provider solution to include a number of services under the following headings:
-24/7 Managed Service Desk
-Server hosting
-Backup as a Service (BaaS)
-Sec...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 046629-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Smartdesc Limited**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-157209`
  - Value: £3,157,590 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 046629-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £3,157,590
  - Signed Date: 28/07/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F046629-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-08-06T14:46:35.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T03:50:53.889Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04cf4c