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# Managed IT Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-it-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04be58). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Advanced Research and Invention Agency: "Managed IT Service". Published status: active. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 13 Jan 2025, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.aria.org.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Advanced Research and Invention Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/advanced-research-and-invention-agency-gov-pb1364)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 13 January 2025 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Competitive procedure with negotiation
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04be58`

## 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/managed-it-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04be58#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [aria.org.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aria.org.uk%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2024%2F11%2FRFP-Managed-IT-Service.docx.pdf)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-it-service-ocds-h6vhtk-04be58#participate

## Description
Launched in January 2023, ARIA is a Research & Development (R&D) funding agency designed to take bold bets that complement and amplify the UK's world-class research ecosystem. We fund transformative science and technology capabilities that will benefit the UK and help humanity thrive. 
This RFP seeks proposals from qualified IT managed services providers (MSPs) to provide strategic and day-to-day operational support for our IT infrastructure, ensuring seamless business operations and support for end-users.
Bidders should note that ARIA is exempt from the Public Contract Regulations 2015 and the new Public Procurement Regulations 2024. This procurement is therefore not subject to them.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The supplier will provide comprehensive IT leadership and support, including network management, helpdesk support, software and hardware integration and management, cloud based collaborative 'sandpit' environments and proactive monitoring as set out ...

- **Renewal published:** yes
- **Options published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F037978-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-11-25T12:00:18.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T08:16:47.293Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04be58