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title: "Managed Services Provider (MSP) Computing and Digital and Network services and other supporting professional services with some supplies"
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# Managed Services Provider (MSP) Computing and Digital and Network services and other supporting professional services with some supplies

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-services-provider-msp-computing-and-digital-and-network-services-and-other-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02d5c1). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Catapult CT: "Managed Services Provider (MSP) Computing and Digital and Network services and other supporting professional services with some supplies". Published status: active. Published Value: £3,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Oct 2021, 17:00 BST. Published submission portal: catapultcgtc.wax-live.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Catapult CT](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/catapult-ct-GB-FTS-25759)
- **Published Value:** £3,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 October 2021 at 17:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Application service providers
- **Delivery Location:** UKH23, UKH3, UKI4, UKM75
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02d5c1`

## 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-services-provider-msp-computing-and-digital-and-network-services-and-other-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02d5c1#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [catapultcgtc.wax-live.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcatapultcgtc.wax-live.com%2Fs2C%2FSignin.aspx)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-services-provider-msp-computing-and-digital-and-network-services-and-other-support-ocds-h6vhtk-02d5c1#participate

## Description
Cell Therapy Catapult seek to engage a single Managed Service Provider (MSP) for the delivery of a suite of SLA-governed and IT Managed Services (to ITIL standard) from modern data centre facilities (to TIA-942 Tier3, or equivalent) with use of hosting and diverse networks and communications systems. The MSP shall be responsive. MSP will be responsible for delivery of operation of the IT infrastructure and related projects to support all the end users, currently circa 450 end-users. This MSP will be responsible for: storage administration, backup management, standard operations, server/client/patch management, WAN and LAN operations, site support services, monitoring, services, reporting, services, security administration, security services for 24/7 and 365 days per year for four years, project management of the on-boarding and exit process. Selection Questionnaire has information of the current MSP services and criteria for MSP selection. The ITT with further details will be released.

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

- **Delivery regions:** UKH, UKI, UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £3,000,000
- **Description:** The Managed Services Provider (MSP) and other services (with some supplies) agreement will be an agreement provided to a lead MSP. There may be other-sub service providers/suppliers in the arrangement.
The Managed Services Provider (MSP) and other se...
- **Contract Period:** 26/01/2022 to 
- **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%2F020051-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-17T11:02:46.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T11:58:21.105Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02d5c1