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# OHCAT - ICT Managed Service

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ohcat-ict-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038734). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust: "OHCAT - ICT Managed Service". Published status: active. Published Value: £9,500,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 22 Dec 2022, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: ohcat.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Orchard Hill College & Academy Trust](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/orchard-hill-college-academy-trust-GB-PPON-PHXQ-2999-QPMT)
- **Published Value:** £9,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 22 December 2022 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Restricted procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Computer-related equipment, Education and training services, IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support, Local area network, Network equipment (+3 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ohcat-ict-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038734#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-038734`

## Before you bid
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- **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/ohcat-ict-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038734#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [ohcat.mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fohcat.mytenders.co.uk%2F)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ohcat-ict-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-038734#participate

## Description
Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. The uniqueness of OHCAT is that it is fully representative of all designations of special education needs and disabilities. Across the whole organisation there are a range of experts and practitioners who advocate for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities to ensure they receive the best possible opportunities to achieve their full potential.
Orchard Hill College (OHC) was established in 1983 and has grown from a small hospital provision into an Outstanding College that operates from eight college centres across London and provides post-16 education for approximately 400 students with mild, moderate, severe and profound learning need.
Orchard Hill College Academy Trust (OHCAT) was established in 2013 by Orchard Hill College to share its expertise and provide services and support to specialist schools. The Trust is now home to 15 special schools
In total there are currently 22 sites encompassing c1,500 staff and c2,077 Pupils
The Purpose of this procurement is to identify a single provider who will deliver an ICT managed service across all sites.    It is expected that TUPE will apply from the Trust.
Bidders should assume that the Trust will require a 51 week onsite service that fulfils an SLA that will be provided by the Trust.  The following list of services are to be provided but should not be seen as a finite list:
-	strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT
-	24hrs a day 365 days per year monitoring and management service
-	service desk
-	support for the Trust administration staff who currently number c70 at Quadrant House and remotely
-	local staffing that bidders deem necessary to meet the delivery requirements of the SLA
-	responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure
-	supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach
-	management of all ICT against an agreed SLA
-	management of third parties
-	relevant management, patching and reporting
-	training – technical and curriculum as necessary
-	expectation that the provider will drive innovation
-	risk registers and inventory management
-	co-ordination and administrative support to an ICT Project Group
The initial work will be to both transition to the new service and then design and implement a new infrastructure across seven initial sites.  Starting with a design phase in the summer term of 2023 and then a roll out during the Autumn term and when new communication lines are in place (due to be procured in parallel to this procurement).

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 30213000, 30214000, 30230000, 32410000, 32420000, 48820000
- **Delivery regions:** UKJ

- **Estimated Value:** £9,500,000
- **Description:** Orchard Hill College and Academy Trust is a family of specialist education providers for pupils and students from nursery through to further education across London, Surrey, Sussex and Berkshire. The uniqueness of OHCAT is that it is fully representa...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F033040-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-11-22T10:05:45.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-24T14:25:55.165Z
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