The Alliance Multi-Academy Trust - ICT Managed Service

The Alliance Multi Academy Trust was formed in April 2018 and currently has 5 schools, 2 Infant Schools, 2 Junior Schools and 1 Primary School. TAMAT came together to provide the best education for our children through the best staff and systems. We have a clear focus on leadership, teaching, governance, professional development and collaboration at every level of the Trust.

This procurement encompasses the items noted below. In essence, this procurement is all about identifying a single supplier to provide a fully outsourced managed service. At the sole discretion of the Trust any future schools that the Trust may incorporate into the Trust will also be added to the ICT contract. Any additional schools will co-terminate to the end same end date of the initial contract.

Further details regarding bid timescales are noted below but in terms of the managed service this is advertised as a 60 month contract with a maximum 5 year managed service with start and end dates as follows:

Service start date - 12th February 2024

Service end date - 11th February 2029

The new Managed Service Provider may also be required to deliver a range of technology and change management projects.

The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the ITT for the Managed Service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but is not be limited to;

• strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT
• a 42 week core service, incorporating on-site staff/visits as necessary
• Service desk
• local staffing that bidders deem necessary to deliver the SLA
• responsibility for design, specification, installation, and management of all ICT infrastructure
• supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value approach
• management of all ICT against an agreed SLA
• management of 3rd parties
• relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting
• training - technical and curriculum as necessary
• risk registers and inventory management
• collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives

The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack

It is not expected there may be a requirement for TUPE