Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
CARLTON ACADEMY TRUST
Carlton Bolling,Undercliffe Lane
BRADFORD
BD30DU
Contact
Darren Harvey-Hill
Telephone
+44 1535210333
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Internet address(es)
Main address
http://carltonacademytrust.co.uk/
one.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at
http://carltonacademytrust.co.uk/
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via
http://carltonacademytrust.co.uk/
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
one.5) Main activity
Education
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
IT Infrastructure Refresh
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 30230000 - Computer-related equipment
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
Carlton Academy Trust IT Infrastructure Scope of Works outline
Carlton Academy Trust intends to replace the Aruba based wired and wireless infrastructure at Carlton Bolling Academy during Summer 2021 and to implement a new virtualised failover cluster together with a new Active Directory structure encompassing all schools in the trust - 2x Secondary schools and 3x Primaries located in the Bradford / Keighley area.
It is expected the structure will comprise of a parent-child Active Directory domain with a parent domain for the trust itself, with child domains for each school. These will be linked to a single Microsoft 365 tenancy and GSuite tenant. Bids should include consultancy and engineering services for the design and implementation of the Active Directory as well as relevant network designs. The GSuite
Aruba Equipment removed from Carlton Bolling will be redeployed to the three primaries to provide an upgraded Wireless wired networking, with appropriate subnet / VLAN design & configuration.
The new domain structures will require consequential reconfiguration and alignment of the Smoothwall appliances in use at each of the trust's schools. End user machine deployment and configuration to be managed via a single SCCM instance with distribution points at each site as appropriate. Inter-site connectivity is to be facilitated by VPN. There are approximately 800 client devices which will need to be deployed using SCCM with application stack TBC.
The project will also require the migration of email from Carlton Bolling's on-premise Exchange Server to Exchange Online as well as migration of the various tenancies for the primaries to the new single, trust tenancy.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £460,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKE4 - West Yorkshire
Main site or place of performance
Carlton Bolling, Undercliffe Lane, Bradford, BD3 0DU
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Qty Item
1 Dell PowerStore 500T with 11Tb usable storage, 5 years support, 10G SFP+ DAC ready
3 Dell PowerEdge R740 with Dual Xeon 5220 CPU, 256Gb RAM, 2x 480Gb RI SSD, 5 Year ProSupport Plus, 2x Dual 10Gb Qlogic SFP+ NICs
27 Meraki MS225-48 L2 Stck Cld-Mngd 48x GigE Switch
27 Meraki MS225-48 Enterprise License and Support, 10YR
21 Meraki MS225-48LP L2 Stck Cld-Mngd 48x GigE 370W PoE Switch
21 Meraki MS225-48LP Enterprise License and Support, 10YR
25 Meraki MR Enterprise License, 10YR
125 Meraki MR44 WiFi 6 Indoor AP
100 Meraki MR Enterprise License, 10YR
35 Meraki 40GbE QSFP Cable, 0.5 Meter
9 Meraki 40GbE QSFP Cable, 3 Meter
2 Meraki MS425-32 L3 Cld-Mngd 32x 10G SFP+ Switch
2 Meraki MS425-32 Enterprise License and Support, 10YR
2 Meraki 250WAC PSU - MS425-32
30 Meraki 10 GbE Twinax Cable with SFP+ Modules, 3 Meter
8 Meraki Dual-band Omni Antennas
60 Meraki 10G Base SR Multi-Mode
4 Meraki MR86 Wi-Fi 6 Outdoor AP
1 VMWare vSphere Essentials Plus (5 year)
1 VMWare vSphere Essentials (5 year)
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
two.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT: £460,000
two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Start date
19 July 2021
End date
1 September 2021
This contract is subject to renewal
No
two.2.10) Information about variants
Variants will be accepted: No
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: No
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date
23 June 2021
Local time
9:00am
four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
English
four.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date
23 June 2021
Local time
10:00am
Place
Carlton Bolling, Undercliffe Lane, BD3 0DU
Information about authorised persons and opening procedure
CEO, Facilities and Compliance Director, Finance Director
Section six. Complementary information
six.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement: No
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
University Academy Keighley
Keighley
Country
United Kingdom