Tender

Chesham Grammar School - ICT Managed Service

  • Chesham Grammar School

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-020392

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035650

Published 26 July 2022, 9:15pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Chesham Grammar School

White Hill

Chesham

HP5 1BA

Contact

Geoff Chandler

Email

geoff.chandler@moxton-education.com

Telephone

+44 07970661087

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.cheshamgrammar.org

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://www.cheshamgrammar.org/4869/contracts

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to the above-mentioned address

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Education


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Chesham Grammar School - ICT Managed Service

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

Chesham Grammar School (CGS) is part of a single site academy trust - Red Kite Schools Trust.

CGS is a co-educational grammar school in Buckinghamshire. There is a county-wide selection to secondary school at 11+ and there are 13 grammar schools within the county, five of which are co-educational.

Our intake is drawn from a very wide geographical area. The majority of students come from the Chiltern and South Bucks area of Buckinghamshire but we also have students who travel from Hertfordshire.

At CGS, we aspire to provide an exceptional educational experience in a world class school. We aim to inspire, challenge and guide all our students so that they develop confidence, character and creativity with the skills to become the innovators and leaders of the future.

Almost all of our students progress to their first choice university including Oxford and Cambridge. Our students will be the leaders of tomorrow and our aim is to ensure that they are well equipped for 21st century life. We want them to be confident, articulate and optimistic as well as respectful, tolerant and compassionate. Above all, we want them to be happy.

The school has just over 1216 children on roll, with 371 in the 6th form.

The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the ITT will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include all equipment and service regarding ICT, including but not be limited to;

• strategic advice and direction to the School regarding ICT

• a core term time service - 39 weeks

• an additional 4 discretionary weeks throughout the year

• 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 (BV) 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

• expectation that the provider will drive innovation

• risk registers and inventory management

• collective partnership targets regarding support for e.g. support for ICT in the community

Bidders should note the following;

• There is an expectation that TUPE will apply from the existing supplier.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,100,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Chesham Grammar School (CGS) is part of a single site academy trust - Red Kite Schools Trust.

CGS is a co-educational grammar school in Buckinghamshire. There is a county-wide selection to secondary school at 11+ and there are 13 grammar schools within the county, five of which are co-educational.

Our intake is drawn from a very wide geographical area. The majority of students come from the Chiltern and South Bucks area of Buckinghamshire but we also have students who travel from Hertfordshire.

At CGS, we aspire to provide an exceptional educational experience in a world class school. We aim to inspire, challenge and guide all our students so that they develop confidence, character and creativity with the skills to become the innovators and leaders of the future.

Almost all of our students progress to their first choice university including Oxford and Cambridge. Our students will be the leaders of tomorrow and our aim is to ensure that they are well equipped for 21st century life. We want them to be confident, articulate and optimistic as well as respectful, tolerant and compassionate. Above all, we want them to be happy.

The school has just over 1216 children on roll, with 371 in the 6th form.

The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the ITT will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include all equipment and service regarding ICT, including but not be limited to;

• strategic advice and direction to the School regarding ICT

• a core term time service - 39 weeks

• an additional 4 discretionary weeks throughout the year

• 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 (BV) 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

• expectation that the provider will drive innovation

• risk registers and inventory management

• collective partnership targets regarding support for e.g. support for ICT in the community

Bidders should note the following;

• There is an expectation that TUPE will apply from the existing supplier.

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: £1,100,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

60

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 three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Competitive procedure with negotiation

four.1.5) Information about negotiation

The contracting authority reserves the right to award the contract on the basis of the initial tenders without conducting negotiations

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

29 August 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.3) Estimated date of dispatch of invitations to tender or to participate to selected candidates

8 September 2022

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic ordering will be used

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Red Kite Schools Trust

Chesham

Country

United Kingdom