Opportunity

ODBST - ICT Managed Service

  • Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust

F02: Contract notice

Notice reference: 2021/S 000-023119

Published 16 September 2021, 7:16pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust

Moat Farm

Stoke Mandeville

HP22 5UZ

Contact

Geoff Chandler

Email

geoff.chandler@moxton-education.com

Telephone

+44 1400272408

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKJ1 - Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.odbst.org.uk/

one.3) Communication

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

https://www.odbst.org.uk/page/?title=Procurement&pid=89

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

ODBST - 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

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 timescales are noted below but in summary this is advertised as a maximum 5 year service with start and end dates as follows:

• Service start date - The 1st day of the schools Easter holiday - (9th April 2022)

• Service end date - 8th April 2027

The new Managed service provider will also deliver a range of technology projects to go ahead during the summer break of 2022 to 'join up' the ICT across the Trust and move to a cloud based environment.

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, but not be limited to;

• strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT

• a core 42 week service

• 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 aligned to the Trusts objectives

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £1,600,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 80100000 - Primary education services
  • 80200000 - Secondary education services
  • 80500000 - Training services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

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 timescales are noted below but in summary this is advertised as a maximum 5 year service with start and end dates as follows:

• Service start date - The 1st day of the schools Easter holiday - (9th April 2022)

• Service end date - 8th April 2027

The new Managed service provider will also deliver a range of technology projects to go ahead during the summer break of 2022 to 'join up' the ICT across the Trust and move to a cloud based environment.

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, but not be limited to;

• strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT

• a core 42 week service

• 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 aligned to the Trusts objectives

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: £1,600,000

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.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged minimum number: 5

Maximum number: 10

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


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

18 October 2021

Local time

12:00pm

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

28 October 2021

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

Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust

Stoke Mandeville

HP22 5UZ

Country

United Kingdom