Tender

Drumbeat School - ICT Managed Service

  • Drumbeat School & ASD Service

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-026722

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-036b0e

Published 23 September 2022, 3:02pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Drumbeat School & ASD Service

Roundtable Road

Downham

BR1 5LE

Contact

Geoff Chandler

Email

geoff.chandler@moxton-education.com

Telephone

+44 07970661087

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKI - London

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.drumbeatasd.org/website/home/439735

one.3) Communication

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

https://drumbeatasd.eschools.co.uk/website/tender/622306

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

Drumbeat 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

Drumbeat School and ASD Service is a 4-19 special needs school for autism in the London borough of Lewisham.

Drumbeat is a community school encompassing 225 pupils of which 80 are engaged in 14-19 study. The schools is split across two main sites. The Primary and KS3 pupils are based at the Roundtable road site in Downham and the Brockley site is a purpose built 14-19 campus for the KS4 and 6th Form pupils.

The Drumbeat vision is to do things the 'Drumbeat Way'. Children get more than education, they get a chance to improve their life. Opportunities to travel, getting involved with the community, doing charity work and progress to college mean we aim high for every child in our care. We want to open doors so that their lives have more choice. This takes patience and resilience but our promise is that we will support and help pupils to find a way through by both excellent teaching and providing amazing experiences where learning is fun and relevant to all needs.

The Drumbeat Values are:

Excellence, Resilience, Challenge, Success, Independence

The school website is https://www.drumbeatasd.org/website/home/439735

Drumbeat is currently supported by:

• An external organisation who provide onsite and remote support with a fixed contract until the end of the Autumn term 2022

Going forward - This procurement

This procurement encompasses a full outsource of the ICT service for the School to a single supplier.

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 - 17th December 2022

• Service end date - 16th December 2027

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 onsite term time service - 42 weeks

• remote monitoring and management 24x7x365

• 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

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £900,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 30200000 - Computer equipment and supplies
  • 48190000 - Educational software package
  • 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
  • 80000000 - Education and training services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Drumbeat School and ASD Service is a 4-19 special needs school for autism in the London borough of Lewisham.

Drumbeat is a community school encompassing 225 pupils of which 80 are engaged in 14-19 study. The schools is split across two main sites. The Primary and KS3 pupils are based at the Roundtable road site in Downham and the Brockley site is a purpose built 14-19 campus for the KS4 and 6th Form pupils.

The Drumbeat vision is to do things the 'Drumbeat Way'. Children get more than education, they get a chance to improve their life. Opportunities to travel, getting involved with the community, doing charity work and progress to college mean we aim high for every child in our care. We want to open doors so that their lives have more choice. This takes patience and resilience but our promise is that we will support and help pupils to find a way through by both excellent teaching and providing amazing experiences where learning is fun and relevant to all needs.

The Drumbeat Values are:

Excellence, Resilience, Challenge, Success, Independence

The school website is https://www.drumbeatasd.org/website/home/439735

Drumbeat is currently supported by:

• An external organisation who provide onsite and remote support with a fixed contract until the end of the Autumn term 2022

Going forward - This procurement

This procurement encompasses a full outsource of the ICT service for the School to a single supplier.

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 - 17th December 2022

• Service end date - 16th December 2027

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 onsite term time service - 42 weeks

• remote monitoring and management 24x7x365

• 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

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: £900,000

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

26 October 2022

Local time

12:00pm

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

3 November 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

Drumbeat School & ASD Service

Downham

BR1 5LE

Country

United Kingdom