Managed Service Provider Contract
- Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Limited
Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-054f38
Description
The successful Supplier appointed through this Procurement will be required to enter into a contractual agreement with Border to Coast to provide corporate ICT services. Border to Coast is looking for the appointed successful Supplier to contract for a term of 4 years, with then the option to extend, subject to performance and price negotiation, twice for 2 additional years each (resulting in a maximum possible term of 8 years).
Border to Coast intends to appoint a partner organisation to support core capabilities necessary to manage its existing infrastructure and achieve its future ICT objectives. This includes the oversight of the existing infrastructure and provision of corporate ICT solutions to enable Border to Coast to operate its core business using latest technologies deployed in a modern and flexible environment. The ICT Managed Service will manage and oversee the cloud based collaborative platform to allow Border to Coast to manage and deliver its investment portfolio effectively and securely. This will include hardware, infrastructure, communications, service support, cyber and data resilience capabilities. Border to Coast currently operates on a single site with circa. 180 users, and has adopted standard Microsoft
365 solutions, with additional Business Central (Finance), CRM and Data modules deployed across the business.
The Supplier's Standard Terms & Conditions must incorporate the Mandatory Terms & Conditions or equivalent terms, full details of which are contained in Appendix M. Suppliers wishing to provide an equivalent set of terms to Part 2 Appendix M Mandatory Terms & Conditions must indicate this clearly in Appendix M by ticking the relevant confirmation statement at the top.
Suppliers should ensure that they are familiar with these requirements and that their Standard Terms & Conditions are capable of being accepted by Border to Coast. Any queries regarding the Mandatory Terms & Conditions such as the adoption of the Suppliers' terms should be raised as part of the clarification process prior to submission of tenders. A full contract incorporating the Mandatory Terms & Conditions will only need to be provided to Border to Coast once the successful Supplier has been notified.
Notices
UK4: Tender notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-056704
- Published
- 15 September 2025, 4:32pm
UK3: Planned procurement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-033412
- Published
- 18 June 2025, 3:38pm
UK2: Preliminary market engagement notice
- Notice identifier
- 2025/S 000-033393
- Published
- 18 June 2025, 3:14pm