Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-01-27
Buyer: Garth Hill College
Country: UK
Region: Berkshire
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 72000000
Estimated value: 600000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2017-02-27
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Provision of an ICT managed service for Garth Hill College and Sandy Lane Primary School. Both schools are located within a few hundred meters of each other in Bracknell, Berkshire. The ICT managed service is to provide onsite support, technical support, system monitoring, change management and service management for an initial period of 3 years with a possibility to extend the contract for 2 further periods of 12 months each.
Technical support is expected to consist of both qualified and skilled operatives on site as well as via a remote helpdesk.
TUPE is expected to apply and the relevant information has been provided within the tender documentation.
A third school in Bracknell has expressed the potential to join the Managed Service Contract during it's duration of operation. The school is a primary school with 420 students and around 50 staff. Full information about this school's requirements will be provided at a later date should the school wish to join the awarded contract.
This contract is for the provision of a ICT Managed Service at Garth Hill College and Sandy Lane Primary School from December 2017. The contract is being offered for a three year period and the proposed commencement date is 01.12.2017. Garth Hill College is a secondary school and sixth form with over 1 600 students. Sandy Lane Primary School is a primary school with over 650 students. Full details of the requirements can be found in the Memorandum of Information.
As stated earlier in this notice a third primary school of around 420 students may choose to join the awarded contract at a later date.
2 extensions to the initial 3-year contract. 12 months for each extension allowing for a maximum contract length of 5 years if both extensions are taken.
Parent company guarantees, performance bonds or warranties may be required and will be advised at contract award stage.
Please refer to the Memorandum of Information, Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation for full evaluation details.
This is a best estimate of the date, time and location based on what is known at the time of despatch of this notice.
Garth Hill College will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Public Contracts Regulations 2015 provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

Eligibility requirements: Please refer to the Memorandum of Information, Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation for full evaluation details. Please refer to the Memorandum of Information, Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation for full evaluation details. Please refer to the Memorandum of Information, Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation for full evaluation details.
Please refer to the Memorandum of Information, Pre Qualification Questionnaire and Invitation to Tender documentation for full evaluation details.