Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-12-13
Buyer: Poise Purchasing Solutions Limited
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 30100000 | 30200000 | 31000000 | 32000000 | 35710000: Command and control systems
Estimated value: 500000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-01-10
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
Poise Purchasing Solutions are a non-profit social enterprise organisation offering procurement solutions and services to support cost efficiencies to public bodies. Any profits made are reinvested to create further frameworks and provide extra resources to support its clients.
Poise Purchasing Solutions is requesting tenders for the purchase of ICT equipment, software and services for use by or on behalf of public sector bodies (including their statutory successors and organisations created as a result of reorganisation or organisational changes) located in the UK. See attachment for full customer list.
Purchase of ICT software, equipment and services for use by or on behalf of public sector bodies located in the UK including but not limited to the following:
Hardware provision and configuration of mainframe, mid-range, mini-computers, PC’s, laptops, netbooks and peripheral equipment, AV equipment and associated consumables and related services. Consumables and hardware disposal and recycle.
Software related services for support, development, maintenance, implementation, reproduction, configuration, hosted, SAAS, data, escrow and managed service.
Networks provision and management of voice, data, and combined (IP) and VOIP equipment and link provision across all transmission methods e.g. wire, fibre, satellite and radio. To include LAN, WAN and all equipment and services supporting and facilitating the network.
Services for installation, maintenance and management of any of the abovementioned items. To include same for infrastructure required to maintain central or remote ICT provision. Onsite management or remote hosting of web accessed services, including the development and maintenance. Supplier to provide additional services in support of purchases including conducting mini competitions on behalf of customer, to identify ad highlight sustainable options.
Supplier will be required to manage the supply chain and any subcontractors on behalf of the purchasing customer. They will be required to provide product innovation, identify avoidable costs and facilitate cost reductions. If required to also undertake contract and asset management for the customer. Providing regular Management Information (MI) will be an important requirement for some customers and should include warranty and asset information, stock delivery reports, product specifications (including energy information).
Poise Procurement Solutions wishes to establish a Framework Agreement for use by the following UK public sector bodies (and any future successors to these organisations): Central Government Departments, Local Government and Public Corporations that can be accessed at the Public Sector Classification Guide: Please refer to the attached authorised customer list for full details and web links.
This commercial agreement is for use by Contracting Authorities in the United Kingdom and which fall into one or more of the following categories:
Those set out in the definition of “Contracting Authority” in Regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR), namely: the State, regional or local authorities. This covers parliament, central government, regional government and local government; associations formed by one or more regional or local authorities.
— Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs,
— all non-Crown Status Government Companies wholly or partly owned by Central Government Departments and their subsidiaries,
— educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities,

Eligibility requirements: Relevant technical accreditations, partner memberships, British standards certified.

Award value: 500000000