Published date: 22 August 2022

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 21 September 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

United Kingdom

Value of contract

£4,000,000 to £16,000,000

Procurement reference

GUINPART001-DN619409-19611268

Published date

22 August 2022

Closing date

21 September 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

9 January 2023

Contract end date

8 January 2027

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

The Guinness Partnership (TGP) is running this procurement to put a Framework Agreement with a panel of IT skills and knowledge specialists as may be required to support the business. TGP are looking for Partners with core Microsoft skills and competencies, primarily D365, but also to cover other Microsoft applications and infrastructure including SharePoint, OneDrive, Teams, DevOps, and the Azure platform. The Strategic Microsoft Partners will be required to bring experience within the sector, with the expectation that they are certified via the new Microsoft Solutions Partner designations (or can evidence the legacy capabilities that translate towards these), which provides Guinness with assurance that the Partner brings the appropriate level of performance, skilling, and customer success to the relationship.

The proposed Framework will consist of 2 Lots, these Lots are:

Lot 1 - Dynamics 365

The scope of this lot will include:
To deliver solutions with Dynamics 365 and Power Platform; ongoing management services for Dynamics 365, Business Central, Power BI, Power Apps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents,

Lot 2 - Azure Capabilities
The scope of this Lot will include:
Data & AI, demonstrate capability helping Housing Sector customers manage data across multiple systems and potentially to build out analytics and AI solutions.
Digital & App Innovation, demonstrate helping Housing Sector customers build, run, and manage applications across multiple clouds, on premises or in a hybrid framework, you can evidence support within the Housing Sector migrating and deploying DevOps while using Azure, managing app services in Azure.
Infrastructure, demonstrate helping Housing Sector customers with migration of key infrastructure workloads to Microsoft Azure

The opportunity will be conducted using the Restricted Procedure and advertised as two (2) separate Lots, however potential suppliers will be able to bid for all Lots. Each Lot will have 3 suppliers on it.

The framework will be accessible to all housing associations across England (details of applicable Contracting Authorities are included in the Contract Notice published on the Find a Tender portal).

The maximum duration of the Framework Agreement shall be for 48 months (4 years). The total value of this Framework shall be £16,000,000, Guinness's estimated spend under this Framework shall be £4,000,000, with £12,000,000 available to all other housing associations across England to spend.

Interested parties can access the Selection Questionnaire documents via Guinness' tender portal - https://procontract.due-north.com/ (free and unfettered access)


About the buyer

Contact name

Dennis Viljoen

Address

30 Brock Street
Regents Place
London
NW1 3FG
United Kingdom

Email

procurement@guinness.org.uk

Website

http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/