Published date: 5 December 2016

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: 16 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

East Midlands

Value of contract

£35,000 to £50,000

Procurement reference

DN228018

Published date

5 December 2016

Closing date

16 December 2016

Contract start date

27 January 2017

Contract end date

26 January 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The Council wishes to engage a suitably qualified and experienced firm to implement and configure their Microsoft Project Online (Office 365) environment. Leicestershire County Council's Transformation Unit manages a portfolio of approximately 40 strategically important projects at any one time. The Unit consists of project managers, senior project managers, a portfolio management office (PMO- consisting of project officers, a governance officer and a portfolio support officer), business partners, business analysts, business change consultants and a programme design manager. In order to plan projects, the Transformation Unit currently uses Microsoft Project 2010 and a suite of excel and word based templates and reports. Going forward, the team will be using Microsoft Project Online and Microsoft Project 2016 client to tie in with LCC's strategic investment in Microsoft's Office 365 products, establish best practice in using the industry standard tool, and exploit the significant existing expertise in the use of Microsoft Project. Please note the licences and hosting is outside the scope of this procurement exercise.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Gemma Wilde

Address

Leicestershire County Council
County Hall
Glenfield
LE3 8RA
England

Email

gemma.wilde@leics.gov.uk

Website

www.eastmidstenders.org