Published date: 23 October 2015

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: 13 November 2015

Contract summary

Industry

  • Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 30000000

  • Computer equipment and supplies - 30200000

  • Command and control system, printing, graphics, office automation and information-processing equipment - 42960000

    • Networking, Internet and intranet software package - 48200000

    • Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package - 48300000

    • Business transaction and personal business software package - 48400000

    • Communication and multimedia software package - 48500000

    • Information systems and servers - 48800000

    • Installation services of communications equipment - 51300000

    • Installation services of computers and office equipment - 51600000

    • Postal and telecommunications services - 64000000

    • Telecommunications services - 64200000

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

    • Software programming and consultancy services - 72200000

    • Programming services of packaged software products - 72210000

    • Programming services of systems and user software - 72211000

    • Programming services of application software - 72212000

    • Systems and technical consultancy services - 72220000

    • Business analysis consultancy services - 72221000

    • Information systems or technology strategic review and planning services - 72222000

    • Information systems or technology strategic review services - 72222100

    • Information systems or technology planning services - 72222200

    • Information technology services - 72222300

    • Information technology requirements review services - 72223000

    • Project management consultancy services - 72224000

    • System implementation planning services - 72224100

    • System quality assurance planning services - 72224200

    • System quality assurance assessment and review services - 72225000

    • System software acceptance testing consultancy services - 72226000

    • Software integration consultancy services - 72227000

    • Hardware integration consultancy services - 72228000

    • Custom software development services - 72230000

    • Development of transaction processing and custom software - 72232000

    • Systems analysis and programming services - 72240000

    • Programming services - 72243000

    • Systems consultancy services - 72246000

    • System and support services - 72250000

    • Disaster recovery services - 72251000

    • Helpdesk and support services - 72253000

    • Helpdesk services - 72253100

    • Systems support services - 72253200

    • Software testing - 72254000

    • Systems testing services - 72254100

    • Software-related services - 72260000

    • Software support services - 72261000

    • Software development services - 72262000

    • Software implementation services - 72263000

    • Software configuration services - 72265000

    • Software consultancy services - 72266000

    • Software maintenance and repair services - 72267000

    • Software supply services - 72268000

    • Internet services - 72400000

    • Computer support and consultancy services - 72600000

    • Computer support services - 72610000

    • Technical computer support services - 72611000

    • Computer network services - 72700000

    • Computer audit and testing services - 72800000

    • Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services - 72900000

Location of contract

M13 9PL

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

2015/1095/ITS Framework/GP/JL

Published date

23 October 2015

Closing date

13 November 2015

Contract start date

1 March 2016

Contract end date

28 February 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Background

The University of Manchester has recently announced a new IT Services "Phased Sourcing" strategy, under which the University intends to increasingly fulfil new IT requirements using solutions supplied by third parties and delivered "as a service", rather than building and running solutions in house.

The University has recently reviewed its existing IT estate and has defined an IT Strategic Plan intended to replace and modernise systems to ensure that the University's IT services remain in step with the anticipated needs of students and staff.

Execution of the IT strategic plan will require an estimated investment of between £50m and £150m spend over the coming three to five years.


Objective

The University is now looking to adopt a new IT delivery model, whereby it will contract with a third party IT provider (or potentially more than one provider) capable of delivering the bulk of the anticipated IT Strategic Plan over the years ahead. The selected IT provider(s) will be engaged on the basis of a University of Manchester specific framework agreement.

Under this model, the intention is that the University would always retain the right to select other providers for specific technical requirements or in the event that the chosen IT provider(s) does not provide a compelling commercial or service delivery capability.

The model is intended to provide the following benefits to the University:

- Ready access to the levels of specialist skills and resources needed to deliver the anticipated level of new IT services in the years ahead
- Greater integration between new IT services
- A simplified approach to the integration of new services with existing University infrastructure
- Greater value for money through leveraging the University's buying power
- Access to industry leading best practice and innovation
- Greater levels of certainty that new projects and services will be delivered on time, to budget and to agreed service levels

More information

Links

Additional text

To express an interest in this project please visit the website below where you will need to register to obtain tender documentation.

https://in-tendhost.co.uk/universityofmanchester/aspx/Home

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About the buyer

Contact name

Janet Lewis

Address

Procurement Office
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9PL
United Kingdom

Telephone

0161 275 8205

Email

janet.lewis@manchester.ac.uk