Published date: 10 March 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.
Contract summary
Industry
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Location of contract
CA6 4SJ
Value of contract
£0 to £5,000,000
Procurement reference
20220310220110-3510
Published date
10 March 2022
Closing date
11 April 2022
Closing time
8am
Contract start date
9 May 2022
Contract end date
8 May 2026
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?
No
Description
DRS have an internal ICT team that support the business to the best of their capacity. However, the business is moving through a significant transformation programme of work and require additional capability and capacity.
This scope of work can be split into three Lots in the following way:
Lot 1
DRS require a Microsoft partner to work with us throughout our increasing utilisation of Microsoft products. The successful supplier will be a Microsoft Certified Partner.
The key expected activities will be:
• To provide a multitude of support including;
• Subject matter experts on M365 applications;
• Planning and Costings for cloud hosting;
• Security compliance help;
• Best practice for each solution;
• Help with licences needed for solutions (outside our e5 agreement)
Lot 2
The second lot is a multi-supplier lot to provide additional Subject Matter expert support on our ICT transformation work. We intend to draw upon the expertise of the supply chain to support the delivery of a number of key projects over the coming four years,
We envisage the requirement of the following expert resource types to support these requirements:
- Project Manager
- Senior Project Manager
- Programme Manager
- Senior Programme Manager
- Portfolio Manager
- Junior Consultant
- Consultant
- Senior Consultant
- Principal Consultant
- Managing Consultant
- Partner
- Senior ICT Support
Lot 3
This lot will provide a single supplier who are capable of delivering differing ICT specialist resource to the DRS business. The successful supplier will be able to provide expert ICT resource in the following ways:
• Agency Supplied Worker (Temporary)
• Fixed Term Contract
• Permanent Staff
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Tom Crowe
Address
Regents Court
Baron Way
Carlisle
CA6 4SJ
ENG
Telephone
+44 1925 986418
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