Published date: 28 March 2022

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 19 April 2022

Contract summary

Industry

  • Information technology services - 72222300

Location of contract

London

Procurement reference

EH/IT/2022

Published date

28 March 2022

Closing date

19 April 2022

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

EastendHomes is looking to replace its expiring contract which includes the hosting, management and support of all core and end-user IT infrastructure including desktop applications such as Microsoft Office 365.

This Preliminary Market Consultation is designed to assess the services available and suppliers who can provide these. This will inform the tender process and the specification of services, infrastructure and other items which will comprise the tender requirements. This Preliminary Market Consultation is for EastendHomes information gathering purposes only and does not form part of any formal Tender procedure.

The primary objectives of this are to:

 Discuss the current Managed Service provision
 Determine market capacity and drivers
 Establish potential Bidder interest in the new contract
 Discuss solution, service and technology options
 Determine how suppliers can help to drive EastendHomes' IT Strategy throughout the contract term to ensure that the IT service is appropriately architected, maintained and supported to align with current and upcoming technologies which are proven, stable, affordable and relevant to an organisation of EastendHomes size and complexity
 Discuss the opportunities for moving services to private and/or public cloud configurations
 Explore the potential for innovation and added value
 Consider SLA options
 Establish key cost drivers, current cost bases, pricing model options and estimated delivery times and budgets
 Establish a fit for purpose service specification

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Further details on the requirement and how to register to participate in the Preliminary Market Consultation can be found in the attached Brief.

About the buyer

Contact name

Phil Riley

Address

Eastend Homes
3 Resolution Plaza
London
E1 6PS
England

Email

phil.riley@altairltd.co.uk