Published date: 3 August 2017

Last edited date: 3 August 2017

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: 9 October 2017

Contract summary

Industry

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

Location of contract

EC2A 4XW

Value of contract

£0

Procurement reference

WEA 43

Published date

3 August 2017

Closing date

9 October 2017

Contract start date

5 February 2018

Contract end date

4 February 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The WEA has a contract with its current supplier to provide general hosting and ICT support services to its workforce. The contract is due to expire in January 2018. The WEA's ICT infrastructure is currently primarily based on Microsoft software and Dell hardware for servers. PC's and Laptops the organisation uses have been provided by a variety of manufacturers. The WEA owns all of its servers and end-user computers.
The WEA currently operates from some forty offices in England and Scotland. The main Regional centres hosting a server are at the following geographical locations; Leeds, London, Bristol, Rochester, Birmingham, Cambridge, Liverpool, Nottingham, Newcastle, Leicester, and Edinburgh.
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This Contracts Finder Notice is supporting the following Prior Information Notice (PIN) reference: 2017/S 143-294651

WEA is currently in the process of seeking expressions of interest for the following project; Provision of ICT Services. The tender process is a two stage process; Stage 1: Standard Questionnaire Stage 2: Invitation to Tender for successful bidders.

Stage 1 Clarifications & SQ Return Timeline, This is intended as a guide and the WEA does not intend to depart from the timetable it reserves the right to do so at any stage:
Bidders to submit Stage 1 Clarifications by: 1st September 2017
WEA to respond to Stage 1 Clarifications by: 15th September 2017
Standard selection Questionnaire return date: 9th October 2017

Invitation to Tender issue date to shortlisted suppliers: 23rd October 2017

The full details and ability to express an interest will be via our e-sourcing system IN-TEND. To view any opportunities or to express interest in a tender please follow the on-screen commands. Registration is free and all tender advertisements and responses can be carried out via the (In-tend) FE Supplier Website.
To register, please visit:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/fe
If you require any assistance please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

The following file path will take you to the relevant area of IN-TEND https://in-tendhost.co.uk/fe/aspx/Home
Once on the page you can either scroll down or use the search function to find the relevant project, WEA 43.



Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : No

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey Wiles

Address

Luke Street
London
London
EC2A 4XW
United Kingdom

Telephone

07826917561

Email

twiles@wea.org.uk