ICT and Technology Framework
Lot 2: Support Services
FTS: 2022/S 000-021655
This lot enables you to procure an ICT Supplier to provide managed services and all elements of ICT planning, strategy and provision.
Sub-lot 1: Support Services
With this sub-lot, you can procure a supplier to provide technical support services such as incident and problem management through a central Helpdesk or service desk. This could be to provide first, second, or third line support to an organisation, or to provide support on a specialised product.
Sub-lot 2: Managed Services
With this sub-lot, you can procure a supplier to provide a managed services which involves providing reactive technical problem solving as above, but also includes maintenance and management of your public sector body’s network and infrastructure, installing patches and upgrades, planning ICT rollouts and implementations, routine maintenance, monitoring and reporting. Managed Service Contracts usually run for 3 – 5 years and are paid for monthly or quarterly.
Suppliers
Further Competition Timescales
A further competition for Lot 2 would typically take between 3 – 6 months, depending on the size of your organisation and the complexity of your requirements.
Requirements gathering phase: Gathering requirements for bid documentation 1 – 3 weeks
Bid document creation: Drafting and approving further competition tender pack 1 – 3 weeks
ITT phase: Bidders respond to tender 1 – 3 weeks
Evaluation phase: Customer evaluates bid submissions 1 – 3 weeks
Stand-still period: Legally required 10-day pause before contract signing 10 calendar days
Contract signing: Signing the contract with the preferred bidder 1 – 3 weeks
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