CONTRACT NOTICE – NATIONAL

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address

1.2

Address from which documentation may be obtained

As in 1.1

1.3

Completed documents must be returned to:

As in 1.1

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

ICT Consultancy Services Framework Agreement

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

We are seeking to issue a Framework Agreement for ICT Consultancy Services to support Tai Tarian’s Technology and Innovation team in the delivery of its departmental objectives.

Tai Tarian’s technology service is delivered in-house using a combination of Dell, Juniper, VmWare and Microsoft products and provides services to around 550 staff.

In addition to the usual Microsoft productivity products, we deliver voice via Sip and support several housing specific legacy applications.

Traditionally, projects tend to focus around technical support, knowledge transfer and upgrading or implementing new technologies or hardware.

To give a feel of the sort of consultancy we use, some of the projects undertaken over the last twenty-four months include:

• Core switching replacement

• WiFi upgrade to HQ

• Sharepoint upgrade

• Kerberos review

• MobileIron upgrade and move to managed service

• Implementation of Microsoft 365 (ongoing)

• Replacement of contact centre

NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Sell2Wales Web Site at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=104573.

The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx.

Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems.

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

2.4

Total quantity or scope of tender

The Framework Agreement shall operate for a period of 3 years.

It is envisaged that a maximum of 5 Suppliers will be appointed to the Framework Agreement.

The aggregated estimated annual value of the Framework Agreement is 50,000 GBP.

The whole-life estimated value of the Framework Agreement is 150,000 GBP.

Suppliers appointed to the Framework Agreement must be aware that there is no guarantee of any of work or set number of individual call-off Orders per supplier. It is anticipated (but there is no obligation) that individual call-off Orders shall be awarded in accordance with Schedule 2 – Call Off Process of the Framework Agreement (Appendix 3). It is at Tai Tarian’s sole discretion when call-off Orders will be awarded.

3 Conditions for Participation

3.1

Minimum standards and qualification required

4 Administrative Information

4.1

Type of Procedure

Single stage

4.2

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

919

4.3

Time Limits

4.5

Language or languages in which tenders or requests to participate can be drawn up

4.6

Tender Submission Postbox

5 Other Information

5.1

Additional Information

(WA Ref:104573)

Under the terms of this contract the successful supplier(s) will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic and social objectives. Accordingly, contract performance conditions may relate in particular to social and environmental considerations. The Community Benefits included in this contract are:

Tai Tarian is committed to contributing to the social, economic and environmental well-being of the wider community. Consequently Community Benefits clauses will be a mandatory contract clause. Therefore, as a minimum requirement, Tenderers will have to agree that community benefits will become part of the contract, if a Tenderer does not agree to this, then the Tenderer will be rejected.

This means, as part of their tender response, Tenderers are asked to set out how they will deliver ‘community benefits’ through the contract by completing the ‘Menu of Options’ which will form their Community Benefits Plan, attached as Appendix 3.

5.2

Additional Documentation

5.3

Publication date of this notice