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The current contract for Computer-site planning consultancy services – Framework Lead is projected to end on 18-APR-19 and may be available for retender.
Description:
Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:: ICT Consolidated Managed Service Project.

Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance: Services
Service category No 7: Computer and related services
Main site or location of works, place of delivery or of performance: North Wales.
NUTS code UKL

Information on framework agreement: Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in years: 5
Justification for a framework agreement, the duration of which exceeds four years: Due to the high investment required to set up this new services 4 years is and insufficient pay back period
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT:
Range: between 15 000 000 and 3 000 000 GBP

Short description of the contract or purchase(s): North Wales Police (NWP) has embarked on a project, under the European Union’s Competitive Dialogue (CD) procedure, to procure a supplier to support and develop its ICT requirements for a five year period. The objective of the procurement is to consolidate a number of separate existing contracts into a single and better value contract with a prime contractor or consortia. NWP currently spends £7.5m per annum on ICT with the majority of this spend on the existing contracts.
The contracting authority anticipates that the ICT services under this requirement will include:
1. Infrastructure Services, including Server and Web Hosting, Telephony, WAN, LAN Support and Design & Build;
2. Application Managed Services, including Business Systems Development, Upgrades and Design & Build;
3. Managed Desktop Services, including Desktop Support and Design & Build;
4. Service Management, including Service Desk, Business Systems Support & Maintenance and Project Management
5. Provision of a service integration capability to manage NWP’s ICT suppliers including provision of a Service Management wrapper for national framework contracts.
Further details on the outline scope of the ICT services are set out in the Descriptive Document, which will be sent to applicants together with the Pre-Qualification Questionnaire referred to in III.2.1.
The precise scope of the services to be provided under this requirement will be subject to detailed discussion and determination through the Competitive Dialogue phase. The contracting authority will consider varying innovative options for the provision of services to meet the contracting authority’s requirements.
The ICT services delivered under any contract awarded pursuant to this notice must be consistent with and achieve the contracting authority’s objectives for the procurement, including those objectives stated in the Descriptive Document.

Information about variants: Variants will be accepted: yes

Post written by: Andrew Perry