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ClosedStage · contract

University of Central Lancashire

Provision of Consultancy Services

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£118k
Deadline15 Dec 2022
Published3 Jan 2023
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 3 Jan 2023ClosedCloses 15 Dec 2022
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£118ktotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

This sits in the lower-middle of the IT Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 36,449 valued IT Services tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Provide expert guidance, support, and leadership to the objectives set out in the University's IT strategy, including the following activities: Support the successful delivery of the Network Modernisation project through the following activities; Review, assess and score the Network Modernisation ITT responses with the UCLan team.

Provide confident technical challenge and authority to suppliers' proposals, both in pre and post-award stages.

Work with UCLan procurement to lead the supplier selection process and contract award processes, with colleagues from IT, Estates and Legal Services.

This includes the review, adaptation and agreement of the new contract schedules, service agreements and other relevant documentation.

Identify, develop and implement the modernised network service model in partnership with the chosen supplier, including a framework for ongoing management of the relationship between UCLan and the new partner.

Support the managers of the various IT functions including Architecture, Service Management, Infrastructure, Security, Development and Delivery, in raising our organisational maturity to the levels required in the new IT TOM.

Support other projects within the IT portfolio as required by providing advice, guidance, mentoring and leadership to the team.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

Provide expert guidance, support, and leadership

Provide expert guidance, support, and leadership to the objectives set out in the University's IT strategy, including the following activities:.

02

Support the successful delivery of the Network

Support the successful delivery of the Network Modernisation project through the following activities;.

03

Provide confident technical challenge and authority

Provide confident technical challenge and authority to suppliers' proposals, both in pre and post-award stages.

04

Identify, develop and implement the modernised network

Identify, develop and implement the modernised network service model in partnership with the chosen supplier, including a framework for ongoing management of the relationship between UCLan and the new partner.

05

Support the managers of the various IT

Support the managers of the various IT functions including Architecture, Service Management, Infrastructure, Security, Development and Delivery, in raising our organisational maturity to the levels required in the new IT TOM.

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