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Leyton 6th Form College - ICT Managed Service
Notice number: ocds-h6vhtk-06e30f
KEY INFORMATION
- Submission deadline
- • Sep 11, 2026
- Location
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Contracting authority
- Leyton Sixth Form College
- Accepted Languages
- English
- Tender type
- Services
- Contract Value
- Published date
- Aug 12, 2026
TENDER DESCRIPTION
Leyton 6th Form College invites tenders for a comprehensive Full Managed ICT Service, seeking an innovative partner to support and develop its ICT provision over a 60-month contract, commencing February 15, 2027, with a maximum value of £7m + VAT. The core scope includes full responsibility for all ICT aspects against a Service Level Agreement, provision of a 50-week Service Desk, strategic guidance, infrastructure design and management, best value procurement, third-party oversight, monitoring, patching, and driving innovation, with TUPE in scope for 6 staff. Technical requirements mandate ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials, and Cyber Essentials Plus accreditations, proven experience with cloud technologies for infrastructure transition, robust UK data protection compliance, and systems for Enhanced DBS checks. Financially, bidders must demonstrate an annual turnover of at least £2m, an Endole Credit Score of 'Normal', and hold specified liability insurances, including Employer’s, Public, Professional Indemnity, Product, and Cyber Liability coverage. The tender submission deadline is October 23rd, with a contract award decision by November 9th, preceding a transition period from…
TENDER BRIEF
The contract timeline is as follows:
- Service Start Date: 15th February 2027
- Service End Date: 14th February 2032
- Total Duration: The contract is for a 60-month period, which is a maximum 5-year managed service.
Key milestones and phases for the procurement include:
- Tender Notice Published: 10th August
- PSQ clarifications open: 10th August
- PSQ questions cutoff: 24th August
- Last date for Clarification responses: 28th August
- PSQ Submission deadline: 11th September
- PSQ Analysis sheet prepped/distributed: 16th September
- Shortlist selection meeting: 17th September
- ITT meeting for shortlisted bidders (Full Day): 25th September
- Issue of ITT: 25th September
- Tender clarification open: 25th September
- Tender Clarification Close: 8th October
- Last Date for clarification responses: 16th October
- Tender Submission deadline: 23rd October
- Scoring & Moderation: Week of 26th October
- Bidders Presentations (Full Day): 30th October
- Award Decision - Bidders notified: 9th November
- Contract Award Notice Published: 9th November
- Stand Still Start: 9th November
- Stand Still End: Plus 10 Days
- Transition Period: 19th November to Spring Half Term
Sources
- 1LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.pdf — “refreshing over the course of the contract • An allowance for growth should the College choose to join or be part of a Multi-Academy Trust 10 In essence, this procurement is all about identifying a single supplier to pro…”
- 2LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.docx — “dates as follows: Service start date – 15th February 2027 Service end date – 14th February 2032 The College gives no guarantee of the volume of work to be awarded under the contract and reserves the right to carry out wo…”
- ISO 27001 accreditation
- Cyber Essentials accreditation
- Cyber Essentials Plus accreditation
- Systems for acquiring Enhanced DBS clearance checks (including Barred List checks)
- Means to provide personnel with company logo’s photo ID badges that incorporate a DBS clearance number and issue date
- Experience with predominantly utilising cloud technologies (for infrastructure transition)
- Compliance with UK data protection law
- Measures to ensure ongoing confidentiality, integrity, availability, and resilience of processing systems and services
- Measures to comply with data subject rights (privacy information, access, rectification, deletion, portability of personal data)
- Measures to ensure consent-based processing meets standards of active, informed consent, and that consents are recorded and auditable
- Legal safeguards for transferring personal data outside the UK (if applicable)
- Maintenance of records for personal data processing activities
- Regular testing, assessment, and evaluation of data protection measures
- Best Value approach for the supply of goods and services
- Service Desk available 50 weeks a year including out of hours access
- Monitoring, management, and patching of ICT
- Maintaining technical documentation
- Maintaining operational documentation (e.g., inventory management, risk registers)
- Experience in project planning and programme management holistically across multiple workstreams and sites
- Procedures to ensure performance of sub-contracts
- Arrangements for managing health and safety effectively and controlling significant risks
Sources
- 1LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.docx — “photo id badges to be worn at all times whilst on education site(s) and that these badges incorporate a DBS clearance number and date this was issued | [Insert Yes or No] | 17c That your organisation has one of the follo…”
- 2LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.pdf — “organisational qualifications or standards, please provide details of how these are met, or other equivalent standards that equal or exceed what has been requested. 17a That you have systems in place to acquire Enhanced…”
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- LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.pdf515 KBPDF
- LSC - ICT Managed Service Partner Procurement PSQ v2.docx1.1 MBDOCX
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