2350 Essex Online Partnership Information Technology Hardware and Associated Services.

Descriptions

Essex County Council (The Authority) has put in place a framework agreement for the supply of information hardware such as desktop, laptops, monitors, sever and server storage, tablets and mobile devices for use by or on behalf of the following public sector and public interest bodies. The bodies include, but are not limited to, the following:- All members belonging to the following partnerships*:- Essex Online Partnership Members (See linkhttp://www.essexpartnershipportal.org/ for details of the EOLP members);- London Procurement Partnership (See link http://www.lpp.nhs.uk for details of the LPP members);- The Central Buying Consortium (See link www.cbconline.org.uk for members);- Fire & rescue authorities within the East of England;- Police authorities within the East of England;- Voluntary Sector Charities within the East of England;- And/or private organisations acting as managing agents or procuring on behalf of these public sector or public interest bodies. Whilst the initial emphasis is on the delivery of supplies to bodies specifically named above, and to the classes of organisation described above and within the County of Essex.*The members of the consortium may be subject to change over the period of the contact term and in the event that a partnership listed above is dissolved at any time during the term of the framework agreement, any public body identified as a member during the period of the relevant partnership existing on or after the date of the OJEU Notice and Award Notice, shall continue to be eligible to purchase under this framework agreement post-dissolution of the relevant partnership.The hardware and associated services to be provided under the framework agreement includes:Lot 1 - Supply of Desktops and Laptop and associated services, Supply of Servers and Server Storage and associated services, Supply of Windows Operating System Tablets and Mobile Devices and associated services.Lot 2 - Supply of Tablets and Mobile Devices which operate on an IOS(x) operating system and associated services.Lot 3 - Supply of Tablet and Mobile Devices which operate on an Android operating system and associated services.The supply and services required to be provided to the individual member organisations and authorities detailed above, although may also be used by other similar public authorities in the East of England.Please note that the membership of the above partnership and consortiums shall be subject to change during the term of the contract.The Framework Agreement is for a term of four years.