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Learning Academy Partnership (SW) - Communications & Security

Descriptions

Learning Academy Partnership (SW) (LAP) encompasses 19 schools located in Devon and Cornwall with a Head Office in Newton Abbott.

The LAP Trust was established in 2012 from its initial inception at Ilsham Academy. The Trust is a family of inclusive and aspirational schools working together within a Multi-Academy Trust with a Church of England Foundation. The Trust is a values driven organisation and welcomes both church and community schools as well as those in all Ofsted categories.

The mission and core purpose of our School Trust is to enable Flourishing Futures for our children by working together as a values-led family of exceptional academies, delivering an entitlement to exceptional education across all our local communities and where every child flourishes. We believe that every young person, regardless of their background or context, can achieve and exceed the highest of expectations.

The Trust currently encompasses 19 schools but is expected to grow this year and again in the coming years.

This procurement encompasses the items noted below. In essence, this procurement is all about identifying a single supplier to provide a fully outsourced communications, security & VoIP solution. At the sole discretion of the Trust any future schools that the Trust may incorporate into the Trust will also be added to the ICT contract.

Further details regarding bid timescales are noted below but this is advertised as a 60 month contract with a maximum 5 year service:

Lines available - Service start date - Various, but mainly mid 2026 (See table in PSQ Document for details)

The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the ITT for the Service will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the ITT will include, but is not be limited to;

• A managed connectivity service to connect schools anywhere in England

• A broadband service for each school based on synchronous connectivity

• A 'failover' line

• A firewalled service

• Filtering and security solution compliant with latest KCSIE regulations

• Take over a managed VoIP telephony service for each school to an agreed number of handsets each (see details in PSQ Document)

• Support and maintenance service

• Full end to end single SLA approach

• Management of any 3rd parties required to provide the service

• Relevant monitoring, management, and reporting

• Full installation and transition service

• Value added services

Technical interface into the Trusts outsourced support provision

Bidders should note the following:

• The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack

• There is will not be a requirement for TUPE from existing suppliers.

Timeline

Published Date :

17th Sep 2025 4 months ago

Deadline :

20th Oct 2025 3 months ago

Contract Start :

31st Mar 2026

Contract End :

31st Mar 2031

Tender Regions

Keywords

skills workshops

basic education

telecom device

IT consulting

school teaching

web services

network support

cloud services

radio equipment

IT outsourcing

primary teacher services

pupil development

software development

cybersecurity support

foundational learning

elementary education

application maintenance

corporate training

young learners education

professional training

primary schooling

communication apparatus

broadcast receiver

help desk services

digital transformation

technical skill training

television equipment

workforce education

technical support

primary curriculum

system integration

employee development

software customization

learning course delivery

classroom instruction

vocational instruction

IT infrastructure management

job competency development

capacity building programs

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Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

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Details

Notice Type :

Tender

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement Contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk