Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust MFD Procurement

Descriptions

The Oxford Diocesan Bucks Schools Trust (ODBST) is a Trust of 11 Academies to the North and East of Oxford with a Head Office near Stoke Mandeville.The ODBST Trust was established in 2017. The Trust is a family of inclusive and aspirational schools working together within a Multi-Academy Trust and Church of England Foundation. The Trust welcomes both church and community schools within the Buckingham episcopal area.This procurement is all about identifying a single MFD partner. At the sole discretion of the Trust any future schools that the Trust may incorporate will also be added to the MFD Partner contract. Any additional schools will co-terminate to the same end date of the initial contract.The companies identified from the SQ questions will then receive a detailed set of requirements. For the purposes of this shortlisting stage bidders should assume that the Stage 2 will include, but not be limited to;•Provision of a range of multi-functional printing devices to all the schools and the central office•An installation and commissioning service for each device•A handover and training service•A uniform maintenance service for any of the schools who have MFD's across the Trust•An automated service that addresses all consumable needs•A service that includes appropriate print management software•A service that ethically disposes of equipment as necessary•A full service level agreement•Relevant monitoring, management and reporting•A single technical interface to the Trust outsourced ICT Team•Value added services.•The Trust has a current estate of 28 devices - Most of these are under lease agreements apart from the Tust device which is owned.All are under maintenance agreements.•The current estate generates an indicative annual total of circa 1.9m Mono copies•The current estate generates an indicative annual total of circa 1.0m Colour copies