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South West Essex Community Education Trust - ICT Partner
Descriptions
The South West Essex Community Education Trust (SWECET) is a Trust of 6 Academies encompassing c.3,964 pupils.Our vision is to establish a national reputation for the quality of education we provideTo achieve this, we recognise that we must take accountability for the quality of our teaching, our learning environments and our pupils' development as well as striving to be at the forefront of innovative education.We provide exceptional training and development opportunities for our colleagues so that they can reach their full potential. It is vital that they have the skills, capacity and expertise needed to not only teach our pupils and provide an outstanding education, but to inspire, support and prepare them for adult life.We also work to cultivate an exciting, dynamic and pupil-focused learning environment where our teaching is innovative and developmental.Our pupils' education is our main priority and we want to ensure they enjoy coming to school.We are constantly challenging ourselves and looking within our schools and beyond our immediate community to understand our needs and identify best practice. It is important to us to stay up to date with the latest research and continue to find new innovative ways of educating our pupils.The ICT Support at the Trust is currently provided internally by 6 people. The team who deliver a mix of both onsite and remote support.There is an ICT Manager, Deputy ICT Manager, 3 x Technicians and an apprentice.The reason for this procurement is that the Trust wishes to consolidate its ICT provision, into a single outsourced service that will deliver infrastructure management, ICT Projects (initially to re-organise the joining up of ICT across the Trust) and supply of equipment. In school, 'adds, moves and changes' will continue to be carried out by SWECET staff.The companies identified from these shortlisting questions to receive the Stage 2 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 not be limited to:•Strategic advice and direction to the Trust regarding ICT•Single service desk for all ICT issues - Full time except Bank Holidays•Single ITSM tooling for both SWECET and the bidders staff to use (6)•24 x 7 x 365 remote monitoring and management, including all patching and updates of infrastructure that the supplier is responsible for.•Responsibility for design, specification, installation and management of all ICT infrastructure•Re-active onsite staffing bidders to deliver the SLA.•Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value (BV) approach•Management of 3rd parties - apart from those which relate to local device based applications•Relevant monitoring, management, patching and reporting•Training - Technical and curriculum as necessary•Expectation that the provider will drive innovation•Risk registers and infrastructure inventory management•Collective partnership targets aligned to the Trusts objectives•Due diligence for future schoolsBidders should note the following;•The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack•There is not expected to be an initial requirement for TUPE
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CPV Codes
80200000 - Secondary education services
32430000 - Wide area network
72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
80100000 - Primary education services
32410000 - Local area network
32550000 - Telephone equipment
48100000 - Industry specific software package
80500000 - Training services
32420000 - Network equipment
80400000 - Adult and other education services
Keywords
keyboards
scanners
projection systems
shredders
office hardware
local area network
LAN
office network
Ethernet LAN
workplace network
network equipment
networking hardware
switches
hubs
network cards
routers
network infrastructure devices
wide area network
WAN infrastructure
VPN network
MAN/WAN systems
long-distance network
telephone equipment
telecom handsets
telephone devices
phone hardware
telephone gear
industry-specific software
vertical market application
specialised enterprise software
tailored industry IT solution
networking software package
internet intranet application
network services suite
web connectivity platform
IT consulting
software development
web services
network support
system integration
IT infrastructure management
digital transformation
cloud services
cybersecurity support
application maintenance
helpdesk services
technical support
software customization
IT outsourcing
primary schooling
elementary education
basic education
primary curriculum
school teaching
classroom instruction
foundational learning
young learners education
primary teacher services
pupil development
secondary schooling
high school education
middle school teaching
adolescent education
secondary curriculum
exam preparation
teenage learning
school counselling
secondary instruction
grade 6‑12 teaching
adult education
lifelong learning
continuing education
evening classes
mature learner programs
general education for adults
community learning
non-formal education
skill upgrades
personal development courses
professional training
employee development
skills workshops
capacity building programs
vocational instruction
corporate training
workforce education
technical skill training
job competency development
learning course delivery
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