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Preliminary Data

Type of contract: Services
Procedure: Open

Contact information

Official name: Royal Berkshire Fire Authority
Url:
Address line 1: Newsham Court
Town: Pincents Kiln
Postal Code: RG31 7SD
Country: England
Contact person: Moses Kuria
E-mail: KuriaM@RBFRS.co.uk
Phone: +44 18934740

Contract information

Title attributed to the contract: Provision of Network and Server support including security and resilience
Description:

This tender is for the provision of network and server support including security and resilience to provide additional support to the in house ICT team who support the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFA) and the Thames Valley Fire Control Service (TVFCS). It is estimated that the total contract value will not exceed £155k between 1st December 2018 to 31st March 2021.

The purpose of this contract is to ensure that both services which form part of the Royal Berkshire Fire Authority, the legal entity, have the required network and service resources 24/7, 365 days a year in place; thus a supplier is required whom can provide the necessary cover around the clock if required. The service requirement is therefore to work alongside the in house ICT team to:

•	Deliver specific network and server related projects 
•	Advise and implement adequate security measures to protect the authority and its systems.
•	Work closely with the RBFRS senior infrastructure officer on the maintenance and support of the server and business continuity infrastructure 
•	Provide additional capacity within the ICT team and provide a skills transfer
•	Provide an out of hour’s resilience service to support both TVFCS and RBFA. 24/7, 365.  

The successful organisation will be expected to demonstrate it has the capacity to offer this service with their own team, which can include the use of associates provided their work is covered by the main organisation’s public liability. There must also be no one individual spending the majority of their contracted working hours supporting this contract. 

Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
50312320   Repair of data network equipment
72000000   IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and supp
72100000   Hardware consultancy services
72150000   Computer audit consultancy and hardware consultancy services
72212214   Network operating system software development services
72511000   Network management software services

Dates
Expire date: 02/11/2018
Contract start date: 01/12/2018
Contract end date: 31/03/2021

Values
Lowest value: 0
Highest value: 155000

Complementary information

Is this suitable for SME (Small and Medium Enterprises)?:
Is this suitable for VCSE (Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise)?:
Postal Code: RG317SD

Additional Details

Attachment 0

Urlhttps://uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=25869&B=BLUELIGHT

Description

Additional details and documents on the Blue Light Portal

Attachment 1

Urlhttps://uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/71935

Description

Royal Berkshire Fire Authority's profile on the Blue Light Portal

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