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Leyton Sixth Form College

Leyton 6th Form College - ICT Managed Service

IT ServicesCPV 72000000
Value£7.0m
Deadline11 Sept 2026
Published12 Aug 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 12 Aug 202623 days leftCloses 11 Sept 2026
Who to contact
accounts@leyton.ac.uk

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Instructions for submission are in the PSQ Document

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Contract value in context
£7.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£7.6m

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The brief

Leyton Sixth Form College are located in the London borough of Waltham Forest.

There are currently circa 2,280 students on role.

In 2024 the College was rated as 'Good' In every category.

The college offers a broad range of vocational and academic courses at levels 1, 2 and 3, the largest being in business, health and social care, sociology, psychology, mathematics and the sciences.

The college also teaches a new T-level programme in early years to a small group of students.

The College is taking the opportunity to go to the market to identify the best innovative and forward-looking partner to support them in the delivery and development of their ICT provision over the next five years.

This procurement includes (but may not be limited to) the items listed below. • The responsibility for all aspects of ICT against an SLA • A Service Desk, available 51 weeks a year including out of hours access. • Local staffing which suppliers deem necessary to deliver the service and meet the SLA requirements • Strategic advice and direction to the College regarding ICT • Responsibility for design, specification, installation, and management of all ICT infrastructure the Contractor is responsible for • Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value approach as required • Management of 3rd parties where relevant to the ICT support • Relevant monitoring, management, patching • Regular performance reporting • There is an expectation that the provider will support and/or drive innovation • Maintain technical documentation • Maintain operational documentation, for example inventory management and risk registers • Collective partnership targets aligned to the College objectives • Suppliers may be required to deliver a range of technology and change management projects in addition to the providing the core managed service.

Suppliers should note the following: • The College will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack • TUPE is in scope • There will be another procurement to run just behind this one which will focus on the monitoring and management of cyber risk

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The College is taking the opportunity

The College is taking the opportunity to go to the market to identify the best innovative and forward-looking partner to support them in the delivery and development of their ICT provision over the next five years.

02

Local staffing which suppliers deem necessary

Local staffing which suppliers deem necessary to deliver the service and meet the SLA requirements.

03

Responsibility for design, specification, installation, and management

Responsibility for design, specification, installation, and management of all ICT infrastructure the Contractor is responsible for.

04

Supply of goods and services based on

Supply of goods and services based on an agreed Best Value approach as required.

05

Management of 3rd parties where relevant

Management of 3rd parties where relevant to the ICT support.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

TUPE transferContract conditions
TUPE is in scope

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

2540 daysof bid-team effort
£17.1k£27.4kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £1m–£10m band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Stated in this notice

  • Plan for deliveryTUPE transfer…ard contract as part of the ITT Pack • TUPE is in scope • There will be another procurement to run just…

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

  • Hold at bidCyber Essentials Plus (often mandatory for gov IT)
  • Hold at bidISO 27001 (information security)
  • Plan for deliveryData protection / DPIA readiness
  • Show at bidComparable references / case studies
  • Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
  • Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
  • Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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Source & provenance
OCID
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Stage
tender · Open
Source
Find a Tender
Buyer ref
076976-2026
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