# 0460 Information Services Software, Hosting and Associated Services

> Tender notice from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL](/buyers/essex-county-council/contract-awards)
- Tender value: £50,000,000
- Published: 25 May 2017
- Planned start: 14 November 2016
- Planned end: 13 November 2020
- Stage: open_tender
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 530724ae-f49a-4c58-8062-f9a81e4e09ae-57958
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-1845b695-adc8-11e6-9901-0019b9f3037b

## Description

The Authority is seeking to establish a Framework Agreement to provide it, and other Contracting Bodies access to a sole supplier who will work in partnership to meet the Parties requirements in delivering software and hosting services supporting their business needs\. These requirements will be called off the framework in the following services; • Microsoft Enterprise Agreement • General Software Services • General Hosting Services It is proposed that the Framework would be procured on terms which would allow access for other Public Sector organisations including but not limited to subsidiaries, LATVs, LATCs, Unitary, Borough and District Councils, Higher Education Institutes / Universities, CCGs and NHS partners\. These Contracting Bodies will be responsible for ordering of, and payment for, their own services through this agreement Additional information: This competition will be run using ECC’s Supplier Portal, Ariba\. Where you are interested in this opportunity please register on the supplier portal as soon as possible by following the instructions available on the ECC Supplying the Council website\. Once registration is complete please could you confirm in a response, the following information: · Your contact name and Supplier ID/User ANID from your Ariba registration details To the following e-mail addresses; email2workspace-prod\+ECC\+WS837707104\+c14y@ansmtp\.ariba\.com If you have already registered on the system there is no need to re-register but please provide the information requested above\. Following registration on the Supplier Portal all further communication with us should be made via the Ariba tendering event message board\.

## Related contract awards

- [Stationery](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-817f8a31-fe72-4772-bc43-c3b095968448): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [Maylandsea Primary School SEND](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1d9d2af9-a123-442d-9f23-97b2abc3f2df): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
- [Harlow Fields School](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-a32180ba-db16-4da1-9b70-84653ec284c7): ESSEX COUNTY COUNCIL

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/530724ae-f49a-4c58-8062-f9a81e4e09ae-57958)