The Provision of a New Microsoft Enterprise Agreement And Premier Support - AWARD

Tender for The Provision of a New Microsoft Enterprise Agreement And Premier Support

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council (the Council) wishes to invite interested parties ("Tenderers") to participate in a tender exercise to establish a Contract for the provision of a new Microsoft Enterprise Agreement and Premier Support to the Council ("the Invitation To Tender"). The tender exercise will be a Further Competition under Crown Commercial Services Framework Agreement RM3733 Technology Products 2, Lot 2 Packaged Software.

Scope of Contract

The Council has a requirement to identify and appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to provide a three-year term service, to supply the goods/services specified within the Specification.

The total estimated value excluding VAT for the entire duration of the contract is £3,000,000. This value is based on historical spend data and is intended to be used as a guide only and is not a guarantee of the level of business that will be generated from the contract.

The Council will be using the In-tend e-Tendering System for this Procurement exercise, please visit https://in-tendhost.co.uk/sandwellmbc to access the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

In Order To View the On-Line Questionnaire and Submit a Tender, you will be required to` Opt-In`.

Please be mindful that if you are cut and pasting your question responses onto the On-Line Questionnaire that you do so from a notepad document, this is due to the fact that some special characters are not accepted within the On-Line Questionnaire.

For a Step by Step user guide to the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal please click on the `Guidance for Suppliers` section of the website. All procurement responses must be carried out via the Sandwell MBC In-tend Supplier Portal.

If you require further assistance in respect of the system please contact the In-tend support team on 0844 272 8810.

Closing date: Monday 11th December 2017 at 15:00hrs