Department for Children, Schools & Families seeks IT supplier in �200m deal

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Wednesday 28 October 2009 at 17:08:00

DCSF wants to sign a four-year framework agreement for strategic IT services

The Department for Children, Schools and Families is looking for IT suppliers
in a deal that could be worth up to �200m.

The contract for a framework agreement will last four years and be awarded to
an IT provider that will act act as a prime contractor to the department.

The supplier will "influence, inform and contribute to strategic planning and
decision making", according to the
tender
notice published on the Official Journal of the European Union.

The services expected from the supplier will include strategic development;
technology horizon scanning; market analysis; business-led innovation; business
models and enterprise architecture development and maintenance; the provision of
web-related services; and product evaluation and selection.

According to the terms of the contract, the succesful supplier with be given
full scope to award sub-contracts to small and medium-sized vendors.

Full story at http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2252169/department-children-schools