Infrastructure and Security Services

Concepts

• infrastructure and security services
• future services programme
• information technology
• leeds
• england
• security services
• improvement future services programme
• security services and security operations
• the service desk
• infrastructure support

Location

United Kingdom: England

Description

The Future Services Programme is an NHS England and Improvement initiative to ‘join up NHS England and Improvement ICT’ and replace the current services provided by two main separate contracts, which are both approaching the end of their terms in 2022. NHS England and Improvement Future Services Programme is based on a tower model with each tower looking at delivering distinct IT services, the key service towers are Service Desk, End User Services, Networks, Applications Management and Infrastructure and Security. This opportunity is for the delivery of Infrastructure and Security capabilities to develop, manage and support Microsoft Azure Cloud infrastructure, Private Cloud/Physical Hosting environments, (some of which are on-premise and some of which are in a co-location datacentres) as well as a Security/Technical Operations Centre, Security Services and Security Operations. The Service Desk, Networks and End Users Services service towers have already been procured.

Total Quantity or Scope

Please note this is not a call for competition, however this notice does act as formal notification of an upcoming opportunity which will be procured through the Crown Commercial Services Technology Services 3 Framework, RM6100 via a Further Competition.The existing Infrastructure and Security services are provided to NHS Commissioning Board and its associated Healthcare organisations (NHS England, NHS Improvement and Health Research Authority) by the two incumbent suppliers. Both contracts are prime end to end contracts delivering all end user ICT services.The Infrastructure and Security service tower shall procure the following services.Infrastructure:• Service Integration & Management (supporting the customer’s internal SIAM capability)• Infrastructure Support • Cloud and Platform Support• Physical Hosting Support• Intelligent Hands• M365 Support• Applications Catalogue and PackagingSecurity:• Identity and Access Management IDAM• Security & Tech Operations Centre• Security and Threat Monitoring and Alerting• Anti-virus SupportThe anticipated Further Competition timeframes are as follows:Publication of the Invitation to Tender 1st July 2021Deadline for submission of Tender 5th August 2021 Notification of Contract Award decision 3rd September 2021 Contract Award 14th September 2021. Additional information: The opportunity will be tendered through the Crown Commercial Services Technology Services 3 Framework, RM6100 Lot 3 Operational Services by means of a Further Competition. The Future Service Programme will invite the relevant RM6100 Framework Suppliers for a Virtual Supplier Event, which is expected to be hosted on the 30th June 2021.

CPV Codes

• 72222300 - Information technology services

Other Information

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