IT Infrastructure Support and Maintenance Service

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Forest Research are seeking proposals for the services described in the attached document titled CR2023/24/020_Infrastructure_Support_and_Maintenance_Service_Procurement_Specification. Your proposal should include the following: A proposal to address each of the requirements in the document, a maximum of 15 pages in length. A presentation to explain how your service is the 'best fit' for this requirement, how you will deliver the service and how you will work with FR. A minimum of two case studies and references from other business, ideally similar in nature and/or scale to this requirement. A commercial spreadsheet to include (a) the costs for each of the service elements (including optional, clearly separated) and (b) a rate card for professional services. A service credit/penalty regime. Evidence of Cyber Essentials certification. The weightings below apply to this requirement and ensure the relative importance of each section is correctly reflected in the overall scores applied. 60% - non price criteria - relevance and appropriateness of the solution to our requirements and 'fit' of the bidders way of working and delivery, against FR's own objectives and operational needs. 40% price criteria. The price score and the non-price score will be combined to give the overall tender score for each tender. Additional information: Please express your interest in this tender in order to allow us to notify you of any questions we may receive and the answers given. Expressions of interest and/or any questions regarding this ITT should be made by email to lucy.penny@forestresearch.gov.uk no later than 14.00hrs on Friday 13 October 2023. All bidder's who confirm their interest by the above deadline will receive a Non-Disclosure Agreement ("NDA"), which they are to sign and return. The signing of this NDA will allow bidders to receive further technical information. If you do not express your interest by this date you will not receive the information required to complete the tender.

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