Equals Trust - Provision of ICT Managed Services Stage 1

Eignungskriterien

• Financial Appraisal Provide details on annual turnover, recent financial statements, and tax compliance. Submit audited accounts for the last two years or a letter of solvency if you are a new business To constitute a pass, Tenderers must demonstrate their economic and financial standing in accordance with the following: Due diligence checks will be undertaken on the preferred Tenderer’s accounts to determine a Tenderer’s financial standing. This will incorporate credit checks and a financial appraisal. Please refer to Appendix B at the end of Document 1 Instructions & Information for the financial assessment process. Any answers which lead the Contracting Authority, acting reasonably to conclude, considering the risk that the relevant answer suggests about the Tenderer’s ability to properly perform the specification, then the Tenderer may be rejected. Insurances Please confirm whether you already have, or can commit to obtain, prior to the award of the contract, the levels of insurance cover indicated below: a. Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance* = £5m b. Public Liability Insurance = £5m c. Professional Indemnity Insurance = £1m d. Product Liability Insurance = £1m e. Cyber Liability Insurance = £1m

• Provide details of up to three contracts to meet conditions of participation relating to technical ability set out in the relevant notice or procurement documents, in any combination from the education sector. To constitute a pass, at least one contract examples provided shall be relevant to the requirement, with a sufficient level of detail that provides confidence in the Tenderer’s established past experience in similar and relevant projects/contracts. If you cannot provide at least one example of previous contracts, please provide an explanation for this and how you meet the conditions of participation relating to technical ability. Requirements updated: • Cyber Essentials Plus or Equivalent. (or ISO27001 was removed. The ISO27001 standard is widely used but companies that attain this standard will not automatically conform to Cyber Essentials Plus. This is because it is not usual for all of the five technical controls in Cyber Essentials to be included in the scope for ISO27001 implementation. It is also unlikely that any of these controls will be tested for ISO27001. Therefore most businesses with ISO27001 will have to adopt Cyber Essentials Plus in addition to ISO27001 or demonstrate equivalent controls and third-party verification is provided by a technically competent and independent third party are in place. ) Accreditations or competencies can be equivalents and can be confirmed will be in place in time for the start of the Contract.

Zuschlagskriterien

• Stage 2 - Quality Assessment

  60%

• Stage 2 - Pricing Assessment

  40%