Information technology services

Tender description

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through its commercial procurement services, wishes to award a single-supplier national framework agreement for the provision of a secure managed service of technology assets to public sector organisations. Further details are provided in the invitation to tender accompanying this contract notice, which can be viewed at www.nhssourcing.co.uk. The supplier appointed to the framework must be able to meet all aspects of the specification. Client organisations will, however, be able to contract for individual service elements of the service as required. The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, through it's Commercial Procurement Services, wishes to establish a framework which will allow NHS authorities and other public sector bodies to procure a provider with a secure managed service of technology assets. This framework will be a single-supplier framework and as such no further competition will be required. Client organisations may call off services as and when required directly from the successful supplier.