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Jisc Services Limited (JSL) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework to provide an SMS service for the Jisc community for a period of four years starting in May 2022 subject to mutual agreement. The term of the agreement will be a two-year initial term followed by two yearly extensions up to a maximum term of four years. The full scope for this procurement can be found within the SQ tender document. Lot 1: Jisc Services Limited (JSL) is seeking to establish a multi-supplier framework to provide an SMS service for the Jisc community for a period of four years starting in May 2022 subject to mutual agreement. The term of the agreement will be a two-year initial term followed by two yearly extensions up to a maximum term of four years. The scope covers purchases by organisations that will primarily be members of Jisc and/or those providing or supporting education, research or culture in the UK. The Janet Network Connection Policy outlines the types of organisation that are eligible to use the Janet network and its associated services. These can be summarised as: All institutions of higher or further education; All laboratories and other establishments of the Research Councils; The bodies funding higher and further education and research across the UK; Local government authorities where these are providing broadband ICT services to schools, or commissioning these services from third parties; Individual schools, whether under local government control or with other governance; Individual or groups of libraries, whether under local government control or with other governance; Individual or groups of museums, whether under local government control or with other governance. Any other bodies whose core purpose is the support or advancement of education or research. Many of the above bodies are also members of higher and further education purchasing consortia including GEANT. https://www.lupc.ac.uk/member-list http://www.nwupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.neupc.ac.uk/our-members http://www.hepcw.ac.uk/members/ http://www.apuc-scot.ac.uk/#!/membershttps https://www.supc.ac.uk/about-us/our-members/our-members http://www.geant.net/About/Pages/home.aspx https://www.heanet.ie/about The full scope and outline of this tender can be found within the SQ tender document.