Provision of Multi-functional Devices

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Estimated value

Awarded value

£750k

Awarded 19 Jan 2026

Suppliers

1

1 SME

Lots

1

1 awarded

Published

22 Jan 2026

Description

This tender opportunity was issued by Equals Trust. The Contractor must offer an MFD solution that meets the quantity and device specification set by the Trust. The plan is to let the leases in phases for when the current contracts terminate, with co-terminating the lease end dates with the end of the 5-year maintenance agreement. Key contract aims: a. a. have relevant experience of supporting a primary school trust with an agile personalised approach. b. ensure all management and engineers have the personable skills and expertise to work within education, including appropriate safeguarding training and enhanced DBS checks for on-site staff. c. provide the Trust with a 'Letter of Assurance' which states that all staff who visit any of the Trust school sites have been recruited in accordance with 'Keeping children safe in education', with an enhanced DBS check in place. The Supplier will inform the client of all new starter's names and DBS clearance numbers and leavers as they occur. d. provide a nominated account manager who can work in partnership with the Trust, who has the ability to instantly track all jobs and assess issues, combined with a clear escalation process. e. support the schools with maintenance issues, committing to a 4-hour SLA of being able to provide an engineer on site if the issue cannot be resolved remotely. f. implement a continuous improvement plan whereby the Contractor continuously monitors re-occurring faults and advises the Trust of areas of opportunity for service improvements, sustainability initiatives or cost savings. g. provide a cost-effective solution to card release printing and data collection. h. be responsible for sourcing and supplying all relevant materials and resources which are required to deliver this requirement. i. provide sustainability initiatives and support. j. be fully conversant with all relevant legislation, including Health and Safety, and always adhere to this. k. ensure that waste will be correctly sorted or disposed of or recycled, if possible.

Scope

Reference
ET01.14
Commercial tool
Standalone contract
Contract dates
05 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2031
Possible extension to 03 Jan 2032

Option of a further year extension to enable co-terminus end dates of the maintenance contract with the leases

CPV classifications
30120000
30100000
30121000
30121100
Contract locations
East Midlands, United Kingdom
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)

Award criteria

Criteria the buyer will use to evaluate bids.

NameDescriptionTypeWeighting
Proposed SolutionProposed Solutionquality15.00%
Implementation ManagementImplementation Managementquality10.00%
Account Support, Management & MonitoringAccount Support, Management & Monitoringquality30.00%
SustainabilitySustainabilityquality5.00%
PricePriceprice40.00%

Participation

Conditions suppliers must meet to bid.

Financial appraisal consisting of a credit check

Provide 3 relevant previous contract examples To constitute a pass, the 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. The contracts must be within the education sector and similar complexity and working on more than one site within the contract.

Submission & procedure

Procedure
Open procedure

Award details

Awarded supplier(s), contract period and value as published in the award notice.

Awarded value

£750k

Award date

19 Jan 2026

Contract start

09 Feb 2026

Contract end

08 Feb 2031