The Financial Conduct Authority are looking for a Strategic Partner to support its vision to provide a high quality and efficient UK based Service Desk and End User Compute services contract for the next five (5) years with the option for two (2) separate one (1) year extensions (5+1+1).

The solution will support ~6300 end users across FCA and PSR offices. The end user device estate currently consists of ~5600 laptops and ~2300 mobile/tablet devices and is subject to change during the contract term.

The FCA are looking to procure Service Desk and End User Compute services for the next five (5) years with the option for two (2) separate one (1) year extensions. This is a joint procurement conducted in its entirety by the FCA for and on behalf of the FCA and the PSR jointly with all services being provided to both organisations. The contract terms for this procurement will be an amended version of the Cabinet Office Model Services Contract. The contract is subject to the law of England and Wales.

All services provided by the successful supplier must be delivered within the UK, with the full list of services and scope detailed in the ITT.

The scope of Service Desk requirements includes but is not limited to the ongoing delivery of the functions detailed in the ITIL Framework which covers Incident Management, Major Incident Management, Problem Management, Knowledge Management, Change Management and Request Fulfilment.

The scope of EUC services includes but is not limited to the ongoing delivery and management of Identity and Access Management, Telephony services, management of Azure Platforms and tools, Asset Management, AV equipment and Microsoft “Evergreen” services.

The £105m starting range only considers BAU and Change costs throughout the term of the contract.

The £122m referenced in II1.5 is the potential total contract spend taking into account the expected BAU and Change cost, with the FCA exercising its options for Environmental Insurance and Technical Refresh.