Technology Products & Associated Services

Offers public sector buyers a compliant route to market for technology product needs (hardware and software) and all associated services.

Updates

25/07/22: You can now sign up to a series of customer engagement webinars. These webinars will provide an opportunity to explore the agreement in more detail with information on what you can buy, the benefits and considerations plus an overview of the Microsoft aggregation service.  For more information and to register for the event, visit the Eventbrite page. 

08/02/22: We have started the development of Technology Products and Associated Services 2.  Further updates are available on the RM6098 webpage.

02/12/2020: We have extended this agreement until 9 December 2023

10/08/2020: You can sign up to watch our ‘how to buy’ and ‘what to buy’ webinars on our website. To watch the webinars you will need to enter your name, contact details and organisation.

Watch our ‘how to buy’ webinar

Watch our ‘what to buy’ webinar

If you have questions about the webinars please email the team.

Description

Technology Products & Associated Services (TePAS) offers public sector buyers a flexible and compliant way to source all of their technology product needs. This is the first iteration of the Technology Products framework to have associated services in its scope.

Under this agreement buyers can procure associated services and goods. The UK public sector and their associated bodies and agencies, including the voluntary sector and charities, can use this framework.

Benefits

• great choice of products and expanded service provision
• 39 high-quality suppliers including manufacturers, channel partners and resellers
• 50% of suppliers are a SME
• call-off contracts are available for up to 5 years
• option for simplified award procedure (100% price based competition)
• flexibility for single supplier ‘one-stop shop’ awards
• supply chain assurance
• allows leasing of goods.

Carbon Reduction Plans (Public Procurement Notice 06/21)

Some of the suppliers for this agreement have agreed to comply with the Procurement Policy Note 06/21: 'Taking account of Carbon Reduction Plans in the procurement of major government contracts'. If a supplier has published a carbon reduction plan, you can find it on their individual supplier details page.

Products and suppliers

There are 39 suppliers on this agreement

• Lot 1: Hardware & Software & Associated Services:

  Expires: 09/12/2023

  22 suppliers

• Lot 2: Hardware and Associated Services:

  Expires: 09/12/2023

  37 suppliers

• Lot 3: Software and Associated Services:

  Expires: 09/12/2023

  28 suppliers

• Lot 4: Information Assured Products & Associated Services:

  Expires: 09/12/2023

  11 suppliers

How to buy

You can buy under this agreement by running one of the following further competitions:

• option 1: run a further competition (inclusive of price and quality weightings)
• option 2: run a simplified further competition (price only weightings) 

The buyer guidance, in the documents section below, explains the further competition procedure in more detail.

Either option may be run using the CCS eSourcing tool, or your own procurement method.

• register for the CCS eSourcing tool
• log in to the CCS eSourcing tool
• read the guidance for the CCS eSourcing tool

Aggregation

• we use our complimentary aggregation service to bring together customers with similar needs
• we leverage the volume to create greater commercial benefits for customers
• we manage the procurement process from start to finish
• email the team for more information

Documents

• RM6068 Customer guide v10
• RM6068 Buyer guidance to the Public Sector Contract v2
• RM6068 Procurement journey v4
• RM6068 Download all core terms and framework schedules
• RM6068 Core terms 3.0.6
• RM6068 Framework award form v0.2
• RM6068 Framework schedule 1 - specification v2
• RM6068 Framework schedule 2 - framework tender v3
• RM6068 Framework schedule 3 - framework prices v0.4
• RM6068 Framework schedule 4 framework management v6
• RM6068 Framework schedule 5 - management charges and Information v0.3
• RM6068 Framework schedule 6 - order form template and Call-Off Schedules v0.3
• RM6068 Framework schedule 7 - call-off award procedure v0.4
• RM6068 Framework schedule 8 - self audit certificate v3
• RM6068 Framework schedule 9 - cyber essentials scheme v3
• RM6068 Download all call off schedules
• RM6068 Call off schedule 1 - transparency reports v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 2 - staff transfer v2.0
• RM6068 Call off Schedule 3 - continuous improvement v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 4 - call off tender v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 5 - pricing details v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 6 - ICT services v4
• RM6068 Call off schedule 7 - key supplier staff v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 8 - business continuity and disaster recovery v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 9 - security v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 10 - exit management v3
• RM6068 Call off schedule 11 - installation works v4
• RM6068 Call off schedule 12 - clustering v.1.0
• RM6068 Call off schedule 13 - implementation plan and testing V3
• RM6068 Call off schedule 14 - service levels v2.0
• RM6068 Call off schedule 15 - call off contract management v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 16 - benchmarking v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 17 - MOD terms v0.2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 18 - background checks v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 19 - Scottish law v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 20 - specification v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 21 - Northern Ireland law v2
• RM6068 Call off schedule 22 - lease terms v4.0
• RM6068 Call off schedule 23 - optional provisions v3
• RM6068 Joint Schedules
• RM6068 Further competition template (price and quality) v5
• RM6068 Further competition template (price only) v5
• RM6068 Supplier outcome letter successful v4
• RM6068 Supplier outcome letter unsuccessful v4
• RM6068 Request for information template v2
• RM6068 Microsoft route to market guidance v3