Technology Products & Associated Services 2
Updates
24/01/2023: We are holding a number of post Above the Threshold Procurement (ATP) briefing sessions. These sessions will help potential suppliers understand the bidding process for TePAS 2. Sessions will take place on the following dates:
Monday 13 February at 10am to 11am
Monday 13 February at 2pm to 3pm
Tuesday 14 February at 1pm to 2pm
03/01/2023: We will release The Above the Threshold Procurements (ATP) contract notice in early February
06/12/2022: We are looking for interested buyers who would like to take part in the evaluation of bids for this agreement. If you would like more information on this, email tpsmarketengagement@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Summary
Provides public sector buyers with a flexible way to buy technology products and associated services. Includes all their end user devices, technology infrastructure and software needs.
Description
This is the next iteration of this agreement and will replace the current Technology Products and Associated Services (TePAS).
Our aim is to design a simple, flexible and efficient route to market which will provide all your needs for technology products and help you to develop end to end digital solutions.
This means you will be able to buy both the products and services you need from resellers and the original equipment manufacturers (OEM)s in a sustainable and cost effective manner.
This agreement will offer the same range of products and services from our current TePAS agreement.
After extensive market research TePAS 2 will further support specific sectors such as health and education through an expanded scope.
Benefits
- provides a complete range of technology products and services for a variety of purchase models
- simplifies the customer experience, especially for your ‘technology as a service”’ needs
- enables sustainability by providing end to end services for the lifecycle of technology products for example: buy, upgrade, maintain and recycle
Customer engagement
We started customer engagement in January 2022 with pre-market engagement webinars.
Throughout 2022 we held further customer engagement sessions to gain feedback and insight for future needs. These sessions included:
- one to one customer sessions
- customer webinars
- in person events
We have collected the insight from these sessions into a number of feedback themes which has helped us to shape this new agreement.
If you would like to get more information or speak with a member of the team, email tpsmarketengagement@crowncommercial.gov.uk
Supplier Engagement
Initial supplier engagement took place in January 2022. Since then we have held further supplier engagement events to help gain feedback on this agreement as well as market trends. These events included supplier webinars and one to one sessions.
The last industry day took place at TechUK in September 2022.
The information we gathered from our supplier engagement events and the industry day has helped us to shape this new agreement.
Documents
RM6098 Suppliers market engagement slides january and february 2022
RM6098 Customers market engagement slides january and february 2022
RM6098 Supplier September 2022 market engagement recording and slides
RM6098 Customer October 2022 market engagement slides
RM6098 January 2023 Pre Above Threshold Procurement (ATP) session slides
Important links
| Prior Information Notice (PIN) | Read PIN |
|---|---|
| Contract notice Above Threshold Procurement (ATP) | Not available yet |
| Tender documents | Not available yet |
Timeline
| Activity | Estimated date |
|---|---|
| Market engagement | January to December 2022 |
| Drafting of procurement documents | January to February 2023 |
| Publication of Above Threshold Procurement (ATP) | February 2023 |
| Framework award | September 2023 |