Essex County Council has issued a tender for the provision of IT hardware for use by and on behalf of a number of public sector bodies.
The public sector and public interest bodies include Essex Online Partnership Members, London Procurement Partnership and the Central Buying Consortium. Also included are authorities based in the East of England including fire and rescue, police and voluntary sector charities.
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Private organisations may also be procuring on behalf of these public sector or public interest bodies.
The notice, found on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU), states that the members of the consortium may be subject to change over the contract term.
"In the event that a partnership listed above is dissolved at any time during the term of the framework agreement, any public body identified as a member during the period of the relevant partnership existing on or after the date of this OJEU Notice, shall continue to be eligible to purchase under this framework agreement post-dissolution of the relevant partnership," it states.
The council is looking for a provider to supply desktops, laptops, servers, server storage, tablets, mobile devices and all associated services over a four year contract.
The contract, which is not covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA), will be divided into lots which are yet to be confirmed.
The value of the contract has not been disclosed.
