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Opportunity overview
Maiden Erlegh Trust has just over 4,904 pupils cross 10 sites in and around Reading. What makes it unique is the fact that it has a very diverse range of schools from large Secondary to small secondary, primary, SEN, PRU and Outreach.
Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to delivering our values which are to: aim high, be inclusive and work together.
Our schools will continue to excel at bringing out the best in students of all abilities.
To do this we place students at the heart of what we do and work closely in partnership with parents and the communities we serve.
Our vision is to:
• Provide a safe, calm, respectful and happy place to work and learn
• Provide a stimulating and challenging learning for all
• Provide high quality and inspiring teaching
• Provide a rich and relevant curriculum
• Provide a varied and exciting extra-curricular opportunities which allow students to flourish outside the classroom
• Provide high quality and personalised pastoral care
This procurement is about identifying a partner with both the skills and experience to deliver a Mobile Device programme in partnership with the Trust, as well as supply the actual equipment.
The ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders will be key to the projects success over the next 5 years. In terms of the Trust itself, they will appoint a senior member of staff for all parties to interface into and be responsible of the programme.
• The Trust estimate that circa 9,000 Chromebooks will be purchased over the life of the contract
• Staff, Primary and SEN School devices will be purchased by the Trust and (apart from staff devices) not be taken home by pupils
• ipads supply will only be minimal
• The Primary, SEN and Staff devices will be 'self insured' so if accidents occur for any reason, like another device in school, they will be replaced as a cost to the school for a new purchase
• Secondary pupils will be 'parental purchase' / 'parental contribution', hence this partner is not being identified initially.
• The initial delivery will be circa 400 devices required by 1st April 2027 (Ideally between the 15th to 19th of February)
• The ability to support the programme with relevant training and expertise will be a key evaluation
Suppliers should also note the following:
• The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack
• There will not be a requirement for TUPE from existing supplier
A separate procurement regarding leasing will be carried out in 2027
Classification
CPV30110000 — Word-processing machines
CPV30230000 — Computer-related equipment
CPV72000000 — IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
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Scope, procedure and submissions
Id
ocds-h6vhtk-078c5a
Status
active
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Main Procurement Category
goods
Above Threshold
Yes
How to submit
Submission information is in the attached PSQ Documentation
1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.
1 VERSION
1
099231-2026Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
PROCURAAXIS ANALYSIS
ProcuraAxis Analysis
Our approved analysis of the opportunity appears below the official tender information.
ANALYSIS PREVIEW
Opportunity intelligence at a glance
Maiden Erlegh Trust seeks a partner to deliver a five-year mobile-device programme and supply equipment. It estimates about 9,000 Chromebooks over the contract, with minimal iPad supply, plus relevant training and expertise. An initial circa 400 devices are required by 1 April 2027, ideally between 15 and 19 February.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for suppliers able to supply Chromebooks and work collaboratively on an education mobile-device programme, with relevant training and expertise. Leasing is explicitly outside this procurement.
Key points identified
Programme delivery and equipment supplyPartner to deliver a Mobile Device programme in partnership with the Trust and supply the equipment.Evidence: "deliver a Mobile Device programme in partnership with the Trust, as well as supply the actual equipment"
Collaborative workingAbility to work collaboratively with all stakeholders.Evidence: "The ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders will be key"
Training and expertiseSupport the programme with relevant training and expertise.Evidence: "The ability to support the programme with relevant training and expertise will be a key evaluation"
91% approved-analysis confidence7 supplier criteria identified4 risks or unknowns
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Maiden Erlegh Trust seeks a partner to deliver a five-year mobile-device programme and supply equipment. It estimates about 9,000 Chromebooks over the contract, with minimal iPad supply, plus relevant training and expertise. An initial circa 400 devices are required by 1 April 2027, ideally between 15 and 19 February.
Who this may suit
Potential fit for suppliers able to supply Chromebooks and work collaboratively on an education mobile-device programme, with relevant training and expertise. Leasing is explicitly outside this procurement.
Key deliverables
Supply of circa 9,000 Chromebooks over the contract life
Minimal iPad supply
Initial delivery of circa 400 devices
Programme support with relevant training and expertise
SUPPLIER REQUIREMENTS
7 criteria identified
Programme delivery and equipment supply
99% confidence
Partner to deliver a Mobile Device programme in partnership with the Trust and supply the equipment.
View supporting evidence
"deliver a Mobile Device programme in partnership with the Trust, as well as supply the actual equipment"
Collaborative working
98% confidence
Ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders.
View supporting evidence
"The ability to work collaboratively with all stakeholders will be key"
Training and expertise
98% confidence
Support the programme with relevant training and expertise.
View supporting evidence
"The ability to support the programme with relevant training and expertise will be a key evaluation"
Chromebook volume
99% confidence
Circa 9,000 Chromebooks estimated over the contract life.
View supporting evidence
"circa 9,000 Chromebooks will be purchased over the life of the contract"
iPad volume
96% confidence
iPad supply will be minimal.
View supporting evidence
"ipads supply will only be minimal"
TUPE
99% confidence
No TUPE requirement from the existing supplier.
View supporting evidence
"There will not be a requirement for TUPE from existing supplier"
Supplier eligibility criteria
83% confidence
Unknown from supplied notice content; PSQ documents are listed.
View supporting evidence
Documents listed: "PSQ in PDF Format" and "PSQ in Word format".
COMMERCIAL AND DELIVERY
Contract intelligence
Commercial
Estimated lot value
97% confidence
£6,000,000.
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 value_amount: 6000000 GBP.
Contract term
86% confidence
Five years.
View supporting evidence
"projects success over the next 5 years"
Contract form
99% confidence
The Trust will provide a standard contract in the ITT pack.
View supporting evidence
"The Trust will provide a standard contract as part of the ITT Pack"
Leasing
99% confidence
Excluded from this procurement; a separate procurement is planned in 2027.
View supporting evidence
"A separate procurement regarding leasing will be carried out in 2027"
Delivery
Initial delivery
93% confidence
Circa 400 devices required by 1 April 2027; ideally between 15 and 19 February.
View supporting evidence
"The initial delivery will be circa 400 devices required by 1st April 2027 (Ideally between the 15th to 19th of February)"
Device use
96% confidence
Staff, primary and SEN devices will be purchased by the Trust; except staff devices, they will not be taken home by pupils.
View supporting evidence
"Staff, Primary and SEN School devices will be purchased by the Trust and (apart from staff devices) not be taken home by pupils"
Delivery locations
93% confidence
Delivery regions are listed as UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ and UKK; site-level allocation is unknown.
View supporting evidence
Supplied delivery-location records list these UK regions.
PROCEDURE
How to respond
Notice status
99% confidence
Open tender.
View supporting evidence
display_status: "open"; notice type: "Tender notice on Find a Tender".
Procedure
94% confidence
Competitive flexible procedure, recorded under open procurement method.
One active lot is supplied, but it has no title or description.
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 has status "active" with null title and description.
RISKS AND UNKNOWNS
Points requiring attention
Delivery-date ambiguity
97% confidence
The notice states devices are required by 1 April 2027 but gives an ideal period only as "between the 15th to 19th of February", without a year. Suppliers should clarify the intended ideal delivery dates.
View supporting evidence
"required by 1st April 2027 (Ideally between the 15th to 19th of February)"
Lot scope incompleteness
99% confidence
The sole active lot has no supplied title or description, so lot-specific scope cannot be assessed.
View supporting evidence
Lot 1 title and description are null.
Evaluation and eligibility detail unavailable
94% confidence
The supplied notice identifies training and expertise as key evaluation considerations but does not provide scoring, eligibility, technical criteria or PSQ content.
View supporting evidence
"key evaluation"; PSQ documents are listed but their contents are not supplied.
Parental-purchase model uncertain
92% confidence
The Trust says a partner for secondary-pupil parental purchase/contribution is not being identified initially; the eventual scope of this model is unclear.
View supporting evidence
"Secondary pupils will be 'parental purchase' / 'parental contribution', hence this partner is not being identified initially"
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