Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House, Abbey Close,
Abingdon, OX14 3JE
Email: comments@whitehorsedc.gov.uk
Telephone: 01235 520202

Vale of White Horse District Council

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Specific opportunities for supplying to the Council will be advertised in the local press and relevant, specialist publications. Higher value opportunities will be advertised in OJEU as well as on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) website.

Invitation to Quote: Feasibility study to report on a common e-mail system to be shared between South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council.

Closing date: Midday Friday 17th October 2008

The Vale of White Horse District Council and South Oxfordshire District Council are seeking to appoint consultants to investigate the provision of an email system that will enable the two Councils to retain their individual identities whilst providing a single logon to a shared email system and access to files at both sites.

Companies are invited to respond to the attached Invitation to Quote for the provision of a Feasibility Study and recommendations.

As will be seen from the attached Invitation to Quote the two Councils have worked closely together for several years, forming the Ridgeway Shared Services Partnership (RSSP) in 2006. As part of that collaboration a joint contract for the management of their respective Revenues and Benefits departments and Financial Management Systems (FMS) was awarded to Capita Local Government Services Limited.

As a continuation of the partnership a joint Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has been appointed and the Councils are currently in the process of creating a joint Senior Management Team (SMT).

Whilst the joint working between the two councils has been a success, one area of common complaint has been the lack of compatible telecommunications between the two Councils. The Vale of White Horse District Council is predominantly a Microsoft (MS) orientated operation using MS operating systems and Outlook as its e-mail system of preference, whilst South Oxfordshire District Council is predominantly a Novell orientated operation using Novell operating systems and GroupWise as its e-mail system of preference.

Should your company wish to respond to this invitation please note in particular Sections 5.1 Requirements Table, 8.2 Timetable, 8.3 Cost Template and 8.6 Submission of Quotation.

If you have any questions or queries on the Invitation to Quote these must be addressed to derek.nutland@whitehorsedc.gov.uk.

Download Invitation to Quote: Commission a feasibility study to report on a common e-mail system to be shared between South Oxfordshire District Council and Vale of White Horse District Council.