Barnet, Enfield and Haringey mental health trust has become the first organisation to use Buying Solutions' Desktop 21 framework to purchase IT services.

The north London trust has confirmed that it has signed an agreement with HP, one of three Desktop 21 suppliers, to deliver outsourced services. The firm will provide a fully managed desktop, including applications hosting, network management, data centre services and remote support services.

Desktop21 is a collaborative procurement process between Buying Solutions, DWP and OGC that has resulted in a desktop services contract for the DWP and a framework agreement for the public sector delivering desktop services.

The core offering under the framework agreement is desktop services, closely mirroring the DWP requirement. The requirements provide a standardised set of desktop services suitable for the whole public sector.

The trust said the deal will provide staff with remote access from PCs, laptops, PDAs and tablets with a unified communications capability. Back up and security will be provided through dual data centres and the centralised upgrading of software.