Lincolnshire County Council have revealed plans for a new outsourcing project covering key services in 2015, valued at around £210 million.

The new outsourcing project will cover services including ICT infrastructure, software application management and server management.

The new outsourcing contract will replace the current services contract held by Mouchel, which has been running since 2000, separating services operating under a single vendor into individual contracts through a multi-vendor approach.

The announcement of a new outsourcing scheme was revealed through the posting of online tenders. The new tenders for Council services request that bidders demonstrate how they can innovate and provide services that are not currently provided by suppliers.

The move to a multi-vendor approach reflects the councils desire to support SMEs within the local economy.

Judith Hetherington-Smith, Lincolnshire’s programme director, said: “we’ve decided to offer a number of smaller contracts instead of a single all-encompassing one. This more tailored approach will not only give us more flexibility, which is vital in the current financial climate, but will also create more opportunities for smaller suppliers.”

The tendering process is expected to be finalised by April 2014, with the new contract suppliers providing services from April 2015.

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