Managed Service and BSF

[nicholab]

From stuff you see on the web this is how US schools managed their IT. The school dept of the conunty seem to run stuff from a data centres. They could be cool jobs but by the look of it all the RM ones are for graduate trainies.

[gremlin-01]

Has anyone moved over tro magaged service in the Mersyside area yet?

[david_1152]

*No* school would pull out of BSF due to the ICT Services being part of a managed services contract. That would mean no rebuild / refurb of the school and a loss of substantial funding.

 

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I was in a meeting with Andy Jackson, whos heading up the BSF for Birmingham. He did say the school could be it's own managed service provider, providing we have the necessary system already in place. He did say there was paper work on the subject. Now im not sure if this means we'd also get the money. I'm yet to see the paper work. Has anyone seen this?

 

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[msattar]

How do schools go about becoming managed service providers

[GrumbleDook]

Just a quick check ... do you mean to be a managed service provider just for your school or for other schools too? There is quite a difference.

 

If you are just looking at your school it comes under the guise of the Alternative Business Case Proposal which sees the school in question put forward a case of why they can provide the service internally, how it fits into the LAs designs and strategy on BSF, where it shows value for money and what the added benefits are for the school. So far no school has been successful in this and one school has decided to pull out of the managed service side of things completely and has forfeited the ICT investment under BSF as a result. Some schools have recently contested the line that some LAs have taken around schools apparently *having* to accept the MSP and a quick look through the BSF forum will show these ...

 

If the school is looking to be an MSP for other schools then that is another matter and I would suggest a conversation with P4S would be more appropriate as you would probably have to form a company, put yourself forward in the bidding process and there will be some financial / legal conditions on all of this. Your LA is the other group you should speak to about this.