Published date: 3 June 2020

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 11 May 2020

Contract summary

Industry

  • Networking, Internet and intranet software package - 48200000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£155,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN478007-30498427

Published date

3 June 2020

Closing date

11 May 2020

Contract start date

29 May 2020

Contract end date

31 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Covid 19 Pandemic has lead to an increase in capacity to deal with the growth of Devon County Council's front-line staff who are home working. Back in 2019, we would regularly see around 900 remote concurrent connections from staff machines. During the lockdown, this has increased by 400%. We have increased our existing capacity as far as we can and have made significant
changes to the DCC laptops and used throttling of traffic to try and maintain the service for our customers. Ideally, we need to revert some of the changes, so we have a better understanding of what sites are being accessed and the removal of throttling will give everyone working from home an even better work experience. To achieve this, the next logical step is to increase the capacity
available to DCC by installing a new 10Gb link, using our ISP (Internet Service Provider) contract.

More information

Additional text

Direct Award against Crown Commercial Services, RM3808 Network Services 2, Lot 1: Data Services

Award information

Awarded date

26 May 2020

Contract start date

27 May 2020

Contract end date

26 May 2023

Total value of contract

£155,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

KCOM

Address

Osprey House, Osprey Road, EXETER EX2 7WN

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey White

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

tracey.white@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.supplyingthesouthwest.org.uk