Published date: 9 April 2018

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


Closing: 5 December 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Internet network - 32412110

  • Internet services - 72400000

Location of contract

East of England

Value of contract

£18,072

Procurement reference

BIP311898635

Published date

9 April 2018

Closing date

5 December 2016

Contract start date

1 March 2017

Contract end date

28 February 2018

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Cefas have 2 main sites in the UK, Lowestoft NR33 0HT and Weymouth DT4 8UB.
The Lowestoft site hosts business critical public internet facing services, with a Cefas owned public "class C" IP range.

Each site has a connection to an ISP on a flexible Gigabit fibre bearer, with separate synchronous 100Mbps circuits connecting site-to-site over private MPLS and from each site to the internet.

Cefas are making increasing use of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services in the cloud and with increasing reliance on cloud services Cefas require a reliable, efficient secondary link connecting both sites to the internet for automatic failover and additional network bandwidth and capacity.

Cefas require a secondary internet link at both main sites, configurable as a failover for internet/cloud services in the event of a failure of the existing 100Mbps internet links and for use for additional capacity for selected traffic.

The solution proposed must provide a clearly defined and detailed solution which meets and addresses the mandatory criteria listed in the full RFQ document enclosed in the tender package that can be accessed via the Delta e-procurement system.

More information

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Additional text

The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

Award information

Awarded date

5 December 2016

Contract start date

1 March 2017

Contract end date

28 February 2018

Total value of contract

£18,072

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Switch Communications Ltd

Address

No 1 Croydon
12-16 Addiscombe Road
Croydon
CR0 0XT

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Emma Roberts

Address

Pakefield Road
Lowestoft
NR33 0HT
UK

Telephone

01502527766

Email

procure@cefas.co.uk