Published date: 13 June 2017

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 23 June 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Miscellaneous computer equipment - 30236000

  • Maintenance of information technology equipment - 50312610

  • Maintenance of information technology software - 72267100

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£100,000

Procurement reference

TAME001-DN281953-33995958

Published date

13 June 2017

Closing date

23 June 2017

Contract start date

26 June 2017

Contract end date

25 June 2022

Contract type

Not specified

Procedure type

Not specified

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council is inviting tenders for
• Provision of identified Hardware and maintenance
• Provision of identified software and maintenance

For the last 5 years the Councils WAN and LAN has been provided by a third party supplier. A tender exercise was undertaken for the WAN replacement and a new supplier has been identified.

With the provision of a new WAN the opportunity has been taken to review our current LAN and Security Infrastructure. As part of this exercise Tameside Council have considered the strategic requirements of the IT network infrastructure going forward to deliver the necessary levels of connectivity and security for the foreseeable future.

A review of our current infrastructure has been completed and an exercise has already been undertaken to identify the infrastructure required to support the new TMBC Core and Security Infrastructure. Consequently the Council will not consider responses which propose other brands or solutions other than those already identified in this document.

Given that the infrastructure has already been identified the award criteria will be based on price, however suppliers must be a UK authorised Fortinet partner at Platinum level. All equipment supplied must be via UK distribution channels and be authorised for the UK market.

About the buyer

Contact name

Carl Timperley

Address

Council Offices
Margaret Street
Ashton-under-Lyne
OL7 0QQ
England

Telephone

+44 1613423005

Email

carl.timperley@tameside.gov.uk

Website

http://www.tameside.gov.uk/