Published date: 15 April 2022

Last edited date: 15 April 2022

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: 17 May 2022, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Networks - 32400000

  • Communications network - 32412000

  • Telecommunications network - 32412100

    • Internet network - 32412110

    • ISDN network - 32416000

    • Network cabling - 32421000

    • Network infrastructure - 32424000

    • Network upgrade - 32428000

    • Wide area network - 32430000

    • Telephone network maintenance services - 50334110

    • Data network management and support services - 72315000

    • Data network support services - 72315100

    • Data network management services - 72315200

    • Computer network services - 72700000

    • Local area network services - 72710000

    • Wide area network services - 72720000

Location of contract

SO50 6AD

Value of contract

£0 to £280,000

Procurement reference

IT-253-848-P/ABRI 0848/2022

Published date

15 April 2022

Closing date

17 May 2022

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

1 August 2022

Contract end date

31 July 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

Abri are seeking the provision of a group-wide connectivity provider for our sites.

Abri currently utilises SD-WAN technology for our network backbone and this is rolled out to every site. Our current contracts expire in 2022.

All sites in the 'East' geography (former-Radian) are running on new connectivity, specified according to size and number of staff at sites. A redundant link is available at every site, ranging from 4G, PSTN to 1GB/1GB geo-diverse standby. Abri only require these to be taken on by a new supplier and no installation or configuration.

Sites in the 'West' have had lines converted from MPLS to FTTC to facilitate SD-WAN, but this was a tactical solution deployed with the incumbent supplier. The edge routers in use are old and should be replaced along with new lines and redundancy where appropriate.
Abri have used t-shirt sizing to allocate connectivity requirements for sites, and as standardisation is a major part of the technology strategy going forward, it is a must for this to be implemented as expected. All sites are included in this on Appendix A1 (attached)

WiFi is out of scope for this delivery.

More information

Links

Additional text

For full details of the opportunity, please see our tendering portal: https://in-tendhost.co.uk/abri/aspx/Home

Is a Recurrent Procurement Type? : Yes

About the buyer

Contact name

Paul Anderson- Turner

Address

Bishopstoke Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 6AD
United Kingdom

Telephone

+44 02380628210

Email

Paul.Anderson-Turner@abri.co.uk