Published date: 29 November 2023
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Contract summary
Industry
Wide area network - 32430000
Location of contract
NW1 3FG
Value of contract
£2,000,000
Procurement reference
GUINPART001-DN684001-04428107
Published date
29 November 2023
Closing date
5 January 2024
Closing time
5pm
Contract start date
1 January 2025
Contract end date
31 December 2029
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Negotiated procedure
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
Yes
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
No
Description
The Guinness Partnership (TGP) require a contract for fixed line communications including:
• Data Centre Connectivity
• Wide Area Networking
• Internet Connectivity
TGP are conducting a competitive Procedure with Negotiation process for a contract duration of 5 years with the option to extend for a further 2 years.
The estimated annual value of the contract is £350,000 +VAT.
Background:
The Guinness Wide Area Network serves all of our remote sites and provides internet access and connection to our core cloud services including Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Oracle Fusion Finance and HCM and Microsoft O365 services. The Guinness IT Strategy is to increase the use of cloud services so the criticality of connectivity will only increase.
The WAN is a "hub and spoke" architecture centred around our 2 datacentres, the primary (DCA) is hosted by a third party in Manchester and secondary (DCB) is at the main Guinness IT office in Oldham. The DCs are each served by 10Gb bearers providing WAN and internet connectivity (on separate VRFs) and an additional 10Gb datacentre interconnect.
Remote site connectivity ranges from large sites with 300Mb circuits on 1Gb resilient/diverse ethernet bearers, medium sites with single 200Mb or 100Mb circuits on 1Gb ethernet bearers to small sites ranging from EFM connection to FTTC or ADSL.
More information
About the buyer
Contact name
Neil Aitken
Address
30 Brock Street
Regents Place
London
NW1 3FG
England
Telephone
+44 2038190076
Website
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