Published date: 12 May 2021

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


Closing: 12 April 2021, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Internet services - 72400000

Location of contract

South West

Value of contract

£45,000

Procurement reference

DVNCC001-DN539485-53288835

Published date

12 May 2021

Closing date

12 April 2021

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 May 2021

Contract end date

30 April 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Direct award

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Covid 19 Pandemic 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.
In 2020 the capacity available was increased by installing a new 10Gb BT Line link, replacing the existing 1Gb (BT Link).
This procurement is to put in place a contract for 1Gb Virgin Media backup line.

Award information

Awarded date

28 April 2021

Contract start date

1 May 2021

Contract end date

30 April 2022

Total value of contract

£45,000

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

Additional details

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

About the buyer

Contact name

Tracey White

Address

County Hall
Topsham Road
Exeter
EX2 4QD
England

Telephone

+44 1392383000

Email

tracey.white@devon.gov.uk

Website

http://www.devon.gov.uk