Published date: 15 June 2018

Last edited date: 15 June 2018

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


Closing: 19 July 2017

Contract summary

Industry

  • Networks - 32400000

  • IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support - 72000000

Location of contract

East Midlands, East of England

Value of contract

£45,000,000

Procurement reference

LGSS001-DN264556-99482901

Published date

15 June 2018

Closing date

19 July 2017

Contract start date

9 April 2018

Contract end date

8 April 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialog

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Cambridgeshire County Council is dependent on network connectivity to function efficiently and the increasedreliance on digital communications and transactions has increased this dependency over recent years.
To facilitate this the CPSN Partnership was formed in 2009 with two objectives:
• To reduce the cost of network connectivity for public sector partners via economies of scale achieved throughtaking a shared approach to network connectivity across a geographic area;
• To act as an enabler for delivering more joined up public services with the shared network facilitating sharedservice arrangements, shared buildings and new service delivery models.
Each partner initiated their own call-down contract against the framework. The contracts have a co-terminus enddate of 23rd June 2018.
The County Council intends to build on the success of CPSN with a new partnership to be called EastNet, inrecognition that the CPSN membership now includes organisations in Northamptonshire and Bedfordshire. TheCounty Council will act as the lead authority to 'stand up' a six year Framework for all partners to able to initiatetheir own call down contracts for up to seven Years for the following key network connectivity:
• Managed WAN Service
• Managed Internet Access Service
• Managed WiFi Service (Public)
• Managed WiFi Service (Staff Access)
The initial EastNet Partnership membership comprises of:
• Cambridgeshire County Council
• Cambridgeshire County Council Schools
• Northamptonshire County Council
• Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service
• Bedfordshire Fire & Rescue Authority
• Huntingdonshire District Council
• Cambridge City Council
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• South Cambridgeshire District Council
• Fenland District Council
• Norwich City Council
• Peterborough City Council
• East Cambridgeshire District Council
• Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust
Other potentially interested parties in utilising EastNet services include:
• Cambridgeshire Constabulary
• Hertfordshire Constabulary
• Bedfordshire Police
• North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust
• Nene Clinical Commissioning Group
• Corby Clinical Commissioning Group
• Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
• Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust


More information

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Award information

Awarded date

12 June 2018

Contract start date

10 July 2018

Contract end date

9 July 2024

Total value of contract

£14,200,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

MLL Telecom

Address

Jubilee House,
Third Avenue,
Globe Park,
Marlow,
Buckinghamshire
SL7 1EY

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No


About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Nunn

Address

Shire Hall
Castle Hill
Cambridge
CB3 0AP
United Kingdom

Email

procurement@northamptonshire.gov.uk

Website

http://www.lgssprocurementportal.co.uk