Published date: 12 January 2017

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


Closing: 19 August 2016

Contract summary

Industry

  • Local area network services - 72710000

  • Wide area network services - 72720000

Location of contract

Yorkshire and the Humber

Value of contract

£4,200,000 to £4,500,000

Procurement reference

20170112095140-36335

Published date

12 January 2017

Closing date

19 August 2016

Contract start date

13 September 2016

Contract end date

12 September 2021

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Other:

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

NYP (North Yorkshire Police) is currently in / approaching its final year of its WAN
(Wide Area Network) and LAN (Local Area Network) contracts with VMB (Virgin
Media Business). The WAN contract has already been extended to the maximum
term permitted. NYP is required to have a compliant network under the PSN-P
legislation a further tender is required to ensure that a compliant solution
remains in place.
Furthermore, NYP are moving to a new HQ in Northallerton in 2017 and will
require network connection at Alverton Court in March 2017. It is intended that
this would be the first phase of work under a new contract. NYP's Wi-Fi
maintenance contract expires in February 2017 and this scope of work will be
included in this tender.
Being a geographically large and rural county there are significant challenges in
ensuring that quality network connectivity is maintained on a 24/7/365 basis.
The scope of the proposed contract will include a scalable, highly available and
affordable solution. All NYP sites will be included in the scope with the project
linking into the NYP Estates Strategy and the contract will allow for rationalisation
of buildings and locations throughout the contract term.
Potential suppliers will be required to demonstrate that they can provide a
suitable and affordable solution. It is expected that a blend of MPLS
(Multiprotocol Label Switching) cloud service options will be proposed to help
reduce annual revenue costs.
Due to the increased level of services running from NYP's two data centres an
increased bandwidth option is required. This is will be an increase above current
bandwidth levels to ensure availably and disaster recovery is maintained for
current and future systems.
During the transition from the current network to a new solution, some disruption
will be encountered, however the proposed solution will ensure that this will be
removed or reduced where possible.

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Award information

Awarded date

12 January 2017

Contract start date

13 September 2016

Contract end date

12 September 2021

Total value of contract

£4,200,000

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Virgin Media Business

Address

Media House, Bartley Way, Bartley Wood Business Park, Hook, Hampshire RG27 9UP

Reference

None

Supplier is SME?

No

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Gerald Foster

Address

North Yorkshire Police, Newby Wiske HQ.
Newby Wiske
Northallerton
DL7 9HA
ENG

Telephone

01609643499

Email

gerald.foster@southyorks.pnn.police.uk