Published date: 3 August 2017

Last edited date: 3 August 2017

This notice was replaced on 14 March 2018

This notice does not contain the most up-to-date information about this procurement. The most recent notice is:

Awarded contract (published 14 March 2018)

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Contract summary

Industry

  • Telecommunications equipment and supplies - 32500000

Location of contract

LS2 9JT

Value of contract

£500,000 to £1,000,000

Procurement reference

2905

Published date

3 August 2017

Closing date

1 September 2017

Contract start date

20 September 2017

Contract end date

20 September 2022

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

Nexus is seeking a solution which provides resilient connectivity, IT and telephony services and scalable solutions for tenants. It requires a transparent pricing and billing process that can be presented to its Tenants at request.
The ambition is to be 70% let by opening date and at capacity (85%) it is anticipated this would be a 450+ tenant users on site in addition to Virtual users and the Nexus community. The increasing popularity of flexible working, in addition to our ambition to create open networking and collaboration, drives a requirement for a secure wireless network connection. It is expected that the provider will manage a fair usage policy to prevent consistent abuse of the network.
There must be the provision to divide the bandwidth between a shared, dedicated, superfast and wireless connectivity at ease within reasonable timescales.