Published date: 29 November 2023

Last edited date: 30 November 2023

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 5 January 2024, 5pm

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

Previous notice about this procurement

External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)

  • Opportunity
  • Published 29 November 2023

Links

About the buyer

Contact name

Neil Aitken

Address

30 Brock Street
Regents Place
London
NW1 3FG
England

Telephone

+44 2038190076

Email

neil.aitken@guinness.org.uk

Website

http://www.guinnesspartnership.com/