Published date: 4 July 2019

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: 25 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Telecommunications network - 32412100

Location of contract

North East

Value of contract

£50,000 to £100,000

Procurement reference

BIP411193046

Published date

4 July 2019

Closing date

25 July 2019

Contract start date

25 November 2019

Contract end date

24 November 2024

Contract type

Supply 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?

Yes

Description

Teesside University's telephony services are primarily based upon two platforms:
•Unify iSDX telephone system supporting approximately 2,000 telephones.
•Microsoft Skype for Business (SfB) solution supporting approximately 200 telephones.
Additionally the University has invested in Microsoft Teams for their Unified Communication requirements for staff and students, supporting 800 academic staff and 4000 students.
Following a recent assessment it was concluded to remove any dependencies of the legacy telephone systems, and that a replacement telephone solution would be put in place.
Teesside University is seeking bids from suitably qualified Suppliers for the supply of a resilient SIP service to support its replacement telephone solution across the campus locations.
The University requires that the SIP Network Services be engineered and architected in a manner to facilitate the University's requirements, and enables the migration of telephone services from the legacy telephone systems to the new telephone solution over a period of time.
Accordingly, the Bidder shall be responsible for the supply, installation and configuration of SIP Network Services to address the requirements. To facilitate business continuity it is expected that the infrastructure is distributed within two data centres (Middlesbrough Tower and Parkside West).
The Bidder shall base support pricing upon a three year contract period with two optional one year extensions (i.e. 3 + 1 + 1) and then indefinitely on a 12 month basis.

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The contracting authority considers that this contract may be suitable for economic operators that are small or medium enterprises (SMEs). However, any selection of tenderers will be based solely on the criteria set out for the procurement.

About the buyer

Contact name

Procurement

Address

Borough Road
Middlesbrough
TS1 3BA
UK

Telephone

+441642342166

Email

tenders@tees.ac.uk