Wide Area Network Contract
WAN connectivity to all specified sites (approx. 700 sites with a large concentration in the South and East Midlands), with resilience for critical sites.
United Kingdom-London: Wide area network services
2016/S 045-074855
Contract notice – utilities
Services
Directive 2004/17/EC
Section I: Contracting entity
I.1)Name, addresses and contact point(s)
Go Ahead Group
Friars Bridge Court, 41-45 Blackfiars Road
For the attention of: Reginald Vanderpuije
SE1 8PG London
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail: reginald.vanderpuije@go-ahead.com
Internet address(es):
General address of the contracting entity: www.go-ahead.com
Further information can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Specifications and additional documents (including documents for a dynamic purchasing system) can be obtained from: The above mentioned contact point(s)
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to: The above mentioned contact point(s)
I.2)Main activity
I.3)Contract award on behalf of other contracting entities
Section II: Object of the contract
II.1.1)Title attributed to the contract by the contracting entity:
II.1.2)Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of performance
Service category No 5: Telecommunications services
NUTS code UKC,UKG,UKH,UKJ,UKI
II.1.3)Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
II.1.4)Information on framework agreement
Framework agreement with a single operator
Duration of the framework agreement
Duration in months: 60
Estimated total value of purchases for the entire duration of the framework agreement
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 4 000 000 and 6 000 000 GBP
II.1.5)Short description of the contract or purchase(s):
— WAN connectivity to all specified sites (approx. 700 sites with a large concentration in the South and East Midlands), with resilience for critical sites;
— Resilient managed Internet access for all sites (provided centrally across the WAN);
— Suitable customer premises equipment (CPE) to interface the WAN service to local-area networks (LANs) on each site;
— Support, maintenance and configuration services for all components of the solution, including network security and protection services;
— Integration with monitoring and service desk services operated by Go-Ahead Group;
— Comprehensive project management services for migration planning, implementation and solution execution;
— Effective account management and performance reporting (as specified by Go-Ahead Group) for the solution during the life of the contract.
II.1.6)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
72720000
II.1.7)Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
II.1.8)Information about lots
II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 4 000 000 and 6 000 000 GBP
II.2.3)Information about renewals
Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1.1)Type of procedure
IV.2.1)Award criteria
IV.2.2)Information about electronic auction
IV.3.2)Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
IV.3.4)Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1)Information about recurrence
VI.2)Information about European Union funds
VI.5)Date of dispatch of this notice: