Planning

KMCIT-146 Network Refresh - Preliminary Market Consultation

THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES

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Planning

06 May 2021 at 12:42

Market Engagement Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process titled "KMCIT-146 Network Refresh - Preliminary Market Consultation" is managed by The Council of the Borough of Kirklees. This process is currently in the planning stage and focuses on acquiring office and computing machinery, networks, and communication systems. Interested parties should note the engagement end date set for 28th May 2021. The primary location for the delivery of services is Yorkshire and the Humber, United Kingdom. The Council aims to gather market insights to guide a future tender process that aligns with its infrastructure needs and promotes reliable internet accessibility for various services across Kirklees.

This tender presents opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and voluntary, community, and social enterprises (VCSEs) to engage in the public sector, particularly those specialising in network and communication systems. Companies that can provide resilient technology solutions that enhance connectivity and service delivery will find this an advantageous opportunity, particularly those capable of collaborating with local councils to ensure their offerings meet the expectations of a modern, 'internet first' approach to public services.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

KMCIT-146 Network Refresh - Preliminary Market Consultation

Notice Description

Kirklees Council is a complex organisation covering a large geographic area with services being delivered across many places and other partner organisations. Our 'internet first' approach will ensure people will be able to access services from any of those organisations and work in places across Kirklees and with partners nationally. The expectations of being 'internet first' requires resilience across all of the services we offer. Kirklees Council delivers critical services around the clock and those services, some of them cloud based, need to be available as near to 99.99% of the time as possible. Therefore, we need to have reliable technology and the internet connectivity for people to communicate with each other and access the applications they use whether within a council location, a partner location or at home. We need to ensure that they can get on with their jobs by maintaining robust and fast central data services such as file storage, applications, and communication. We are undertaking soft market engagement to potentially produce a tender help inform the specification to help design and deliver the ambition for Kirklees around available and resilient infrastructure. This Market Sounding Exercise (MSE) is not an invitation to tender or a request for formal expressions of interest. The Council, as contracting authority, is issuing this request for information only, to assess the reaction of the market and thus make any future procurement process more focused and efficient. Your responses will assist us in creating a procurement process which is well-framed, focused, feasible and likely to be of interest to the market. The value of the project is unknown at this stage, therefore this notice is being issued to ensure that any subsequent procurement process that is undertaken by the Council following the market engagement is complaint should the value of the services required be valued at above the threshold for Goods and Services. The Council would like to gain information from the market regarding several issues related to the potential procurement exercise. Further information on the Market Sounding Exercise is available for interested organisations to access on the YORtender website (www.yortender.co.uk)

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-b5fd17-08dd8057-22b7-424a-8f8c-687151ebde8d
Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/b2557ddf-4994-494a-85cd-cda7de0a2328
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Not specified
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME, VCSE
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

CPV Codes

30000000 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30237110 - Network interfaces

32400000 - Networks

32412000 - Communications network

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 May 20214 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
28 May 2021Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planning
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE COUNCIL OF THE BOROUGH OF KIRKLEES
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
HUDDERSFIELD
Postcode
HD1 2NF
Post Town
Huddersfield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE4 West Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE44 Calderdale and Kirklees
Delivery Location
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
Kirklees
Electoral Ward
Newsome
Westminster Constituency
Huddersfield

Further Information

Notice Documents

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