Tender

WAN Services

MINISTRY OF JUSTICE

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Tender

26 May 2023 at 13:33

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Ministry of Justice is procuring WAN services through a competitive dialogue process with an estimated value range of £100 million to £200 million. The contract is expected to deliver secure connectivity for over 1000 sites, including various entities served by the Ministry. The procurement deadline is on June 28, 2023, and the contract period will run from February 25, 2025, to February 24, 2032, providing opportunities for businesses in the services industry to compete.

This tender presents opportunities for businesses offering WAN connectivity, gateway services, and core network services to provide secure and authenticated network solutions. Suppliers interested in delivering services such as service transition, WAN connectivity, gateway services, and core network services are encouraged to engage in the procurement process managed electronically via the MoJ's eSourcing Portal. The Ministry may also require the provision of optional services like public sector network access, mobile broadband, and SASE services during the contract term. Businesses adept at delivering high-level network services are well-suited to participate in this opportunity for business growth.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

WAN Services

Notice Description

The purpose of this Notice is to inform the market of the opportunity for the provision of wide area network (WAN) services. The WAN services will deliver secure connectivity for authorised devices at MoJ's locations and those of its service recipients (over 1000 sites). The Contract for WAN services will be entered into with MoJ. However, the services will be provided for the benefit not only of MoJ but also a range of service recipients (including a range of MoJ executive agencies, arms' length bodies, government companies and other entities to whom MoJ provides services). The Contract will contain a list of the initial service recipients who are to benefit from the provision of WAN Services, as well as a list of Potential Service Recipients who may wish to be added to the list of Service Recipients during the term of the Contract. The estimated total value range of the Contract is between PS100 million and PS200 million. The actual value of the Contract will depend on a number of influencing factors including: a) the prices tendered by the successful Bidder; b) whether any extension options are applied; c) the extent to which projects are commissioned; d) the volume of service requests; and e) whether any of the optional services are taken up by MoJ during the term of the Contract. Interested suppliers are encouraged to read the WAN Descriptive Document issued as part of the SQ Documentation which provides more information on the scope and requirements of WAN services being procured by the MoJ and details of the competitive dialogue process in accordance with which the WAN Services will be procured. This procurement will be managed electronically via the MoJ's eSourcing Portal, Jaggaer. To participate in this procurement, participants must first be registered on the eSourcing Portal. If you are not registered on the eSourcing Portal, this can be done online at; https://ministryofjusticecommercial.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html The SQ and procurement documents will be available under PQQ_341 - Evolve WAN Services. Suppliers must also have signed confidentiality agreements to access the procurement documents. To request a confidentiality agreement please e-mail the evolve.portfolio@justice.gov.uk mailbox stating the PQQ reference in the subject field and include details of where this should be sent for signature. Please note the signing of confidentiality agreements will be handled via Adobe e-sign. Additional information: The scope of the WAN services includes: -Service Transition-Transition of services while maintaining service continuity; -WAN Connectivity-Secure connectivity to corporate services; -Gateway Services-Secure access to other network domains, cross-government services, and the Internet; and -Core Network Services - Services required for the delivery of the end-to-end network services. Service Transition includes: -Responsibility for service transition to ensure service continuity through to transition to the new services as outlined in the WAN Descriptive Document; -Mobilisation and planning for transition; and -Design and delivery of the new WAN services. WAN Connectivity includes: -Provision of field services; -Provision of Internet circuits and enterprise grade broadband; -Supply and / or maintenance of NTE; -Optimised cloud access, supporting SaaS peering at edge co-location; and -Provision of carrier Internet services, supporting resilient access to SaaS and IaaS services. Gateway Services includes: -Take-over, management and maintenance of: o services that provide connectivity and encrypt LAN traffic between data centres; o Internet access provision at the MoJ data centres; o data centre load balancers; o the remote access solution utilised by the Authority to access the ViSOR application hosted by the Police; and o a secure, resilient network-to-network interconnect gateway. Core Network Services includes: -Provision of a secure and authenticated master time reference service; -Take-over, maintenance and management of the existing networks non-live environment; -Enforcing strong authentication and provision of a PAM service; -Integration with MoJ's IPAM and DHCP services and interfacing with the MoJ's DNS. In addition, there are Service Management, Social Value and Security obligations which the Supplier must comply with in the delivery of the WAN Services. Optional Services have been included within the Services Description Schedule. While these Optional Services are not within the initial scope of the WAN Services at the start of the Contract, the MoJ may require the Supplier to provide any or all of the Optional Services at any time during the term of the Contract by giving notice to the Supplier. The key Optional Services include: -Provision of public sector networks (PSN) access services to allow the MoJ to connect to OGDs over the PSN; -Mobile broadband services; -Direct cloud access services; -Management and maintenance of an existing end user remote access service; -Provision of an IPAM service; -Take-over maintenance and management of Forcepoint proxy servers; and -Provision of SASE services including secure web gateway, cloud access security broker, data loss prevention, zero trust network access / VPN, Internet of things, firewall as a service including RAS client termination, encryption/decryption and SD-WAN services.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/6791c667-2a56-471f-ab74-75be6ab0f24a
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Selective
Procurement Method Details
Competitive dialogue (above threshold)
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

CPV Codes

72720000 - Wide area network services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£100,000,000 £100M-£1B
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
26 May 20232 years ago
Submission Deadline
28 Jun 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
25 Feb 2025 - 24 Feb 2032 Over 5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Not Specified
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
MINISTRY OF JUSTICE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1H 9AJ
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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