Tender

Broadacres WAN & Services Tender

BROADACRES HOUSING ASSOCIATION

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Tender

18 Nov 2016 at 20:17

Tender Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Broadacres Housing Association is currently seeking tenders for the "Broadacres WAN & Services Tender," which involves the supply and maintenance of a secure Wide Area Network (WAN) communications service. This procurement falls under the IT services industry category and is focused on locations within the regions of North East and Yorkshire and the Humber in the United Kingdom. The procurement is in the Tender stage, with a deadline for submissions set for 20 November 2015. The total contract value is estimated at £150,000, and the method being employed is an open procurement procedure.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in IT infrastructure and communications services, particularly those that can provide tailored WAN solutions and managed service offerings. Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are encouraged to participate, especially those with experience in delivering high-resiliency networking solutions or Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) capabilities. Companies capable of proposing innovative and cost-effective solutions that ensure high availability and bandwidth would be ideally suited to compete for this contract.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Broadacres WAN & Services Tender

Notice Description

Broadacres invites you to tender for the supply and maintenance of a secure Wide Area Network (WAN) communications service. This Wide Area Network will include connectivity to Broadacres House with strong resiliency and high bandwidth. We intend to maximise the benefit of our new improved connectivity for Broadacres House and deliver: At this time Broadacres is evaluating alternative infrastructure strategies, to ensure this tender con-siders possible approaches 2 connectivity scenarios are featured. Those tendering will need to submit and price solutions for both scenarios. Scenario 1 Broadacres will have a managed service for all their communications needs across all of their sites listed in Appendix 1. This solution will create a one stop shop supplier for all of our communication services. Our remote sites consist of small satellite offices with no more than 10 concurrent users working through Citrix but highly reliant on using the applications hosted at Broadacres House. Broadacres House will have a resilient data link(s) and your solution should deliver the following services: - Secure and private communications for the connected WAN sites - 30 channels of voice using Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for inbound - Cloud based management tool to allow telephony management and redirection - A single managed firewall with Direct Internet Access (DIA) - Connectivity from the firewall to our Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) at Broadacres House hosting our websit...net Protocol (VOIP) - Business Continuity to replicate our Server Virtual Machines (VMs) running on VSphere 4.1 Enterprise to the providers data centre - 24/7 Monitor and fix of the Broadacres House data links - Single point of Contact managed service facility - Account Management and proactive advice on how to maintain high levels of service and benefit from opportunities developing within our local telephone exchange i.e. fibre to the cabinet. All ICT services will be hosted at Broadacres House and we would plan to recover our servers at the suppliers datacentre during a prolonged outage or disaster affecting the main office. Scenario 2 The second scenario is premised on the delivery of the same services but based on an IaaS (Infra-structure as a Service) approach. All systems would be hosted at a suitable data centre and ac-cessed by all Broadacres locations via a thin client methodology, the technology set enabling this is yet to be decided, likely to be Citrix or Remote Desktop services. Those tendering are asked to propose a solution to best enable this approach and ensure the connectivity solution involved provides the most cost effect approach whilst maintaining high availability and bandwidth. Those tendering should detail if connectivity specified is On-Net or Off-Net. The approach listed will need to consider the hosting element requirements either supplied by them-selves or through a third party, however it is not a part of this tender exercise.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
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Publication Source
Contracts Finder
Latest Notice
https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9cff0576-20af-4eff-b69f-f7f9843ea18f
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£150,000 £100K-£500K
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
18 Nov 20169 years ago
Submission Deadline
20 Nov 2015Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
12 Jun 2016 - 13 Jun 2019 3-4 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
BROADACRES HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
NORTHALLERTON, NORTH YORKSHIRE
Postcode
DL6 2YD
Post Town
Darlington
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLE2 North Yorkshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLE22 North Yorkshire
Delivery Location
TLC North East (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber
Local Authority
North Yorkshire
Electoral Ward
Northallerton North & Brompton
Westminster Constituency
Richmond and Northallerton

Further Information

Notice Documents

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