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Provision of Mpls Wide Area Network Upgrade

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

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31 Mar 2025 at 17:05

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03 Dec 2024 at 15:27

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Summary of the contracting process

The Lee Valley Regional Park Authority has completed the procurement process for the "Provision of MPLS Wide Area Network Upgrade". This contract falls under the Wide Area Network category (CPV code 32430000) and involves upgrading and virtualising their current network systems to a hosted cloud platform. Based in Enfield, UKI region, the contract was awarded in March 2025 following an open procedure. Key dates included a tender period ending on 16 January 2025, with subsequent contract award notifications issued on 25 February 2025 and the contract signed on 28 March 2025. The awarded contract, valued at £377,522, goes to iQual Limited, based in Maidstone.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses in the network infrastructure and cloud hosting sectors. Particularly, companies specialising in secure wide area networks and virtualisation services would find this project aligning with their core competencies. SMEs stand a good chance as evidenced by iQual Limited, an SME, securing this contract. Firms can leverage this procurement to showcase their expertise in providing resilient and reliable virtualised environments, potentially opening doors for future related contracts. As the Lee Valley Regional Park Authority aims to improve its network resilience and reliability, participating businesses can contribute to and benefit from these advancements.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Provision of Mpls Wide Area Network Upgrade

Notice Description

The Authority currently uses a MPLS WAN made up of fibre circuits (see Mpls Locations below) with varying bandwidths, ranging from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps on varying bearers. We require a /29 subnet at each site.The devices and systems within the internal LAN are a culmination of switches, computers, AP's, Servers and some small scale CCTV systems. The number of devices connected will vary depending on the size of the site. The Head Office at Myddelton House will have the most with approx. 300 devices connected. Our current handoff is Ethernet. The Authority currently has an on-premise server estate spread across two locations (data centre and at Head Office). As part of this tender we want to move to a fully virtualised environment as this will provide improved resilience and reliability.We are now looking for a turnkey solution for a new secure Wide Area Network with and virtualising our server estate onto a hosted cloud platform.

Lot Information

Lot 1

The Authority currently uses a MPLS WAN made up of fibre circuits (see Mpls Locations below) with varying bandwidths, ranging from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps on varying bearers. We require a /29 subnet at each site.The devices and systems within the internal LAN are a culmination of switches, computers, AP's, Servers and some small scale CCTV systems. The number of devices connected will vary depending on the size of the site. The Head Office at Myddelton House will have the most with approx. 300 devices connected. Our current handoff is Ethernet. The Authority currently has an on-premise server estate spread across two locations (data centre and at Head Office). As part of this tender we want to move to a fully virtualised environment as this will provide improved resilience and reliability.We are now looking for a turnkey solution for a new secure Wide Area Network with and virtualising our server estate onto a hosted cloud platform.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c1eb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/012097-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

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

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

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

CPV Codes

32430000 - Wide area network

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£377,522 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
31 Mar 20251 years ago
Submission Deadline
16 Jan 2025Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
28 Mar 20251 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Lee Valley Regional Park Authority
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
ENFIELD
Postcode
EN2 9HG
Postcode Area
Enfield
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI5 Outer London - East and North East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI54 Enfield
Delivery Location
TLI London
Local Authority
Enfield
Electoral Ward
Whitewebbs
Westminster Constituency
Enfield North

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

iQual Limited

Further Information

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