Notice Information

  • Notice Title

    Dartmoor Multi Academy Trust Network Infrastructure Upgrade

  • Notice Description

    Dartmoor Multi-Academy Trust strategic aim is to improve its services across 17 educational institutions, to achieve the guidelines set by the Department for Education (DfE). The initiative was prompted by the critical need for a resilient, secure, and high-performing digital infrastructure to support the Trust's educational objectives. NGC Networks, in collaboration with Transformative were commissioned to undertake an audit of the Switch Level Network for each school and propose an action plan to deliver the improvements needed to deliver the project outcomes. Whilst the Trust's aim is to deliver the improvements at all schools, this is likely to take a number of years over a phased approach due to the costs involved. Therefore, the Trust have initially prioritised works to be completed at the following two sites, with the tender being published by the end of the Spring Term 2025, with the works to be delivered during the summer holidays 2025. a. Holsworthy College b. Okehampton College Contractors are referred to the following that provides the DfE guidance that was used in the audit of IT infrastructure at each school site to identify the required standards and improvements: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/meeting-digital-and-technology-standards-in-schools-and-colleges A programme of AD surveys is being undertaken at all schools during the Easter holidays, with any required asbestos removal works being programmed in for the first two weeks of the summer holidays. Until these surveys are available, the impact of these works won't be fully known. The current plan is to schedule in the IT infrastructure works for the remaining four weeks of the summer holidays. This timescale may be able to be extended if the IT infrastructure can be organised around the asbestos removal, for example, Okehampton has separate buildings on site. Or, if minimal or no asbestos removal is needed. The programme can be extended into future holiday periods to complete the works, but the Schools must be left fully operational in the interim. The current plan also needs to factor in the need to keep both colleges operational during the summer holidays due to central staff working, lettings and the management of exam results. There is a virtual Q&A on the 22nd April at 11am There are site visits, on Wednesday 16th April at Okehampton College and Thursday 17th April at Holsworthy College. Tenderers who wish to participate are requested to register for the virtual Q&A and/or the site visits via the tendering portal.

  • Lot Information

    Lot 1

    Renewal: Extensions may be used to incorporate any unknown delays to the project and if any additional school installations are added into the project.

  • Planning Information

    If you would like to participate in the Preliminary Market Engagement process please email tenders@phplaw.co.uk and an Instruction Pack will be emailed to you. This will include the Introduction Information to the project, the technical specifications from the school audits and the link to the MS Form which will enable you to complete a questionnaire. In addition, there is a preliminary market engagement virtual meeting available to attend, which you can join via MS Teams, Meeting ID: 329 972 062 270 Passcode: LD28se9f. This is for Tuesday 25th March at 12 noon.

Notice Details

  • Notice Details

    Open Contracting ID

    ocds-h6vhtk-04ee90

    Publication Source

    Find A Tender Service

    Latest Notice

    https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/017021-2025

    Current Stage

    Tender

    All Stages

    Planning, Tender


    Notice Type

    UK12 - Procurement Termination Notice

    Procurement Type

    Standard

    Procurement Category

    Goods

    Procurement Method

    Open

    Procurement Method Details

    Open procedure

    Tender Suitability

    SME

    Awardee Scale

    Not specified

  • Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

    CPV Divisions

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

    51 - Installation services (except software)

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


    CPV Codes

    32400000 - Networks

    32420000 - Network equipment

    51000000 - Installation services (except software)

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

  • Notice Value(s)

    Tender Value

    £550,000 £500K-£1M

    Lots Value

    £550,000 £500K-£1M

    Awards Value

    Not specified

    Contracts Value

    Not specified

  • Notice Dates

    Publication Date

    25 Apr 20255 months ago

    Submission Deadline

    16 May 2025Expired

    Future Notice Date

    4 Apr 2025Expired

    Award Date

    Not specified

    Contract Period

    27 Jul 2025 - 27 Jul 2026 6-12 months

    Recurrence

    Not specified

  • Notice Status

    Tender Status

    Cancelled

    Lots Status

    Cancelled

    Awards Status

    Cancelled

    Contracts Status

    Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

  • Contracting Authority (Buyer)

    Main Buyer

    DARTMOOR MULTI ACADEMY TRUST

    Additional Buyers

    MISSING

    PHP LAW LLP

    Contact Name

    Josie Medforth, Michael Coles

    Contact Email

    josie.medforth@phplaw.co.uk, mcoles@dmatschools.org.uk

    Contact Phone

    +44 1409 259613, +447857426127

    Buyer Location

    Locality

    OKEHAMPTON

    Postcode

    EX20 1PU

    Post Town

    Exeter

    Country

    England


    Major Region (ITL 1)

    TLK South West (England)

    Basic Region (ITL 2)

    TLK4 Devon

    Small Region (ITL 3)

    TLK43 Devon CC

    Delivery Location

    TLK4 Devon


    Local Authority

    West Devon

    Electoral Ward

    Okehampton South

    Westminster Constituency

    Central Devon


Further Information

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