Notice Information
Notice Title
TMBC IT Networking Equipment
Notice Description
Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council is looking for a reputable supplier of Core Networking and Wifi solutions. The Council's Networking and Wi-Fi infrastructure is being refreshed to bring this up to date and to enable leverage of new cutting-edge technologies. This refresh is coinciding with a new data centre creation and will be used to enable a Wi-Fi first approach within our head office in West Malling and our other satellite offices. A new data centre is being created in the head office, this doesn't actually exist yet but the works are looking likely to proceed, if for any reason the space isn't created any new solution would feature in its existing location. The proposed solutions must facilitate seamless administration, scalability, and robust performance through an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI).
Lot Information
Core Network Requirements
Renewal: Two optional annual extension
Additional Wifi RequirementsRenewal: Two optional annual extension
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-056b75
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039470-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK6 - Contract Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Below threshold - open competition
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Large, SME
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
72400000 - Internet services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- £72,207 Under £100K
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 29 Apr 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 29 Aug 2025Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 28 Apr 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- 30 May 2026 - 30 May 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Complete
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- TONBRIDGE & MALLING BOROUGH COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WEST MALLING
- Postcode
- ME19 4LZ
- Post Town
- Rochester
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLJ South East (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLJ4 Kent
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLJ46 West Kent
- Delivery Location
- TLJ46 West Kent
-
- Local Authority
- Tonbridge and Malling
- Electoral Ward
- Kings Hill
- Westminster Constituency
- Maidstone and Malling
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/039470-2026
29th April 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045282-2025
1st August 2025 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
www.kentbusinessportal.org.uk
Project Reference - DN785113 Project Name - TMBC IT Networking Equipment - Invitation To Tender Tenderers interested in this project, must register their interest via The Kent Business Portal. Once registered, all documents will be available, tenderers will also be able to ask any questions through the messaging tab. Tenderers must submit their response via The Kent Business Portal.
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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