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Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network

THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT

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05 Aug 2025 at 10:12

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Summary of the contracting process

The procurement process in question pertains to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for their Managed WAN Services 2025 contract, focusing on the IT services industry, specifically consulting, software development, internet, and support. This contract aimed to manage connectivity across various sites, including data centres and regional locations in the UK. The tender was initiated under a limited procurement method, meaning there was no prior publication of a call for competition, aligning with specific directive exemptions. However, this process reached an unsuccessful conclusion, with both the contract's tender and award stage marked as failed, as of the most recent update on 5th August 2025. Due to the procurement method's nature and the integrated requirements, a new supplier would pose a significant service disruption risk.

This tender represents a noteworthy opportunity for businesses specialising in customised IT network solutions and those with existing capacity to maintain highly specific and operationally critical environments. Companies experienced in handling intricate, deeply embedded technical systems and ensuring operational resilience would be well-suited to such projects. Engaging in this sector allows businesses to showcase their expertise in delivering tailored IT service solutions while capitalising on the opportunities presented by the advanced technological needs of public bodies like the IOPC. Businesses capable of addressing these sophisticated requirements will likely find competitive advantages and growth potential by leveraging their skills within this specific procurement context.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network

Notice Description

A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Connectivity for each of our sites including 2 data centres, 6 regional sites and cloud connectivity providing the IOPC with the ability to use essential services securely ranging from internally hosted applications through to M365 and SAAS hosted services.

Procurement Information

1. Deep Integrated and Bespoke Solution: Redcentric successfully designed, migrated and implemented IOPC's comprehensive network and data centre solution. This includes managed site-to-site and client VPNs, resilient internet access, critical firewall configurations, and continuous monitoring. These services are fully integrated across the IOPC Farnborough and Corsham Crown Hosting data centres, supporting both production and disaster recovery environments. The solution is uniquely tailored to IOPC's specific architecture and operational requirements. 2. Maintaining Operational Resilience and Continuity Operational resilience is fundamental to IOPC's services and is intrinsically embedded within the existing solution. Redcentric established automated failover between our data centres, configured secure MPLS connectivity, and implemented live replication services, all of which are actively supporting IOPC's business-as-usual operations. Transitioning these highly complex and interconnected services to a new provider would necessitate dismantling and revalidating live configurations, significantly increasing the risk of widespread system outages or degraded service performance. Any switch would also risk the loss of critical configuration knowledge and jeopardise existing fail-safe mechanisms due to the intricate nature of the setup. 3. Incompatibility with Existing Infrastructure and Investment The IOPC has made substantial investment in equipment and service integrations that are intrinsically linked to RedCentric systems and operational frameworks. introducing a new supplier at this stage would require reverse-engineering a live, bespoke solution. This would not only incur significant duplicative costs for infrastructure and re-implementation but also render parts of the existing estate incompatible or redundant. Such a change would undermine the value of the solution already delivered, severely disrupt essential business operations, and delay the realisation of long-term efficiencies envisaged in our original disaggregation strategy. 4. Unacceptable Risk of Service Disruption: A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05814d
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046030-2025
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
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

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

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Aug 20256 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
5 Aug 20256 months ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Unsuccessful
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Unsuccessful
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT
Contact Name
Dorothy Eke
Contact Email
dorothy.eke@policeconduct.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
E14 4PU
Post Town
East London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI4 Inner London - East
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI42 Tower Hamlets
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Tower Hamlets
Electoral Ward
Canary Wharf
Westminster Constituency
Poplar and Limehouse

Further Information

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