Notice Information
Notice Title
Contract with The Networking People (TNP) Limited
Notice Description
Contract extension with The Networking People (TNP) Limited for ICT network support
Lot Information
Lot 1
Contract has been in place with The Networking People (TNP) Limited for ICT network support since August 2015, we have extended the contract for 1 year which takes the contract above threshold and we are commencing a new procurement for the service which will be in place ahead of contract expiry
Procurement Information
For technical reasons the Council has extended the contract with The Networking People (TNP) Limited for 1 year in order to allow time to procure a new service and to avoid a gap in the service.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-059aa3
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/056700-2025
- 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
- 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
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £195,695 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Sep 20255 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Jul 201510 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Not Specified
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LANCASTER CITY COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Mr Nick Goulden
- Contact Email
- ngoulden@lancaster.gov.uk
- Contact Phone
- +44 1524582000
Buyer Location
- Locality
- LANCASTER
- Postcode
- LA1 1PJ
- Post Town
- Lancaster
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD4 Lancashire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD44 Lancaster and Wyre
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Lancaster
- Electoral Ward
- Castle
- Westminster Constituency
- Lancaster and Wyre
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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