Award

Network Products and Services

FIFE COLLEGE

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Award

06 Mar 2017 at 00:00

Tender

05 Dec 2016 at 00:00

Summary of the contracting process

Fife College is undertaking a tender process for the "Network Products and Services" contract, aimed at procuring and maintaining network products and services for their local, wireless, and wide area networks. The procurement method is an open procedure under the goods category, with a total contract value of £700,000. The tender period concludes on 17 January 2017, with the bid opening scheduled for the same day at 1:00 PM. Fife College is located in Dunfermline, Fife, UK, and the procurement is currently at the stage of awarding contracts.

This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the IT and telecommunications sectors, particularly those specialising in networking hardware and software solutions. Companies capable of providing routers, switches, firewalls, and related maintenance services would find this tender particularly beneficial. Additionally, businesses that can demonstrate the ability to respond quickly to service calls will be at an advantage, as timely on-site support is a requirement outlined in the contract terms.

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Notice Title

Network Products and Services

Notice Description

Fife College required a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks.

Lot Information

Lot 1

Fife College required a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks. The purpose of this Contract was for the College to establish a best value, consistent method of purchasing and maintaining network products and relevant services. The network products were both hardware and software based. Such products included, but were not limited to, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Hyper-Converged Products, Wireless Controllers, Wireless Access Points, Network Virtual Appliances or Packaged Installers, Gateway Security, Network Access Control, Network Security, Logging and Reporting and Content Filtering etc. This also included relevant cloud-based or otherwise hosted network products and subscription services.. Economic operators may have been excluded from the competition if they were in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Renewal: 2x 1 year extensions at the sole discretion of Fife College.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549
Publication Source
Public Contracts Scotland
Latest Notice
https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR275996
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Tender, Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Goods
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

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

50 - Repair and maintenance services

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


CPV Codes

30237110 - Network interfaces

32400000 - Networks

32410000 - Local area network

32412000 - Communications network

32412110 - Internet network

32413100 - Network routers

32420000 - Network equipment

32422000 - Network components

32424000 - Network infrastructure

32427000 - Network system

32428000 - Network upgrade

32430000 - Wide area network

50312300 - Maintenance and repair of data network equipment

50312310 - Maintenance of data network equipment

50312320 - Repair of data network equipment

72315100 - Data network support services

72710000 - Local area network services

72720000 - Wide area network services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£700,000 £500K-£1M
Lots Value
£700,000 £500K-£1M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
6 Mar 20178 years ago
Submission Deadline
17 Jan 2017Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Feb 20179 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
5-7 years

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
FIFE COLLEGE
Contact Name
Laura Cowie
Contact Email
procurement@fife.ac.uk
Contact Phone
+44 1383845116, +44 8442480115

Buyer Location

Locality
DUNFERMLINE
Postcode
KY11 8DY
Post Town
Kirkcaldy
Country
Scotland

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLM Scotland
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLM0 Eastern Scotland
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife
Delivery Location
UKM22 Clackmannanshire and Fife

Local Authority
Fife
Electoral Ward
Dunfermline Central
Westminster Constituency
Dunfermline and Dollar

Further Information

Notice Documents

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