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title: "The University wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a network solution, encompassing the below: 1. Core Network 2. Distribution Network 3. Edge Network 4. Wireless Network 5. Firewall 6. Management and Monitoring Tools 7. Design and Implementation Services 8. Support and Maintenance"
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# The University wishes to appoint a Supplier to provide a network solution, encompassing the below: 1. Core Network 2. Distribution Network 3. Edge Network 4. Wireless Network 5. Firewall 6. Management and Monitoring Tools 7. Design and Implementation Services 8. Support and Maintenance

Buyer: UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-14e4fb83-1f65-4fe7-87f3-e5f62ea17d20

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## Summary

The University of Sussex, located in Brighton, is seeking a supplier to provide a comprehensive network solution. This project involves the replacement and implementation of a new IT network infrastructure, which includes core, distribution, edge, and wireless networks, firewalls, management and monitoring tools, as well as design, implementation, support, and maintenance services. The tender, part of the Network Replacement Programme (NRP), falls under the industry category of telecommunications equipment and software and includes a budget of £18,000,000. The procurement method is a competitive procedure with negotiation. The contract is set to commence on 31st March 2023 and will run until 31st August 2030. The award notice was published on 7th November 2024, with Roc Technologies Ltd selected as the supplier.

This tender presents significant opportunities for companies in the telecommunications, software, and network systems sector. Businesses specializing in network infrastructure, IT support and maintenance, and network security solutions are well-positioned to benefit from this project. Given the comprehensive nature of the services required, larger enterprises with extensive experience in delivering complex network solutions will be particularly well-suited to compete. Working with a prestigious institution like the University of Sussex provides a strategic advantage and the potential for long-term partnership opportunities.

## Notice

US_22104 Replacement IT Network Infrastructure (NRP - Network Replacement Program)

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d253d26-fc7f-4455-affc-2d9b821706a7 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Goods |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Submission deadline | 18 Jul 2022 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 7 Nov 2024 |
| Contract period | 1 Jan 0001 - 1 Jan 0001 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £18,000,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX |
| Locality | BRIGHTON |
| Post town | Brighton |
| Postcode | BN1 9RH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex |
| ITL 3 | TLJ21 Brighton and Hove |
| Local authority | Brighton and Hove |
| Electoral ward | Coldean & Stanmer |
| Westminster constituency | Brighton Pavilion |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | ROC TECHNOLOGIES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
- 48 - Software package and information systems

### Codes

- 32250000 - Mobile telephones
- 32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies
- 32523000 - Telecommunications facilities
- 32530000 - Satellite-related communications equipment
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48100000 - Industry specific software package
- 48110000 - Point of sale (POS) software package
- 48120000 - Flight control software package
- 48121000 - Air traffic control software package
- 48130000 - Aviation ground support and test software package
- 48131000 - Aviation ground support software package
- 48132000 - Aviation test software package
- 48140000 - Railway traffic control software package
- 48150000 - Industrial control software package
- 48151000 - Computer control system
- 48160000 - Library software package
- 48161000 - Library management system
- 48170000 - Compliance software package
- 48180000 - Medical software package
- 48190000 - Educational software package
- 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
- 48210000 - Networking software package
- 48211000 - Platform interconnectivity software package
- 48212000 - Optical jukebox server software package
- 48213000 - Operating system enhancement software package
- 48214000 - Network operating system software package
- 48215000 - Networking developers' software package
- 48216000 - Network connectivity terminal emulation software package
- 48217000 - Transaction-processing software package
- 48217100 - Mainframe transaction processing software package
- 48217200 - Minicomputer transaction processing software package
- 48217300 - Microcomputer transaction processing software package
- 48218000 - License management software package
- 48219000 - Miscellaneous networking software package
- 48219100 - Gateway software package
- 48219200 - Compact disk (CD) server software package
- 48219300 - Administration software package
- 48219400 - Transaction server software package
- 48219500 - Switch or router software package
- 48219600 - Multiplexer software package
- 48219700 - Communications server software package
- 48219800 - Bridge software package
- 48220000 - Internet and intranet software package
- 48221000 - Internet browsing software package
- 48222000 - Web server software package
- 48223000 - Electronic mail software package
- 48224000 - Web page editing software package
- 48300000 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package
- 48310000 - Document creation software package
- 48311000 - Document management software package
- 48311100 - Document management system
- 48312000 - Electronic publishing software package
- 48313000 - Optical-character-recognition (OCR) software package
- 48313100 - Optical reading system
- 48314000 - Voice recognition software package
- 48315000 - Desktop-publishing software package
- 48316000 - Presentation software package
- 48317000 - Word-processing software package
- 48318000 - Scanner software package
- 48319000 - Spell checkers
- 48320000 - Drawing and imaging software package
- 48321000 - Computer-aided design (CAD) software package
- 48321100 - Computer-aided design (CAD) system
- 48322000 - Graphics software package
- 48323000 - Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software package
- 48324000 - Charting software package
- 48325000 - Form-making software package
- 48326000 - Mapping software package
- 48326100 - Digital mapping system
- 48327000 - Drawing and painting software package
- 48328000 - Image-processing software package
- 48329000 - Imaging and archiving system
- 48330000 - Scheduling and productivity software package
- 48331000 - Project management software package
- 48332000 - Scheduling software package
- 48333000 - Contact management software package
- 48400000 - Business transaction and personal business software package
- 48410000 - Investment management and tax preparation software package
- 48411000 - Investment management software package
- 48412000 - Tax preparation software package
- 48420000 - Facilities management software package and software package suite
- 48421000 - Facilities management software package
- 48422000 - Software package suites
- 48430000 - Inventory management software package
- 48440000 - Financial analysis and accounting software package
- 48441000 - Financial analysis software package
- 48442000 - Financial systems software package
- 48443000 - Accounting software package
- 48444000 - Accounting system
- 48444100 - Billing system
- 48445000 - Customer Relation Management software package
- 48450000 - Time accounting or human resources software package
- 48451000 - Enterprise resource planning software package
- 48460000 - Analytical, scientific, mathematical or forecasting software package
- 48461000 - Analytical or scientific software package
- 48462000 - Mathematical or forecasting software package
- 48463000 - Statistical software package
- 48470000 - Auction software package
- 48480000 - Sales, marketing and business intelligence software package
- 48481000 - Sales or marketing software package
- 48482000 - Business intelligence software package
- 48490000 - Procurement software package
- 48500000 - Communication and multimedia software package
- 48510000 - Communication software package
- 48511000 - Desktop communications software package
- 48512000 - Interactive voice response software package
- 48513000 - Modem software package
- 48514000 - Remote access software package
- 48515000 - Video conferencing software package
- 48516000 - Exchange software package
- 48517000 - IT software package
- 48518000 - Emulation software package
- 48519000 - Memory-management software package
- 48520000 - Multimedia software package
- 48521000 - Music or sound editing software package
- 48522000 - Virtual keyboard software package
- 48600000 - Database and operating software package
- 48610000 - Database systems
- 48611000 - Database software package
- 48612000 - Database-management system
- 48613000 - Electronic data management (EDM)
- 48614000 - Data-acquisition system
- 48620000 - Operating systems
- 48621000 - Mainframe operating system software package
- 48622000 - Minicomputer operating system software package
- 48623000 - Microcomputer operating system software package
- 48624000 - Personal computer (PC) operating system software package
- 48625000 - Open systems operating systems
- 48626000 - Clustering software package
- 48627000 - Real-time operating system software package
- 48628000 - Micro-channel architecture
- 48700000 - Software package utilities
- 48710000 - Backup or recovery software package
- 48720000 - Bar coding software package
- 48730000 - Security software package
- 48731000 - File security software package
- 48732000 - Data security software package
- 48740000 - Foreign language translation software package
- 48750000 - Storage media loading software package
- 48760000 - Virus protection software package
- 48761000 - Anti-virus software package
- 48770000 - General, compression and print utility software package
- 48771000 - General utility software package
- 48772000 - Compression utilities
- 48773000 - Print utility software package
- 48773100 - Print-spooling software package
- 48780000 - System, storage and content management software package
- 48781000 - System management software package
- 48782000 - Storage management software package
- 48783000 - Content management software package
- 48790000 - Version checker software package
- 48800000 - Information systems and servers
- 48810000 - Information systems
- 48811000 - E-mail system
- 48812000 - Financial information systems
- 48813000 - Passenger information system
- 48813100 - Electronic bulletin boards
- 48813200 - Real-time passenger information system
- 48814000 - Medical information systems
- 48814100 - Nursing information system
- 48814200 - Patient-administration system
- 48814300 - Theatre management system
- 48814400 - Clinical information system
- 48814500 - Casemix system
- 48820000 - Servers
- 48821000 - Network servers
- 48822000 - Computer servers
- 48823000 - File servers
- 48824000 - Printer servers
- 48825000 - Web servers
- 48900000 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems
- 48910000 - Computer game software package, family titles and screen savers
- 48911000 - Computer game software package
- 48912000 - Family titles
- 48913000 - Screen savers
- 48920000 - Office automation software package
- 48921000 - Automation system
- 48930000 - Training and entertainment software package
- 48931000 - Training software package
- 48932000 - Entertainment software package
- 48940000 - Pattern design and calendar software package
- 48941000 - Pattern design software package
- 48942000 - Calendar software package
- 48950000 - Boat-location and public address system
- 48951000 - Boat-location system
- 48952000 - Public address systems
- 48960000 - Drivers and system software package
- 48961000 - Ethernet drivers
- 48962000 - Graphics card drivers
- 48970000 - Print shop software package
- 48971000 - Address book making software package
- 48972000 - Label making software package
- 48980000 - Programming languages and tools
- 48981000 - Compiling software packages
- 48982000 - Configuration management software package
- 48983000 - Development software package
- 48984000 - Graphical user interface (GUI) tools
- 48985000 - Programming languages
- 48986000 - Program testing software package
- 48987000 - Debugging software package
- 48990000 - Spreadsheets and enhancement software package
- 48991000 - Spreadsheet software package

## Release History

- 7 Nov 2024 at 15:27 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d253d26-fc7f-4455-affc-2d9b821706a7

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9d253d26-fc7f-4455-affc-2d9b821706a7
  7th November 2024 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login
  University of Sussex e-tendering Portal

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