--- title: "Provision of Landline, Mobile & Data Comms Lines [2017 - 2022]" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "THE HAVEBURY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP" published: "2017-05-31" --- # Provision of Landline, Mobile & Data Comms Lines [2017 - 2022] Buyer: THE HAVEBURY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-4d1fc628-41e5-4b7b-a60b-3545a1490ff4.json) ## Summary The Havebury Housing Partnership is seeking contractors for the "Provision of Landline, Mobile & Data Comms Lines [2017 - 2022]" project, focusing on telecommunications services in the East of England. This selective procurement, classified under CPV code 32412100, was announced through a restricted procedure, with a total contract value of £700,000. The tender period ended on 17 February 2017, while the awarded contract is set to commence on 19 June 2017 and run until 18 June 2022. The partnership manages over 6,000 homes across parts of Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire, and Essex and aims to enhance its communication lines with modern solutions. This tender presents significant growth opportunities for telecommunications and data service providers, particularly those specialising in wireless telecommunications systems and related maintenance services. Businesses that can offer innovative communication solutions and robust support structures will be well-positioned to compete. Given the project's scope and the involvement of both Havebury Housing Partnership and Freebridge Community Housing, businesses focusing on social housing needs and community services could also benefit from aligning their services with the objectives of these housing organisations. ## Notice Provision, support and maintenance of communication lines for Havebury Housing Partnership, [Lot 2] and Freebridge Community Housing [Lot 1]. The Contract will be awarded to the MEAT, criteria of 60% Quality (Quality Questionnaire) and 40% Cost and is a restricted procedure. Freebridge Community Housing own and manages close to 7,000 homes in West Norfolk. It works closely with local authorities, agencies and community groups to meet local social housing needs and to provide wider community services. Our current communications is based around a point to point connection, leased lines and ADSL internet connections (or FTTC where available). It has a data centre in the centre of King's Lynn and DR services are provided at another location on the outskirts of town. It is starting to back up to Microsoft Azure and the strategy is to use that as secondary DR. Azure also hosts the corporate website. The Havebury Housing Partnership manages over 6,000 homes across Suffolk, Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and Essex. It works closely with local authorities, agencies and other housing associations to meet local social housing needs and to provide community services. It is now in a proof of concept phase with Microsoft Azure. Its current comms is based around MPLS with a data centre in Manchester providing our cloud DR and hosting of our web-facing services. It is planned that this arrangement would be replaced in March 2018, moving to simple Internet connections. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abcaa595-4c09-4530-a08d-cb17f0bd07a7 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Selective | | Procurement method details | Restricted procedure | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 31 May 2017 | | Submission deadline | 17 Feb 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 21 May 2017 | | Contract period | 18 Jun 2017 - 18 Jun 2022 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £700,000 | | 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 | THE HAVEBURY HOUSING PARTNERSHIP | | Locality | BURY ST EDMUNDS | | Post town | Ipswich | | Postcode | IP33 3SP | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLH East (England) | | ITL 2 | TLH6 Suffolk | | ITL 3 | TLH64 West Suffolk | | Local authority | West Suffolk | | Electoral ward | Minden | | Westminster constituency | Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | CAVENDISH COMMUNICATIONS LTD AND ALTERNATIVE NETWORKS | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 50 - Repair and maintenance services - 64 - Postal and telecommunications services ### Codes - 32412100 - Telecommunications network - 32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system - 50300000 - Repair, maintenance and associated services related to personal computers, office equipment, telecommunications and audio-visual equipment - 64200000 - Telecommunications services ## Release History - 31 May 2017 at 09:51 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abcaa595-4c09-4530-a08d-cb17f0bd07a7 - 15 Mar 2017 at 09:45 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/42cfcf80-e269-4db0-b661-b02ce0b43bc7 - 14 Mar 2017 at 11:59 - TenderAmendment - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/42cfcf80-e269-4db0-b661-b02ce0b43bc7 - 14 Mar 2017 at 11:55 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/42cfcf80-e269-4db0-b661-b02ce0b43bc7 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/abcaa595-4c09-4530-a08d-cb17f0bd07a7 31st May 2017 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/42cfcf80-e269-4db0-b661-b02ce0b43bc7 15th March 2017 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - http://www.havebury.com/contact-us/procurement/landline-mobile-datacomms- Access to Procurement Documents provided on Havebury's website below ## Notice URLs - http://www.havebury.com ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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