--- title: "Oasis Community Learning - WAN/Connectivity Solution" ocid: "ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc.json" source: "Contracts Finder" current_stage: "Planning" buyer: "OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING" published: "2022-08-08" --- # Oasis Community Learning - WAN/Connectivity Solution Buyer: OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING Current stage: Planning OCID: ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-b5fd17-d207f003-a614-4932-82d7-f79ff7d141bc.json) ## Summary Oasis Community Learning is planning a procurement process for a WAN/Connectivity Solution, aimed at enhancing IT infrastructure across their 52 academies in England. The planned procurement involves a Trust-wide solution covering site-to-site connectivity, internet access, safeguarding measures, and telephony requirements. The procurement stage is currently in the planning phase, with a future notice date set for 13th September 2022. The Trust anticipates selecting a partner by the end of December for work commencement in the New Year, potentially going live by summer 2023. This tender by Oasis Community Learning presents an opportunity for businesses specializing in communications, network equipment, and IT services to engage in a competitive dialogue-style procurement process. With a contract period starting on 1st December 2022 until 31st December 2024, this opportunity is well-suited for SMEs and VCSEs looking to provide innovative and reliable technology solutions to support the Trust's educational vision. Interested bidders are invited to express their interest in attending a meeting on 13th September in London to learn more about the Trust's infrastructure requirements and procurement approach. ## Notice Pre-market engagement for a Multi Academy Trust WAN/Connectivity solution. Oasis Community Learning is one of the largest multi-academy educational trusts in England, a family of 52 academies (primary, secondary and all-through academies) in five regions across the country which is likely to increase over the life of the contract. Each?of our academies, and the services behind them, are committed to?creating an exceptional?entitlement that ensures that our students have real choice in their lives. We want them to leave at the end of their time at school equipped, ready and eager to make the most of their next steps. We are also committed to a model of inclusion, equality, and healthy relationships and this permeates all aspects of the life and culture of each academy and the organisation as a whole. Our vision is to create "Exceptional Education at the Heart of the Community" for our 32,000+ students. We look to deliver an exceptional education to our students and to achieve this we require innovative, up to date and reliable IT infrastructure and systems providing the trust value for money. Oasis is looking for a holistic Trust-wide WAN/Connectivity solution to cover their entire estate. This trust-wide WAN/Connectivity Solution will include site-to-site connectivity and managed internet access (potentially incorporating web filtering), capable of supporting the trusts web filtering, safeguarding, site-to-site backups and telephony requirements, amongst oth...y and the management information system, autonomously 'failover'. The Trust will be using the Everything ICT Framework to undertake any procurement activity pursuant to this notice. A competitive dialogue-style procurement approach will be used to select the Trust partner(s). On Tuesday 13th September at the Trust headquarters in London, Trust IT leaders will be sharing their ambition and vision of the future Trust-wide network infrastructure to potential bidders for this significant infrastructure programme. The programme may well be implemented in a number of phases over the next couple of years. The session will comprise a presentation by Trust IT leaders followed by questions and answers. Whilst the timing of any subsequent procurement has not yet been fully defined, the Trust currently anticipates choosing a partner before the end of December, with the partner commencing work in the New Year and systems potentially going live by summer 2023. Bidders who may have an interest in this project are invited to express their interest in attending the meeting by contacting Everything ICT at OASWAN101@everythingict.org by 5.00pm on Monday 5th September. Only those organisations who express interest in accordance with this notice will be invited to participate in future stages of any subsequent procurement. Meeting Date: Tuesday 13th September - 9am to 2pm Location: 35-41 Interchurch House, Lower Marsh, London SE1 7RL A meeting agenda will be provided in advance ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Contracts Finder | | Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67928d9b-04e9-4c02-b92e-ab19c30ff741 | | Notice type | Planned Procurement Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Not specified | | Procurement method | Not Specified | | Procurement method details | Not specified | | Tender suitability | SME, VCSE | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Planning | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 8 Aug 2022 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | 13 Sep 2022 | | Award date | Not specified | | Contract period | 1 Dec 2022 - 31 Dec 2024 | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £500,000 | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Planned | | Lots status | Not specified | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | South East London | | Postcode | SE1 7RL | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI45 Lambeth | | Local authority | Lambeth | | Electoral ward | Waterloo & South Bank | | Westminster constituency | Vauxhall and Camberwell Green | | Delivery location | TLC North East (England), TLD North West (England), TLE Yorkshire and The Humber, TLF East Midlands (England), TLG West Midlands (England), TLI London, TLJ South East (England), TLK South West (England) | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 64 - Postal and telecommunications services - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 32412000 - Communications network - 32412110 - Internet network - 32412120 - Intranet network - 32420000 - Network equipment - 32421000 - Network cabling - 64200000 - Telecommunications services - 64227000 - Integrated telecommunications services - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 8 Aug 2022 at 16:45 - Planning - Planned Procurement Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67928d9b-04e9-4c02-b92e-ab19c30ff741 ## Documents - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/67928d9b-04e9-4c02-b92e-ab19c30ff741 8th August 2022 - Future opportunity notice on Contracts Finder - https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=AUG164899 NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the myTenders Web Site at the link provided. ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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