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title: "Corporate Wide Area Network for AGCSU"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-029ecc"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "NHS ARDEN & GEM CSU"
published: "2021-03-24"
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# Corporate Wide Area Network for AGCSU

Buyer: NHS ARDEN & GEM CSU  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-029ecc

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## Summary

The procurement process involves NHS Arden & GEM CSU seeking a service provider for a Corporate Wide Area Network (WAN) project, titled "Corporate Wide Area Network for AGCSU". This procurement falls under the services industry category, specifically focusing on wide area network services. The current stage of this contract is marked as “complete”, having transitioned from the tender phase. The contract, associated with a value of £812,000.01, was signed on 1st February 2021, with the intention to mobilise fully before the contract end date of 31st March 2024. The procurement method utilised was a limited award procedure without a prior call for competition, based on technical and economic justifications.

This tender represents a significant opportunity for businesses in the telecommunications and IT services sector, particularly those skilled in providing integrated network solutions. Companies that can demonstrate expertise in managing wide area networks and possess the capability to ensure interoperability across multiple sites would be well suited to compete. The unique nature of this tender, which required a direct award due to technical complexities, also suggests that specialised firms with an in-depth understanding of NHS requirements and workflows may find themselves well-positioned to deliver competitive bids in future procurement rounds anticipated in 2023.

## Notice

A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres, consisting of 31 circuits across 17 site locations.

### Procurement Information

Technical aspects; interoperability and economic reasons made competitively tendering for only part of the WAN an unrealistic option. Unnecessary duplication of equipment, circuits and technical resource costs in the order of between PS150k to PS200k to achieve a workable technical solution of a split provider WAN network, meant that this was not a value for money (VfM) proposition and service/issue/escalation management of two suppliers would also be an added risk. The CSU having assessed technical reasons, economic reasons (VfM) and compliance aspects considered that the only reasonable course of action was to direct award expiring circuits within its current WAN estates so as to co-term with other in-contract circuits by 31st March 2024. This will enable the CSU to tender for all WAN services in their entirety during 2023 and mobilise before March 2024 contract end date.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005978-2021 |
| 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 | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 24 Mar 2021 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Feb 2021 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £812,000 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | NHS ARDEN & GEM CSU |
| Locality | DERBY |
| Post town | Derby |
| Postcode | DE1 3QT |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLF East Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLF1 Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire |
| ITL 3 | TLF11 Derby |
| Local authority | Derby |
| Electoral ward | Darley |
| Westminster constituency | Derby North |
| Delivery location | TLF East Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | VIRGIN MEDIA BUSINESS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72720000 - Wide area network services

## Release History

- 24 Mar 2021 at 15:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005978-2021

## Notice URLs

- https://www.ardengemcsu.nhs.uk/

## Provenance

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