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title: "Voluntary ex ante Transparency notice - Wide Area Network (WAN)"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04706f"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY"
published: "2024-07-19"
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# Voluntary ex ante Transparency notice - Wide Area Network (WAN)

Buyer: YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04706f

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## Summary

The procurement process for a Wide Area Network (WAN) service involved the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority, acting on behalf of multiple organisations, contracting with North Yorkshire Council through a Teckal company called Nynet Limited. The procurement was focused on providing network links for the Police Force and Fire and Rescue Service, with different link types based on criticality. The procurement method was a limited Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. Important dates include the formation of the enabling collaboration in 2019 and the contract's initial 60-month period with an option to extend for 2 x 12 months.

This tender for a Wide Area Network service presents business growth opportunities for companies offering broadband solutions, network infrastructure, and related services. Businesses suited to compete in this tender are those with expertise in providing secure, reliable network services to public entities. The procurement stage, currently at the award stage, signifies a completed process where suppliers like North Yorkshire Council have the opportunity to contribute to enhancing emergency response capabilities and daily operations for public safety organisations in North Yorkshire.

## Notice

Discontinuation of the following: This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority formed on the 7th May 2024 acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of fully owned teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network Since the formation in 2019 of enableNY (North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) many areas of the Estates are shared by both organisations, the vision is to have a collaborative arrangement which will deliver opportunities to reduce costs for multi occupancy buildings. Nynet provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire.

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Discontinuation of the following: This is voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of fully owned teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network. The deliverables from the service shall include network links for Police Force and the Fire and Rescue Service, supporting the current and future demand on network traffic,. This will be performed on a site-by-site basis defining the link size and link type required based on criticality of the services within the building. Link types include: * Non-resilient where a single link is presented and should this fail, connectivity is lost * Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations eventually being routed together to the same supplier exchange or where they exit the building in the same place bur are routed to the different BT exchanges. * Fully Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations and are routed to separate exchanges powered by different sections of the national grid * Technical requirements will be produced citing bandwidth, latency and jitter parameters that need to be met to support the growing use of voice and video technologies over the network links Project implementation requirements will ensure that where downtime is required it is minimised and takes place during less busy periods. Nynet Limited provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire. Objectives common to North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority that will be achieved include but not limited to: * Enables and enhances the ability to perform North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service roles as Category 1 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024 * To facilitate and achieve enhanced secure and resilient communications in an emergency. * Provide day to day reliable access to the public, data and cloud hosted applications supporting all of the organisation's functions. The procurement is to be awarded in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Options: Options to extend for 2 x 12 months

### Procurement Information

Discontinuation of the following: The procurement is in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022406-2024 |
| 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 | 19 Jul 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 16 Jun 2024 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £3,895,190 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Cancelled |
| Lots status | Cancelled |
| Awards status | Active, Unsuccessful |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | YORK AND NORTH YORKSHIRE COMBINED AUTHORITY |
| Locality | NORTHALLERTON |
| Post town | Darlington |
| Postcode | DL7 8AD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |
| ITL 2 | TLE2 North Yorkshire |
| ITL 3 | TLE22 North Yorkshire |
| Local authority | North Yorkshire |
| Electoral ward | Romanby |
| Westminster constituency | Richmond and Northallerton |
| Delivery location | TLE Yorkshire and The Humber |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNCIL |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72720000 - Wide area network services

## Release History

- 19 Jul 2024 at 08:53 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022406-2024
- 17 Jun 2024 at 12:28 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/018607-2024

## Notice URLs

- https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk

## Provenance

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