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title: "Wightfibre Circuits - 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-04b17d"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL"
published: "2024-10-25"
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# Wightfibre Circuits - 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton

Buyer: ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-04b17d

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## Summary

The Isle of Wight Council has completed a procurement process for a 1Gbps point-to-point circuit between County Hall and Somerton, under the title "Wightfibre Circuits - 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton". This tender, classified under IT services and software development, was limited to negotiation without the publication of a contract notice due to the unique technical advantages offered by Wight Fibre. The procurement was finalised with the contract being signed on 25 October 2024, and a potential extension is possible from August 2025 to July 2026. The quality (50%) and price (50%) were the main criteria for awarding the contract, and the contract value stands at £11,400.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in IT services, particularly those capable of providing robust and cost-effective point-to-point connections. Rather than utilising Open Reach infrastructure, this procurement leveraged Wight Fibre’s existing infrastructure, ensuring lower costs and additional benefits such as real-time bandwidth monitoring and enhanced resilience. Businesses in the IT and telecommunications sectors that can offer similar or complementary services and infrastructure could find ample growth opportunities by engaging in future tenders of this nature or collaborating with the Isle of Wight Council to enhance regional digital infrastructure.

## Notice

1 x 1Gbps point to point circuit between County Hall and Somerton

### Lot Information

Lot 1

1 x point to point connection between County Hall and Somerton. August 2024 - July 2025 (with 12m extension possible to July 2026) Cost includes whole life cost (12m+12m)

Options: 12m Extension

### Procurement Information

1 x point to point connection between County Hall and Somerton. August 2024 - July 2025 (with 12m extension possible to July 2026) The supplier (Wight Fibre) has its own Island Infrastructure already in situ; any other supplier would depend on utilising Open Reach infrastructure to supply our requirements, which in itself carries a higher cost than is offered by Wight Fibre, whose infrastructure is already in place. A cost comparison with another provider was carried out with Wight Fibre as lowest cost, but with additional benefits such as monitoring of real time bandwidth and traffic usage. Wight Fibre's offering also includes a large number of public IP addresses on two of the direct internet connections, upstream DNS mirroring, built in resilience, 24/7 365 days a year coverage for faults, monitoring, and reporting. Continuity of supply of our connection(s) is of high importance and as well as the cost effectiveness mentioned. The Isle of Wight Council will be observing a 10-day standstill period which will end at midnight on 04 November 2024.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034715-2024 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Negotiated without publication of a contract notice |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 25 Oct 2024 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 24 Oct 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 | £11,400 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL |
| Locality | NEWPORT |
| Post town | Portsmouth |
| Postcode | PO30 1UD |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLJ South East (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLJ3 Hampshire and Isle of Wight |
| ITL 3 | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |
| Local authority | Isle of Wight |
| Electoral ward | Newport Central |
| Westminster constituency | Isle of Wight West |
| Delivery location | TLJ34 Isle of Wight |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | WIGHT FIBRE |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 25 Oct 2024 at 14:24 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/034715-2024

## Notice URLs

- http://www.iow.gov.uk

## Provenance

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