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title: "DfT Local and Wider Area Network Maintenance and Support Contract"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05147d"
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current_stage: "Planning"
buyer: "DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT"
published: "2025-05-15"
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# DfT Local and Wider Area Network Maintenance and Support Contract

Buyer: DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT  
Current stage: Planning  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05147d

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## Summary

The Department for Transport is in the planning stage of a procurement process entitled "DfT Local and Wider Area Network Maintenance and Support Contract." This contract aims to ensure maintenance and high-performance support for the data networks across its central office buildings, concentrating on WiFi and LAN connections. The procurement, poised under the services category, involves industry classifications for local and wide area network services, with an estimated gross value of £1,920,000. The contract, initially scheduled to run from 1st September 2025 to 31st August 2028, may extend until late 2030. Interested parties are encouraged to express interest by 29th May 2025, and further notice is expected by 31st July 2025.

This tender offers substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in network services, especially those capable of managing and maintaining reliable WiFi and LAN connections. Given the focus on SMEs, smaller enterprises with expertise in high-performance internet connectivity and network support will find this contract particularly suitable. Participating firms would be tasked with ensuring dependable and efficient network operations, providing advisory services on capacity needs, and implementing any required changes via contract variations or new procurements, all of which support the delivery of robust network infrastructure for the Department’s extensive office estates.

## Notice

DfT are currently scoping the requirements for a new contract to succeed the current ISP for DfT Estates & Locations (WAN &LAN) Contract which provides maintenance and support of the data networks in most of its central office buildings. This procurement will be for direct, high-performance internet connections at each site. The service will cover the WiFi and LAN connections in each building along with responsibility for monitoring, management and fault fixing for the WiFi and LAN. It will include monitoring and addressing any issues on the internet links supplied under this procurement. The WiFi/LAN and internet connections will be used for Office 365 (including Skype voice and video) access to legacy servers hosted in the cloud and general internet access. Under this procurement we will not be seeking private WAN connections between sites and there is no specific requirement for resilient connections or traffic prioritisation. Resilience will be addressed through one or more separate procurements that will look at sufficient separation of access routes and technology. We do want the connections to provide guaranteed, reliable throughput, even at busy times. We will take responsibility for initial sizing and rely on the WiFi/LAN supplier to monitor and advise on any changes required to the internet connections which would be delivered by contract variations or new procurements.

### Planning Information

Please contact Ollie.Hughes@dft.gov.uk for details of an Expression of Interest.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021754-2025 |
| Notice type | UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | SME |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Planning |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 15 May 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | 31 Jul 2025 |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 31 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2028 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,600,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Planning |
| Lots status | Planning |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Post town | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Vincent Square |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | TLI London |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

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

### Codes

- 72710000 - Local area network services
- 72720000 - Wide area network services

## Release History

- 15 May 2025 at 12:44 - Planning - UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021754-2025

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/021754-2025
  15th May 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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