--- title: "Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-05814d" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05814d" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05814d.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05814d.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT" published: "2025-08-05" --- # Managed WAN Services 2025 - New contract for existing Wide Area Network Buyer: THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05814d [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-05814d) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-05814d.json) ## Summary The procurement process in question pertains to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) for their Managed WAN Services 2025 contract, focusing on the IT services industry, specifically consulting, software development, internet, and support. This contract aimed to manage connectivity across various sites, including data centres and regional locations in the UK. The tender was initiated under a limited procurement method, meaning there was no prior publication of a call for competition, aligning with specific directive exemptions. However, this process reached an unsuccessful conclusion, with both the contract's tender and award stage marked as failed, as of the most recent update on 5th August 2025. Due to the procurement method's nature and the integrated requirements, a new supplier would pose a significant service disruption risk. This tender represents a noteworthy opportunity for businesses specialising in customised IT network solutions and those with existing capacity to maintain highly specific and operationally critical environments. Companies experienced in handling intricate, deeply embedded technical systems and ensuring operational resilience would be well-suited to such projects. Engaging in this sector allows businesses to showcase their expertise in delivering tailored IT service solutions while capitalising on the opportunities presented by the advanced technological needs of public bodies like the IOPC. Businesses capable of addressing these sophisticated requirements will likely find competitive advantages and growth potential by leveraging their skills within this specific procurement context. ## Notice A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Connectivity for each of our sites including 2 data centres, 6 regional sites and cloud connectivity providing the IOPC with the ability to use essential services securely ranging from internally hosted applications through to M365 and SAAS hosted services. ### Procurement Information 1. Deep Integrated and Bespoke Solution: Redcentric successfully designed, migrated and implemented IOPC's comprehensive network and data centre solution. This includes managed site-to-site and client VPNs, resilient internet access, critical firewall configurations, and continuous monitoring. These services are fully integrated across the IOPC Farnborough and Corsham Crown Hosting data centres, supporting both production and disaster recovery environments. The solution is uniquely tailored to IOPC's specific architecture and operational requirements. 2. Maintaining Operational Resilience and Continuity Operational resilience is fundamental to IOPC's services and is intrinsically embedded within the existing solution. Redcentric established automated failover between our data centres, configured secure MPLS connectivity, and implemented live replication services, all of which are actively supporting IOPC's business-as-usual operations. Transitioning these highly complex and interconnected services to a new provider would necessitate dismantling and revalidating live configurations, significantly increasing the risk of widespread system outages or degraded service performance. Any switch would also risk the loss of critical configuration knowledge and jeopardise existing fail-safe mechanisms due to the intricate nature of the setup. 3. Incompatibility with Existing Infrastructure and Investment The IOPC has made substantial investment in equipment and service integrations that are intrinsically linked to RedCentric systems and operational frameworks. introducing a new supplier at this stage would require reverse-engineering a live, bespoke solution. This would not only incur significant duplicative costs for infrastructure and re-implementation but also render parts of the existing estate incompatible or redundant. Such a change would undermine the value of the solution already delivered, severely disrupt essential business operations, and delay the realisation of long-term efficiencies envisaged in our original disaggregation strategy. 4. Unacceptable Risk of Service Disruption: A procurement reset, and the introduction of a new supplier would pose an unacceptable risk of service disruption, critical configuration conflicts, and a breakdown in operational continuity due to the need to reverse-engineer and replace a live, highly customised and deeply embedded technical solution. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046030-2025 | | 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 | Not specified | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 5 Aug 2025 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 5 Aug 2025 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Unsuccessful | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Unsuccessful | | Contracts status | Not specified | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | THE INDEPENDENT OFFICE FOR POLICE CONDUCT | | Locality | LONDON | | Post town | East London | | Postcode | E14 4PU | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLI London | | ITL 2 | TLI4 Inner London - East | | ITL 3 | TLI42 Tower Hamlets | | Local authority | Tower Hamlets | | Electoral ward | Canary Wharf | | Westminster constituency | Poplar and Limehouse | | Delivery location | Not specified | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ## Release History - 5 Aug 2025 at 10:12 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/046030-2025 ## Notice URLs - https://www.policeconduct.gov.uk/ ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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