--- title: "Network Products and Services" ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549.json" source: "Public Contracts Scotland" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "FIFE COLLEGE" published: "2017-03-06" --- # Network Products and Services Buyer: FIFE COLLEGE Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549.json) ## Summary Fife College is undertaking a tender process for the "Network Products and Services" contract, aimed at procuring and maintaining network products and services for their local, wireless, and wide area networks. The procurement method is an open procedure under the goods category, with a total contract value of £700,000. The tender period concludes on 17 January 2017, with the bid opening scheduled for the same day at 1:00 PM. Fife College is located in Dunfermline, Fife, UK, and the procurement is currently at the stage of awarding contracts. This tender presents an opportunity for businesses in the IT and telecommunications sectors, particularly those specialising in networking hardware and software solutions. Companies capable of providing routers, switches, firewalls, and related maintenance services would find this tender particularly beneficial. Additionally, businesses that can demonstrate the ability to respond quickly to service calls will be at an advantage, as timely on-site support is a requirement outlined in the contract terms. ## Notice Fife College required a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks. ### Lot Information Lot 1 Fife College required a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks. The purpose of this Contract was for the College to establish a best value, consistent method of purchasing and maintaining network products and relevant services. The network products were both hardware and software based. Such products included, but were not limited to, Routers, Switches, Firewalls, Hyper-Converged Products, Wireless Controllers, Wireless Access Points, Network Virtual Appliances or Packaged Installers, Gateway Security, Network Access Control, Network Security, Logging and Reporting and Content Filtering etc. This also included relevant cloud-based or otherwise hosted network products and subscription services.. Economic operators may have been excluded from the competition if they were in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Renewal: 2x 1 year extensions at the sole discretion of Fife College. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland | | Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR275996 | | Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Goods | | Procurement method | Open | | Procurement method details | Open procedure | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Not specified | | All stages | Tender, Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 6 Mar 2017 | | Submission deadline | 17 Jan 2017 | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 22 Feb 2017 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | 5-7 years | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | £700,000 | | Lots value | £700,000 | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | Not specified | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Complete | | Awards status | Not specified | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | FIFE COLLEGE | | Locality | DUNFERMLINE | | Post town | Kirkcaldy | | Postcode | KY11 8DY | | Country | Scotland | | ITL 1 | TLM Scotland | | ITL 2 | TLM0 Eastern Scotland | | ITL 3 | TLM01 Clackmannanshire and Fife | | Local authority | Fife | | Electoral ward | Dunfermline Central | | Westminster constituency | Dunfermline and Dollar | | Delivery location | UKM22 Clackmannanshire and Fife | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 30 - Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages - 32 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment - 50 - Repair and maintenance services - 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support ### Codes - 30237110 - Network interfaces - 32400000 - Networks - 32410000 - Local area network - 32412000 - Communications network - 32412110 - Internet network - 32413100 - Network routers - 32420000 - Network equipment - 32422000 - Network components - 32424000 - Network infrastructure - 32427000 - Network system - 32428000 - Network upgrade - 32430000 - Wide area network - 50312300 - Maintenance and repair of data network equipment - 50312310 - Maintenance of data network equipment - 50312320 - Repair of data network equipment - 72315100 - Data network support services - 72710000 - Local area network services - 72720000 - Wide area network services ## Release History - 6 Mar 2017 at 00:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR275996 - 5 Dec 2016 at 00:00 - Tender - OJEU - F2 - Contract Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC266117 ## Documents - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=8 19th December 2016 - Response to clarification questions raised to 16 December 2017. - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=2 7th December 2016 - Specification - Full details of requirement - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=3 7th December 2016 - Schedules to Tender - Questions for Bidders (To be completed and returned) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=4 7th December 2016 - Price Schedule (To be completed and returned) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=5 7th December 2016 - Form of Tender - Declaration (To be completed and returned) - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=6 7th December 2016 - Terms & Conditions of Contract - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=7 7th December 2016 - ESPD for Network Products and Services: FC-2016-0032 - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/NoticeDownload/DownloadDocument.aspx?id=DEC266117&idx=1 7th December 2016 - Invitation to Tender Letter - Instructions and Guidance for Bidders - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=DEC266117 Network Products and Services - Fife College requires a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks. - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=MAR275996 Network Products and Services - Fife College required a Contract to allow the purchase and maintenance of network products and services for the College's local, wireless and wide area networks. ## Notice URLs - http:// - http://www.fife.ac.uk - http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/hse40.pdf - http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk - https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000472549 ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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