Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Supplier
- Vodafone UK Ltd
- Value
- £52,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- Sector
- IT services · Computer network services (CPV 72700000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- 030968-2023 on Find a Tender
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 Sep 2023
- Published20 Oct 2023Published 49 days after the contract date
Description
The National Gas CNI (Critical National Infrastructure) Managed Networks provide Wide Area Networks (WAN) communications & Satellite connectivity between National Gas Operational Control Centres, Data Centres and remote sites. They also encompass discrete National Gas core networks which support monitoring and control across the Gas transmission systems. The CNI Managed Networks also provide connectivity to Gas Distribution Network (DN's) systems for the exchange of telemetry data. Gas core networks provide connectivity between Gas Control Centres and CNI Data Centres. These services include high-bandwidth, layer 2 connections, managed IP networks and LAN across Control Centres and Data Centres. Infrastructure includes routers, switches, firewalls and load balancers. Site connectivity is also provided to remote Gas sites for control and telemetry.
About the supplier
Vodafone UK Ltd: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 02227940).