Competition with a shortlist
Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council · Regional or local authority
- Supplier
- Virgin Media Business Limited
- Value
- £685,000
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Sector
- Telecoms equipment · Networks (CPV 32400000)
- Region
- West Midlands
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date1 May 2025
- Published1 May 2025Published the same day
Description
The Council wishes to invite interested parties ("Tenderers") to participate in a tender exercise to establish a Contract for the supply of Wide Area Network (WAN) provision to the Council ("the Invitation To Tender"). The tender exercise will be a Further Competition under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) Framework Terms - Network Services 3 Lot 1a: Inter Site Connectivity (Wider Area Network) / Data Access Services. The Council currently has 80 sites connected through its current provider. The Council will be looking to appoint a Supplier with a proven track record of working strategically with public-sector organisations in the UK to provide WAN connectivity that has in turn resulted in tangible cost savings and/or service improvement.
About the supplier
Virgin Media Business Limited: every public contract they have won, plus their Companies House record (company 01785381).