Contract award · 17 Mar 2026

Core Network Replacement Service

Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council awarded “Core Network Replacement Service” to Switchshop Ltd for £331k on 17 Mar 2026.

Telecoms equipmentSouth East

Value £331k
WinnerSwitchshop Ltd SME

Competition with a shortlist

Competitive procedure with a selection stage: suppliers were shortlisted before being invited to bid.

Key facts

Buyer
Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council · Regional or local authority
Supplier
Switchshop Ltd SME
Value
£330,895.17
Procedure
Call-off from a framework agreement
Sector
Telecoms equipment · Network equipment (CPV 32420000)
Timeline
  1. Contract date17 Mar 2026
  2. Published17 Mar 2026Published the same day

Description

The Council is looking to procure a full set of replacement networking infrastructure equipment to meet or exceed the current equipment capabilities, including both wired and wireless components for its main, disaster recovery (DR), and 10 remote ancillary sites; the networking equipment will support each site's physical and wireless IT inter-connections both horizontally and vertically within the buildings and is to be compatible with standard datacentre rack infrastructure as well as wired and wireless endpoint connectivity. The purpose of this process is to procure a complete replacement of all Wired and Wireless Network Infrastructure Hardware, management systems and Support Services (the Procurement).

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