Contracts Finder notice
Further Competition Under the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) - Network Services 3 Lot 1a - Wide Area Connectivity (WAN) - AWARD
Authority: Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe 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.
Published procurement details
- Procedure
- Restricted procedure
- Buyer reference
- IT-230-8934-SMBC 24066 - AWARD
- Category
- Services
- Tender status
- Complete
- Award status
- Active
- Suitable for SMEs
- No
- Suitable for voluntary, community and social enterprises
- No
- Published tender value
- £200,000.00
- Min Value
- £160,000.00
- Tender deadline
- Procurement method
- Selective
- Additional classifications 1: Reference
- 32410000
- Additional classifications 1: Scheme
- CPV
- Additional classifications 1: Description
- Local area network
- Item 1: Delivery locations as published
- B69 3DB; West Midlands, United Kingdom
Key dates
Published dates- Notice published1 May 2025
- Contract starts17 Nov 2025
- Award decision24 Apr 2026
- Contract ends16 Nov 2026
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
- Sandwell Metropolitan Borough CouncilContracting authority
Suppliers named on the notice
- Virgin Media BusinessSupplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
Source record
- Source
- Contracts Finder
- Notice language
- en
- Release reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3e78586d-332d-4f79-a2f7-023afc71533b-2025-05-01T13:34:22+01:00
- Published
- 1 May 2025
- Latest update
- 1 May 2025
- Procedure reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3e78586d-332d-4f79-a2f7-023afc71533b
- Contract reference
- ocds-b5fd17-3e78586d-332d-4f79-a2f7-023afc71533b-1