Official UK procurement notice
Corporate Wide Area Network for AGCSU
Authority: NHS Arden and GEM CSU (NHS & healthcare)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionA Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres.
CPV: Wide area network services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres,…Awarded
A Wide Area Network (WAN) connecting NHS AGEM CSU corporate sites & Data Centres, consisting of 31 circuits across 17 site locations.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 24 Mar 2021, 15:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 24 Mar 2021, 15:24 GMT
- Authority reference
AGEMCSU/TRANS/20/913- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-005978- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029eccFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
- Published justification
Technical aspects; interoperability and economic reasons made competitively tendering for only part of the WAN an unrealistic option.
Unnecessary duplication of equipment, circuits and technical resource costs in the order of between £150k to £200k to achieve a workable technical solution of a split provider WAN network, meant that this was not a value for money (VfM) proposition and service/issue/escalation management of two suppliers would also be an added risk.
The CSU having assessed technical reasons, economic reasons (VfM) and compliance aspects considered that the only reasonable course of action was to direct award expiring circuits within its current WAN estates so as to co-term with other in-contract circuits by 31st March 2024. This will enable the CSU to tender for all WAN services in their entirety during 2023 and mobilise before March 2024 contract end date.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Media Business Ltd | £812,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 005978-2021-1 · Virgin Media Business Ltd
- Signed
- 1 Feb 2021
- Value
- £812,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Virgin Media Business LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.