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title: "External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)"
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# External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-connectivity-wan-internet-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ef1e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** The Guinness Partnership: "External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [The Guinness Partnership](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-guinness-partnership-rsh-4729)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Wide area network
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03ef1e`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/external-connectivity-wan-internet-services-ocds-h6vhtk-03ef1e#tl-md)

## Description
Guinness require a contract for fixed line communications including:
•	Data Centre Connectivity
•	Wide Area Networking
•	Internet Connectivity
A procurement strategy is currently being formulated with a view to the procurement of this contract during 2023/24.This Notice is a Prior Information Notice of a future contract opportunity. This is not a call for competition, or a request for you to express interest in bidding for work.
Organisations are invited to consider completing and returning information indicted in the soft market testing document linked with this Notice. Whether or not an organisation chooses to return any information will have no relevance or bearing on assessment of any future application to participate in a subsequent procurement process. Returning information will not be deemed by Guinness as a standing expression of interest for any future contract opportunity.
Organisations should continue to monitor the UK e-notification service Find a Tender Service for notices and the opportunity to submit an expression interest or tender for a notified contract opportunity.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK

- **Description:** Guinness spend circa £360,000 +VAT per annum on Wide Area Networking and Internet Services.
Guinness operates across the majority of England. Details of the connection sites can be found in the soft market testing document linked to this Notice.
Guin...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F023584-2023)
- **Last Source Update:** 2023-08-11T13:14:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T16:45:56.716Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03ef1e