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Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022

Buyer: FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED →

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BuyerFIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
StatusClosed
Deadline24 Aug 2022
Value£32,500,000
Published1 Aug 2022

What is being bought

The progressive replacement of private data access circuits and where necessary Client Premise Equipment (CPE) supporting a current flat Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Network (WAN) and the migration/optimisation to Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). This includes any SDWAN appliances/software and/or security appliances/software necessary to integrate to existing networking and security infrastructure. The replacement/upgrade of dedicated private access circuits for CCTV and where necessary the migration to IP CCTV. The scope of this project is a Three Year Term and up to two years extensions (subject to DFT approval) with the overall purposes/objectives: 1. Improve network traffic management whilst reducing backhauled data centre traffic; 2. Improve network security & segmentation utilising core & edge security solutions; 3. Improve network bandwidth using multiple/different network transport types; 4. Design the cloud and on-premises solution which maximises existing investments; 5. Improve network insight (Monitoring/reporting); 6. Improve agility to manage service level agreements; 7. Improve network automation, orchestration and virtualisation; 8. Progressively migrate to SDWAN minimising business impact; 9. Demonstrate product roadmaps and innovation; 10. Progressively reduce network cost. The governance for this project will be Two separate procurements on behalf of FirstGroup Holdings Ltd. (FGH) and its two subsidiary companies, "South Western Railway (SWR)" & "Great Western Railway (GWR)". There will be two lots and each bidder may bid for one or both lots.

Delivery location

UK · UK

Categories

Telephone and data transmission services 64210000Wide area network services 72720000Public transport services by railways 60210000

Lot details

Data Access Services Framework

DAC Framework Agreement including pricing for all types of circuits pertinent to this procurement and quality assessment of DAC services (Contract 1). At Preferred Bidder (PB) stage specific DAC Bill of Materials (BOM) will then be priced for SWR & GWR. GWR 175 Dual Circuits - (2 HQ, 157 Stations, 5 Depots, 10 4G Portacabin). SWR 203 Dual Circuits - (3 HQ, 187 Stations, 9 Depots, 4 4G Portacabin).

Statusactive
Value£21,000,000

Fully Managed SD WAN

Supply and installation of a Fully Managed SD Wan solution including equipment and ongoing Support & Maintenance Service for Great Western Railways (GWR) and South Western Railways (SWR)

Statusactive
Value£11,500,000

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Telephone and data transmission servicesNot published
2Wide area network servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 64. The category anchor is Telephone and data transmission services (64210000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 641,3383 median · 18.9 average (416 of 1,338 with a bid count)2.3 average (500 of 1,338 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer1Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Delivery region: UK4543 median · 37.4 average (137 of 454 with a bid count)3.8 average (172 of 454 with named award suppliers)Not published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)49Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNo
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-0357e4
Latest release ID020975-2022
Latest release timestampMon Aug 01 2022 13:53:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusactive
Procurement methodselective
Procurement method detailsNegotiated procedure with prior call for competition
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0025
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: end2022-08-24T14:00:00+01:00
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailshttp://redirect.transaxions.com/events/0dv5p
Submission languagesen
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£32,500,000
Tender lots in source2
Tender items in source2
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release2

Notice history

DateEventReference
1 Aug 2022tender020975-2022

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
1 Aug 2022 · 020975-2022 · tender
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