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# Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fully-managed-sd-wan-services-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0357e4). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED: "Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £32,500,000. 2 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Aug 2022, 14:00 BST. Published submission portal: redirect.transaxions.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/firstgroup-holdings-limited-GB-COH-02029363)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £32,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 August 2022 at 14:00 BST
- **Lots:** 2
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Public transport services by railways, Telephone and data transmission services, Wide area network services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0357e4`

## 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/fully-managed-sd-wan-services-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0357e4#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [redirect.transaxions.com](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fredirect.transaxions.com%2Fevents%2F0dv5p)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/fully-managed-sd-wan-services-2022-ocds-h6vhtk-0357e4#participate

## Description
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.

## Lots (2)
### Lot 1: Data Access Services Framework
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 64210000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £21,000,000
- **Description:** 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 & G...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: Fully Managed SD WAN
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72720000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Estimated Value:** £11,500,000
- **Description:** 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)

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F020975-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-01T13:53:54.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-21T12:33:14.763Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0357e4