Official UK procurement notice
NCC741 Wide Area Network Replacement Project
Authority: Northumberland County Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionContract for the provision of a Wide Area Network.
CPV: Wide area network services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 1 suppliers · 2 bids received (2.0 per place) · 1 appointed (full)
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Contract for the provision of a Wide Area Network for Northumberland County CouncilAwarded
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (3)
- Quality: 45
- Social Value: 25
- Price: 30
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “NCC741 Wide Area Network Replacement Project” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 1 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive procedure with negotiation
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes
- First published
- 10 Jan 2022, 11:24 GMT
- Last source update
- 16 Dec 2022, 10:14 GMT
- Authority reference
DN590478- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-035618- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0308f1Find a Tender
Publisher note: The Council are particularly interested in achieving the following through the procurement of a new Wide Area Network • Leverage the improved capacity of the Local Full Fibre Deployment, providing bandwidth increases and reduced cost on some of our sites. • Whilst the Local Full Fibre Network project has delivered significant improvement in the speed of connection to the Councils properties its impact on other residential and business premises has been disappointing. The Council would like to use the opportunity of replacing its WAN to improve the provision of fibre to the property across Northumberland. • Consolidation of all Wide Area connectivity into a single contract (site connections, internet, datacentre). Approach The Council is seeking to award to a single supplier. However, the Council accepts that this supplier may sub-contract delivery of parts of the network to other suppliers. The Council expects that there will be a significant emphasis placed on the social value element of the tender in evaluation and scoring, to support the delivery of enhanced connectivity to residences in Northumberland. The Council is considering a longer contract duration of up to 20 years, and is open-minded regarding capital v revenue funding if a Dark Fibre/Anchor Tenancy approach best supports their objectives, as long as the proposal is commercially viable and achieves best value for money. If this approach is preferred, it is likely to take some time to implement. Suppliers will need to explain how they would manage the transition from the existing environment to a new network where possible avoiding doubling cost and enabling the Council to meet its LFFN obligations. The Council has no desire to run the network themselves, or own any fibre infrastructure, and will be looking for a supplier to provide the WAN as an end-to-end managed service.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
Timeline
18 Mar 2022 → 16 Dec 2022 · 3 dates- Next notice expected18 Mar 2022
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown16 May 2022, 12:00 BST
- Notice published16 Dec 2022, 10:14 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Apr 2022- Status changed to active13 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST
- Procurement method changed13 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST
- Deadline published: 16 May 2022, 12:00 BST13 Apr 2022, 12:24 BST
- Status changed to complete16 Dec 2022, 10:14 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 035618-2022-1
- Signed
- 24 Nov 2022
- Value
- £22,736,176
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- High Court of England and WalesReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Commsworld LimitedFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.