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# Network as a Service (Naas)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/network-as-a-service-naas-ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Digital Health & Care Wales: "Network as a Service (Naas)". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £2,000,000. 3 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 24 Oct 2024, 09:00 BST. Published submission portal: etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Digital Health & Care Wales](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/digital-health-care-wales-nhs-l5x6m)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 24 October 2024 at 09:00 BST
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Wide area network services
- **Delivery Location:** UKL
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Official Documents:** 2 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/network-as-a-service-naas-ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8`

## 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/network-as-a-service-naas-ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [etenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fetenderwales.bravosolution.co.uk%2Fhome.html)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/network-as-a-service-naas-ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8#participate

## Description
Digital Health and Care Wales ("DHCW") Commercial Services Team is conducting a procurement exercise to procure a managed network as a service type offering, enabling DHCW to strategically interconnect its physical datacentre estate, public cloud platforms and consumer base using a resilient underlay/transit network.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Direct Cloud Connects (CORE)
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72720000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The Contracting Authority requires the bidder to provide connectivity between its National Datacentres Wide Area Network ("WAN") presentation and the Network as a Service ("NaaS") solution.

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 2: External Services (OPTIONAL)
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72720000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The NaaS solution must interoperate/interconnect with the CORE solution. Ensuring traffic destined for the Contracting Authorities on-premises or public cloud platforms services are routed efficiently.
Please note this is an optional requirement from...

- **Renewal published:** yes

### Lot 3: Meet Me Room – Equipment Hosting  (OPTIONAL)
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 72720000
- **Delivery regions:** UKL

- **Description:** The Bidder is to provide a secure means of rack space allocation within “Meet Me Room” or similar facilities. This is to enable the Contracting Authority to operate services managed by Third Parties or its own services where demand outstrips the capa...

- **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%2F030333-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-09-23T13:31:52.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T12:17:41.195Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-049cf8