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Published 9 Dec 2025, 10:59 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Network Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: BANK OF ENGLAND

4 lotsServicesCompetitive flexible procedureAbove threshold
Sectors: Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment (32)Postal and telecommunications services (64)IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
+6 moreEast Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)South West (UKK)
Published estimate£16,000,000total for 4 lots · £20,000,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update
Submissions closed 18 Sept 2026
Lots 4see the lot list below
Contract term 4 yrsends 29 Jul 2031 · up to 29 Jul 2037 with extensions · starts 30 Jul 2027

What is being bought4 lots · detail below

Published requirement description

These contracts are for the supply of network services and goods over 4 years with the option to extend for a further 2+2+2-year period. The estimated total contract value is £20m (across all contracts). The contracts will be for up to four suppliers, but as a minimum two different suppliers for the services.

Services are to be delivered in the UK (UKI). The aim is for a minimum of two contracts to be awarded by Q3 2027.

The Bank's mission demands uninterrupted connectivity across its estate, even in the face of physical disruption, cyber threats, or supplier failure.

The proposed dual-supplier/dual-contract model is designed to ensure that each location benefits from redundant, independent connectivity, such that failure in one provider's infrastructure does not compromise the Bank's operations.

The services are split into Four Lots:

Lot 1 & Lot 2:

To provide Wide Area Network (WAN) connectivity between each of The Bank's Offices & Data Centres. The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service, as the same supplier cannot provide WAN under LOT 1 and 2.

Lot 3 & Lot 4:

To provide High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to the Bank's Data Centres and Offices. The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service, as the same supplier cannot provide DIA under LOT 3 and 4.

  • How the procedure runs: The Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages: 1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers. 2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers 3) Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO) Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued. We may refine the award criteria
  • No preliminary market engagement: The preliminary market engagement took place prior to the commencement of the Procurement Act 2023 and further information on the preliminary market engagement conducted will be provided in the associated tender documents.

CPV: Internet service providers ISP · Networks · Telecommunications services

Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure

4 lots · all with a published value (£16,000,000 together) · same evaluation weights on every lot
Lot #1Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity 1Renewal 4 yrsPublished value£4,000,000

Lot 1: Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity

To provide Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity between each of The Bank's Offices & Data Centres

  • To be multiple high speed (1-10Gb/s), low latency (less than 5 ms), protected circuits.
  • Protection to be provided by diverse routes with no single points of failure, evidenced to The Bank that demonstrate circuit resilience during a fail-over scenario.
  • Seamless fail-over at all site locations for the achievement of uptime optimisation
  • Support The Bank's end-to-end encryption for all communications traversing WAN.
  • Ability to "burst" and "soft scale" bandwidth to the limit of the respective WAN circuits
  • No shared infrastructure or service provider between Lot 1 and 2
  • Circuits must be owned, managed and maintained by the responder.

Services must be provided and operated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. No Bank data must leave the UK. £10m over the two services over the ten years.

The Bank intends to (and reserves the right to) directly award additional or repeat services that are similar to the services supplied under the contract, which is the subject matter of this Tender Notice, in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 8 of PA 2023

Details of the evaluation and location for the services can be found in the portal tender pack.

The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service.

The agreement will provide two, three, or four Contracts. The term is a 4+2+2+2 Agreements, to provide WAN services and DIA services

Contract period: 30 Jul 2027 – 29 Jul 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 29 Jul 2037 with extensionsValue: £4,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions: An initial contract term is 4 years with extension options at the Bank's discretion of 2+2+2 years. · The contract extensions will be based on a 2+2+2 year basis
32400000 Networks64200000 Telecommunications services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    The Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages:

    1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers.
    2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers
    3. Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

    Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued.

    We may refine the award criteria

    shortlisting
Lot #2Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity 2Renewal 4 yrsPublished value£4,000,000

Lot 2: Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity 2

To provide Wide Area network (WAN) connectivity between each of The Bank's Offices & Data Centres

  • To be multiple high speed (1-10Gb/s), low latency (less than 5 ms), protected circuits.
  • Protection to be provided by diverse routes with no single points of failure, evidenced to The Bank that demonstrate circuit resilience during a fail-over scenario.
  • Seamless fail-over at all site locations for the achievement of uptime optimisation
  • Support The Bank's end-to-end encryption for all communications traversing WAN.
  • Ability to "burst" and "soft scale" bandwidth to the limit of the respective WAN circuits
  • No shared infrastructure or service provider between Lot 1 and 2
  • Circuits must be owned, managed and maintained by the responder.

Services must be provided and operated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. No Bank data must leave the UK. £10m over the two services over the ten years.

The Bank intends to (and reserves the right to) directly award additional or repeat services that are similar to the services supplied under the contract, which is the subject matter of this Tender Notice, in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 8 of PA 2023

Details of the evaluation and location for the services can be found in the portal tender pack.

The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service.

The agreement will provide two, three, or four Contracts. The term is a 4+2+2+2 Agreements, to provide WAN services and DIA services

Contract period: 30 Jul 2027 – 29 Jul 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 29 Jul 2037 with extensionsValue: £4,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions: An initial contract term is 4 years with extension options at the Bank's discretion of 2+2+2 years. · The contract extensions will be based on a 2+2+2 year basis
32400000 Networks64200000 Telecommunications services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages:

    1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers.
    2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers
    3. Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

    Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued.

    We may refine the award criteria

    shortlisting
Lot #3High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) 1Renewal 4 yrsPublished value£4,000,000

Lot 3: High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) 1

To provide High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to The Bank's Data Centres and Offices.

  • 10Gb/s and above capacity
  • Protected circuits, supporting fixed IP addresses (64) into each of the Bank's Data Centres suitable for hosting web services.
  • Demonstrable protection from failure, i.e. delivery from separate PoP's
  • Ability to "burst" and "soft scale" bandwidth to the limit of the respective circuits. Billing and management solution to support
  • DDoS protection service, with a Bank viewable monitoring and reporting portal that shows attacks and their respective mitigations
  • Support for Bank owned IP range with migration support.
  • No shared infrastructure or service provider between Lot 3 and 4
  • Circuits must be owned by the responder.
  • Must be a tier 1 ISP

Services must be provided and operated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. No Bank data must leave the UK. £10m over the two services over the ten years.

The Bank intends to (and reserves the right to) directly award additional or repeat services that are similar to the services supplied under the contract, which is the subject matter of this Tender Notice, in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 8 of PA 2023

The evaluation details are as stated in the tender pack.

All Lots

Details of the evaluation and location for the services can be found in the portal tender pack.

The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service.

The agreement will provide two, three, or four Contracts. The term is a 4+2+2+2 Agreements, to provide WAN services and DIA services.

Contract period: 30 Jul 2027 – 29 Jul 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 29 Jul 2037 with extensionsValue: £4,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions: An initial contract term is 4 years with extension options at the Bank's discretion of 2+2+2 years. · The contract extensions will be based on a 2+2+2 year basis
72411000 Internet service providers ISP
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    The Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages:

    1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers.
    2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers
    3. Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

    Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued.

    We may refine the award criteria

    shortlisting
Lot #4High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) 2Renewal 4 yrsPublished value£4,000,000

Lot 4: High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) 2

To provide High-capacity Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to The Bank's Data Centres and Offices.

  • 10Gb/s and above capacity
  • Protected circuits, supporting fixed IP addresses (64) into each of the Bank's Data Centres suitable for hosting web services.
  • Demonstrable protection from failure, i.e. delivery from separate PoP's
  • Ability to "burst" and "soft scale" bandwidth to the limit of the respective circuits. Billing and management solution to support
  • DDoS protection service, with a Bank viewable monitoring and reporting portal that shows attacks and their respective mitigations
  • Support for Bank owned IP range with migration support.
  • No shared infrastructure or service provider between Lot 3 and 4
  • Circuits must be owned by the responder.
  • Must be a tier 1 ISP

Services must be provided and operated from the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. No Bank data must leave the UK. £10m over the two services over the ten years.

The Bank intends to (and reserves the right to) directly award additional or repeat services that are similar to the services supplied under the contract, which is the subject matter of this Tender Notice, in accordance with Schedule 5, paragraph 8 of PA 2023

The evaluation details are as stated in the tender pack.

All Lots

Details of the evaluation and location for the services can be found in the portal tender pack.

The services will need to be awarded to one supplier per service.

The agreement will provide two, three, or four Contracts. The term is a 4+2+2+2 Agreements, to provide WAN services and DIA services.

Contract period: 30 Jul 2027 – 29 Jul 2031 (4 yrs) · up to 29 Jul 2037 with extensionsValue: £4,000,000 exc. VAT · £5,000,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
Extensions: An initial contract term is 4 years with extension options at the Bank's discretion of 2+2+2 years. · The contract extensions will be based on a 2+2+2 year basis
72411000 Internet service providers ISP
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages:

    1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers.
    2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers
    3. Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

    Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued.

    We may refine the award criteria

    shortlisting

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored · same split on all 4 lots
Quality: 60%Price: 30%Social value: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
  • Quality
  • Social Value
  • Price
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.

Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Competitive flexible procedure
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Closed
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
9 Dec 2025, 10:59 GMT
Last source update
18 Aug 2026, 12:44 BST
Award evaluation window
Submission end – 1 Jun 2027
Authority reference
TECH 207
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-078465
Latest notice
Tender notice (UK4)
Classification (CPV)
Internet service providers ISPNetworksTelecommunications services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)
+1 moreSouth West (UKK)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05f18c Find a Tender
Contract terms summary

All documentation can be found in the Proactis portal once access has been issued.

How it runs

The Intention is to conduct a Competitive Flexible Procedure in 3 stages:

  1. Stage 1 - Conditions of participation (selection) stage. PSQ to be completed. Shortlist to stage 2: 2-8 suppliers.
  2. Stage 2a & b - Invitation to submit initial tenders. 2a Initial Draft ITT response 1, Dialogue. 2b Initial Draft ITT response 2, Bidders demonstrations. Shortlist to stage 3: 2-4 suppliers
  3. Stage 3 - Dialogue and invitation to submit Best and Final Offer (BAFO)

Further details can be found in the Proactis portal/in the associated tender documents, once access has been issued.

We may refine the award criteria

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: ProContract (Due North) · Who buys & how to bid on ProContract
Supplier login requiredElectronic submission allowedLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free · short registration with manual review; public opportunity list
Requests to participate (first stage)
18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission deadline
18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
13 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Accepted languages
en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login ↗

Please refer to link below for further information

www.bankofengland.co.uk/contact/supplying-go… ↗

Timeline

9 Dec 2025 → 30 Jul 2027 · 7 dates
  1. Planning notice published321 days ago
    9 Dec 2025, 10:59 GMT
  2. Next notice expected273 days ago
    26 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  3. Tender notice published69 days ago
    18 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  4. Clarification questions by43 days ago
    13 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  5. Submission deadline38 days ago
    18 Sept 2026, 12:00 BST
  6. Today
    27 Oct 2026
  7. Award decision expected byin 217 days
    1 Jun 2027, 23:59 BST
  8. Contract startsin 275 days
    30 Jul 2027, 00:00 BST

Notice history

7 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 9 Dec 2025
  1. Pipeline notice published
    9 Dec 2025, 10:59 GMT
    UK1
  2. Tender notice published
    18 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £16,000,000
    18 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
    was £16,666,667
  4. Status changed to active
    18 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    18 Aug 2026, 11:37 BST
  6. Tender notice published
    18 Aug 2026, 11:41 BST
    UK4
  7. Tender notice published
    18 Aug 2026, 12:44 BST
    UK4
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-12: 1 release · 9 Dec 2025

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

BANK OF ENGLAND

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-COH: RC000042 · GB-PPON: PRDB-1113-HPPT Threadneedle Street, London, London, EC2R 8AHContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (5)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Technical specifications tenderTechnical specificationsSuppliers are advised this procurement will be conducted via the Bank's e-tendering portal, Proactis, which can be accessed via the following website. The event number is PRJ/1000400 https://supplierlive.proactisp2p.com/Account/Login 1. Please register for a user account to gain …

Notices published for this procedure

  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Tender notice tenderTender noticeUK4Tender notice on Find a Tender
  • Pipeline notice planningPipeline noticeUK1Pipeline notice on Find a Tender