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# Northern Ireland Councils Network Services Pre Market engagement

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/northern-ireland-councils-network-services-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf51). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council: "Northern Ireland Councils Network Services Pre Market engagement". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £7,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon-borough-council-ons-n09000002)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £7,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Communications equipment, Computer network services, Construction work, Data equipment, Fibre-optic materials (+17 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKN0
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cf51`

## 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/northern-ireland-councils-network-services-pre-market-engagement-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf51#tl-md)

## Description
The delivery of managed Network Services for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and nine partner councils. Managed Network Services, including Wide Area Network connectivity, and related services, including network management services, content filtering, firewalls and internet services. The services will make use of new fibre infrastructure delivered with grant funding support from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport’s LFFN and RGC funds. This PIN concerns the pre market engagement for this procurement.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 32400000, 32410000, 32420000, 32430000, 32500000, 32510000
- **Delivery regions:** UKN

- **Description:** Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council plans to procure Network Services on behalf of itself and the nine other Northern Ireland councils outside Belfast for a period of up to 10 years.
The services will make use of new fibre infrastruc...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F018403-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-02T11:04:02.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T10:13:53.099Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cf51