Official UK procurement notice
PICTS Site Cabling Services
Authority: CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSite Cabling Services
CPV: Telecommunications network
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Following a negotiated procurement process the Site Cabling Services contract has been…Awarded
Following a negotiated procurement process the Site Cabling Services contract has been awarded to Openreach Limited. The stated contract value of £7,987,015 is inclusive of the initial five year term and optional one year extension.
The required service is solely in relation to the existing inground ducting, copper telephone wires and fibre cabling (the Cabling Infrastructure) that runs through the nuclear site located in West Cumbria. This Cabling Infrastructure forms part of the national telecommunications network which is owned by British Telecommunications PLC and managed and operated by Openreach Limited. A direct contract with Openreach Limited for Site Cabling Services will ensure that the existing Cabling Infrastructure is proactively managed, maintained and re-purposed as appropriate to support delivery of an effective network service. The network service will be provided by a separate network service provider under a separate contract.
Given the size of the nuclear site, which covers six sq. kilometres, effective pro-active management of the far-reaching Cabling Infrastructure, to free up capacity within the ducts as an example, will readily allow the installation of new copper telephone wires and network fibre cabling in the future, without the need for civil engineering works.
Simplistically the Site Cabling Services contract will provide the cables to the buildings at the nuclear site, which the network service provider will then use to connect and create a full end to end network service across all sites.
In developing the requirements care has been taken to ensure that only services relating to Cabling Infrastructure have been included and the contract specifically excludes any network service that could be provided directly by a network services provider.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 5 Apr 2022, 12:12 BST
- Last source update
- 5 Apr 2022, 12:12 BST
- Authority reference
Request for Proposal (RFP)- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-009088- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-032a1bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights
- Published justification
UK national communications infrastructure is a national asset that is owned by British Telecommunications PLC. Under the ‘manage and operate’ assets arrangement between British Telecommunications plc and Openreach Ltd, Openreach Ltd have exclusive rights to access and use the UK national infrastructure. The exclusivity of this position is regulated by Ofcom, whereby Openreach Ltd are obligated to treat all customers equally.
This exclusivity arrangement provides the lawful justification for direct award of the Site Cabling Services contract to Openreach Ltd in compliance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Regulation 32 use of negotiated procedure without prior publication, specifically paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (b) bullet (iii) whereby:
- the negotiated procedure without prior publication may be used for public service contracts, where the service can be supplied only by a particular economic operator for the protection of exclusive rights.
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above, and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Contracting Authority will also incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Openreach | £7,987,015 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
PICTS Site Cabling Services · Openreach
- Signed
- 3 Mar 2022
- Value
- £7,987,015
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids · 1 electronic | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Openreach LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.