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Published 31 Jul 2023, 14:50 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Pre-Market Engagement: Wide Area Network (WAN) Solution for WMCA

Official notice

Authority: West Midlands Combined Authority (Local council)

Services
Planned pipeline valueValue not publishedpipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 1 Nov 2023from the planned procurement notice

What is being bought

Published requirement description

WMCA is currently undertaking a review of its WAN solution. Through conducting this Market Engagement, WMCA is seeking to gain a greater understanding of the WAN solutions available in the market and the possible technological developments that may have taken place over recent years.

WMCA plan to use the information gathered from this exercise to inform and help develop its specification of requirements and procurement strategy before approaching the market for a full procurement exercise later in the year.

The information provided as part of this Pre-Market Engagement will be purely used to aid us in shaping our tender documentation and requirements, it will not be evaluated in any way.

The deadline to respond is Monday 14th August at Midday. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Further key detail around expressing an interest in this exercise are listed below: Portal Website: wmca.bravosolution.co.uk ↗

Project Title: WAN Solution: Pre-Market Engagement

Bravo Solution Project Reference: Project_737

Please Note that suppliers should not contact officers of the WMCA directly regarding this opportunity, all questions should be submitted through the Bravo Portal.

CPV: Wide area network · Wide area network services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Past planning notice
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
31 Jul 2023, 14:50 BST
Last source update
31 Jul 2023, 14:50 BST
FTS notice number
2023/S 000-022193
Classification (CPV)
Wide area networkWide area network services
Delivery area
West Midlands (UKG)
Official registry OCID
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How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

31 Jul 2023 → 1 Nov 2023 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    31 Jul 2023, 14:50 BST
  2. Tender notice expected
    1 Nov 2023

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

West Midlands Combined Authority

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 16 Summer Lane, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, B193SDContact name, email Published organisation website ↗

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.