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# Provision of Managed Network Operations Centre.

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-managed-network-operations-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf80). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED: "Provision of Managed Network Operations Centre.". Published status: active. Published Value: £560,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 3 Sept 2021, 23:00 BST. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [FIRST TRENITALIA WEST COAST RAIL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/first-trenitalia-west-coast-rail-limited-coh-10349442)
- **Published Value:** £560,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 3 September 2021 at 23:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Information technology services
- **Delivery Location:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02cf80`

## 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/provision-of-managed-network-operations-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-02cf80#tl-md)

## Description
Provide Network Operations Centre responsible for technical support & management of all network infrastructure including MPLS, Direct Internet Access, Data Centre, and hardware support (break fix) for network equipment hosted within Data Centre, Office, or Station locations. To include but no limited to Switches, Routers, Firewalls, Corporate & Guest WIFI and VPN's.
Core Technologies to support will include: 
i.	Checkpoint Firewalls 
ii.	Meraki Wireless 
iii.	Cisco ISE 
iv.	Cisco Switches 
v.	Silver Peak SD-WAN 
vi.	zScaler Cloud Web Filtering 
vii.	IaaS Networking (AWS / Azure) 
Core Support Hours 08:00-18:00 excluding Christmas and Boxing Day with Out of Hours Support covering all other times. 24/7 P1/P2 Incident Resolution via Major Incident Management Process and proactive alerting on critical systems and services. 
Service will support business employees (approx. 3800) with all IT connectivity support requirements in office, at station or onboard train services. Service should incorporate promotion of Self Service, Intelligent Monitoring and Automation throughout with use of the First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited ServiceNow Instance for incident management.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active

- **Delivery regions:** UKC, UKD, UKE, UKF, UKG, UKH, UKI, UKJ, UKK, UKL, UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £560,000

- **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%2F018450-2021)
- **Last Source Update:** 2021-08-02T13:36:41.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-29T02:03:41.739Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02cf80