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Published 31 May 2024, 13:28 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Voluntary ex ante Transparency notice - Wide Area Network (WAN)

Official notice

Authority: North Yorkshire Police (Police & fire)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Submission deadline 31 May 2024

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Discontinuation of the following:

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority formed on the 7th May 2024 acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of fully owned teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network

Since the formation in 2019 of enableNY (North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) many areas of the Estates are shared by both organisations, the vision is to have a collaborative arrangement which will deliver opportunities to reduce costs for multi occupancy buildings. Nynet provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire.

CPV: Wide area network · Wide area network services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Discontinuation of the following:Awarded

Discontinuation of the following:

This is voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of fully owned teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network.

The deliverables from the service shall include network links for Police Force and the Fire and Rescue Service, supporting the current and future demand on network traffic,. This will be performed on a site-by-site basis defining the link size and link type required based on criticality of the services within the building. Link types include:

  • Non-resilient where a single link is presented and should this fail, connectivity is lost
  • Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations eventually being routed together to the same supplier exchange or where they exit the building in the same place bur are routed to the different BT exchanges.
  • Fully Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations and are routed to separate exchanges powered by different sections of the national grid
  • Technical requirements will be produced citing bandwidth, latency and jitter parameters that need to be met to support the growing use of voice and video technologies over the network links

Project implementation requirements will ensure that where downtime is required it is minimised and takes place during less busy periods.

Nynet Limited provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire. Objectives common to North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority that will be achieved include but not limited to:

  • Enables and enhances the ability to perform North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service roles as Category 1 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024
  • To facilitate and achieve enhanced secure and resilient communications in an emergency.
  • Provide day to day reliable access to the public, data and cloud hosted applications supporting all of the organisation's functions.

The procurement is to be awarded in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Delivery: North East
Extensions: Options to extend for 2 x 12 months

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
  • Price

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
Services
Notice status
Cancelled
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 May 2024, 13:28 BST
Last source update
11 Jun 2024, 15:34 BST
Authority reference
2223-00151
FTS notice number
2024/S 000-018042
Classification (CPV)
Wide area networkWide area network services
Delivery area
North East (UKC)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-046cac Find a Tender
Why no open competition
The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
Published justification

Discontinuation of the following:

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority acting of behalf itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of fully owned teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network.

Since the formation in 2019 of enableNY (North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) many areas of the Estates are shared by both organisations, the vision is to have a collaborative arrangement which will deliver opportunities to reduce costs for multi occupancy buildings. Nynet provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire.

The deliverables from the service shall include network links for Police Force and the Fire and Rescue Service, supporting the current and future demand on network traffic,. This will be performed on a site-by-site basis defining the link size and link type required based on criticality of the services within the building. Link types include:

  • Non-resilient where a single link is presented and should this fail, connectivity is lost
  • Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations eventually being routed together to the same supplier exchange or where they exit the building in the same place bur are routed to the different BT exchanges.
  • Fully Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations and are routed to separate exchanges powered by different sections of the national grid
  • Technical requirements will be produced citing bandwidth, latency and jitter parameters that need to be met to support the growing use of voice and video technologies over the network links

Project implementation requirements will ensure that where downtime is required it is minimised and takes place during less busy periods.

Nynet Limited provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire. Objectives common to North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority that will be achieved include but not limited to:

  • Enables and enhances the ability to perform North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service roles as Category 1 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024
  • To facilitate and achieve enhanced secure and resilient communications in an emergency.
  • Provide day to day reliable access to the public, data and cloud hosted applications supporting all of the organisation's functions.

The procurement is to be awarded in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

Notice history

1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender
  1. Status changed to cancelled
    11 Jun 2024, 15:34 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £2,251,4501 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 May 2024
Awarded toValueDateStatus
North Yorkshire CouncilWide Area NetworkSubcontracting: North Yorkshire Council will be subcontracting 100% of the contract to Nynet£2,251,450 †—Awarded

1 further award records carry no date or value.

Contracts

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE

Contracting authorityPolice & fireBody governed by public lawPublic order and safety ALVERTON COURT,CROSBY ROAD, NORTHALLERTON, North East, DL61BFContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • High CourtReview body Nothallerton

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.