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title: "WAN (Internet & Switches)"
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# WAN (Internet & Switches)

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wan-internet-switches-ocds-h6vhtk-031e02). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** General Medical Council (GMC): "WAN (Internet & Switches)". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 7 Apr 2022, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.mytenders.co.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [General Medical Council (GMC)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/general-medical-council-gmc-GB-PPON-PXLD-1125-PGBY)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** 7 April 2022 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Wide area network, Wide area network services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-031e02`

## 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/wan-internet-switches-ocds-h6vhtk-031e02#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [mytenders.co.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytenders.co.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wan-internet-switches-ocds-h6vhtk-031e02#participate

## Description
The GMC’s current WAN/Internet access agreement comes to an end in January 2023.  We are therefore inviting bids from suppliers who can meet the requirements.
There are currently 7 sites on the WAN solution with 4 of those sites offering full resiliency and 2 Internet Access circuits in the main Data Centres in Manchester and London.
The current GMC WAN adopts Ethernet technology and the strategic roadmap indicates that we do not currently intend to change this technology for the duration of this contract.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 32430000, 72720000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The GMC’s current WAN/Internet access agreement comes to an end in January 2023.  We are therefore inviting bids from suppliers who can meet the requirements.
There are currently 7 sites on the WAN solution with 4 of those sites offering full resilie...

- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 036721-2022-GMC1320-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **Colt Technology Services**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-181402`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 036721-2022-GMC1320-1 (active)

  - Signed Date: 07/08/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F036721-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-12-30T15:03:59.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-22T03:52:20.655Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-031e02