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title: "Wide Area Network (WAN) 2023"
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# Wide Area Network (WAN) 2023

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/wide-area-network-wan-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-048682). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: "Wide Area Network (WAN) 2023". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency-gov-ea570)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Wide area network services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £4,891,193 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048682`

## 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/wide-area-network-wan-2023-ocds-h6vhtk-048682#tl-md)

## Description
This notice is for transparency purposes only.
The contract is for the provision of wide area network services.
In scope:
Migration from the existing suppliers
o Connectivity
o Office to Office connectivity
o Office to Data Centre connectivity
o Direct Internet Access (DIA) connectivity
o Network Services (IP addressing, routing, failover, application prioritisation etc)
o Service Management and Support
o Employee Internet Access via secure internet connection. 
o Security Monitoring, Performance, Reporting and Documentation
Out of scope:
o Data Centre supplier Inter Data Centre Connectivity
o Connectivity to the Internet from the current supplier (Equinix) Data Centres
o LAN Equipment (Cabled and Wi-Fi) at Buyer sites
o Public Services Network connectivity

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

- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** It’s issued under the Framework Contract with the reference number RM6116 for the 
provision of Network Services. 
CALL-OFF LOT(S):
Lot 1a - Inter site Connectivity (Wide Area Network) / Data Access Services

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** Wide Area Network (WAN) 2023 (active)
  - Award id: `024030-2024-K280022371-1`
  - Supplier(s): **VODAFONE LIMITED**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-184630`
  - Value: £4,891,193 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** Wide Area Network (WAN) 2023 (active)
  - Signed Value: £4,891,193
  - Signed Date: 10/04/2024

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F024030-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-07-31T15:38:14.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T06:32:33.186Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048682