Public procurement notice: Contract Award Notice
Published: 2018-04-28
Buyer: Crescent Purchasing Consortium
Country: UK
Contract type: Supplies
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 32000000 | 32250000 | 32251100 | 32252100 | 32252110
Estimated value: 240000000 GBP
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Équipements et appareils de radio, de télévision, de communication, de télécommunication et équipements connexes
The Contracting Authority has established a Framework Agreement for the Provision of Telecommunications and Associated Services. The Framework Agreement is established to meet the needs of Crescent Purchasing Consortium Members, http://www.thecpc.ac.uk/members, and is also for use by all other public sector contracting authorities throughout the UK (and any future successors to these organisations). These include (but are not limited to) central government departments and agencies, Non Departmental Public Bodies, NHS bodies, Local Authorities, Police Authorities, Emergency Services, Educational Establishments, Hospices, Registered Charities, National Parks and Registered Social Landlords.
Full details of the classification of end user establishments and geographical areas is available at http://www.npg-ltd.com/tenders/.
This framework is for the use of the public sector throughout the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland where the Framework will only be open to organisations within the education sector.
This Lot is for the provision of Integrated and Unified Communications Solutions. Unified communications intelligently combines voice, video, instant messaging, mobile voice and data, and other multimedia services in a bespoke way depending on the end users’ needs. This Lot covers all encompassing solutions offering for example Desktop Agent/Supervisor, Contact Centre, Video Conferencing, and Email and Text management functionality. Software and hardware offered is expected to include as a minimum the following key deliverables:
IP Telephony, Voice Over IP Services, Call Tariff Packges and Billing as relevant to the SIP Environment
This framework is for the use of the public sector throughout the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland where the Framework will only be open to organisations within the education sector.
This Lot is for the provision of IP Telephony, Voice Over IP Services and Call Tariff Packages. This Lot encompasses the provision and support of IP ‘replacement’ solutions without full integration/ Unified Communications. These may be:
— Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) based services for voice calls over internet/ intranet/ extranet services.
— It also incorporates Third Party Billing Analysis and Management etc as relevant to the SIP environment.
This framework is for the use of the public sector throughout the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland where the Framework will only be open to organisations within the education sector.
This Lot provides access to the full range of Wide Area Network (WAN), Virtual Private Network (VPN) and Broadband Services. This Lot provides access to the full range of WAN and data services. There will be an emphasis on IP converged networks, and the Lot will include complete managed networks (e.g. WANs or VPNs). The Lot will look for Suppliers with experience of working with JISC and their JANET network, but this will not be a mandatory requirement or preclude suitable suppliers who do not have this experience.
This framework is for the use of the public sector throughout the UK, with the exception of Northern Ireland where the Framework will only be open to organisations within the education sector.
This Lot encompasses the provision and support of digital connections, network equipment and servers, along with associated support services within premises, and will include Managed LAN services and WiFi where incorporated as part of a Managed LAN environment. For the avoidance of doubt, in the academic and educational sectors, internal LANs within premises can also be extended between premises, where:
— The connection between premises remains within the curtilage of the institution’s campus and does not traverse a public highway (unless by means of a communication system described below), or.


Winner: 4net Technologies Limited
Award value: 240000000
Number of bids: 6