Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2018-10-02
Buyer: Portsmouth City Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Competitive procedure with negotiation
CPV classification: 32412000 | 32412100 | 32412110 | 32412120 | 32424000
Estimated value: 80000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2018-10-29
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Portsmouth City Council (the 'Authority') have been successful in securing Wave 2 funding as part of the Full Fibre Network Programme (LFFN) operated by the Broadband Development UK (BDUK) programme within the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) to implement a Gigabit capable Full Fibre Network.
The Authority is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced suppliers to provide a solution to future proof its network connectivity requirements for the next 10 to 20 years through the installation of gigabit capable network services through a Public Sector Anchor Tenancy (PSAT) model.
Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city
The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth
All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue.
A key element of the strategic plan to improve both the value and flexibility of Portsmouth City Council is to both consolidate the current network technologies into a single solution as well as removing any single points of failure by the procurement of infrastructure.
The Authority is seeking to set up a Framework to deliver its requirement to Portsmouth Authority owned sites, and provision for Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council to deliver to their owned sites and any other sites from Public Sector Bodies subsequently making use of this framework
A full list of PCC sites will be provided in the invitation to submit initial tenders indicating those Council sites to be connected as a minimum requirement and further sites to be connected within the available budget.
— List 2 — List of PCC desirable sites e.g. Leigh Park, Paulsgrove, Wecock Farm housing offices etc. Aim to connect as many additional sites from within the budget.
— List 3 — PCC CCTV assets which are not in the immediate scope of the procurement, which are due for retender from March 2019
The Framework will be let for a 10 year term. No definite term for the associated call offs can be provided at this stage as this consideration will form part of the negotiations with suppliers.
A single supplier will be awarded each Lot/option. Following evaluation of both Lots the Authority reserves the right to award the call off contract, for the provision of connectivity to its Authority owned sites, to the Lot that best meets the Authority's requirements at the time of award.
Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city.
The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth.
All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue.

Eligibility requirements: As stated within the invitation to participate documents, for full details access https://in-tendhost.co.uk/portsmouthcc/aspx/home

Award value: 80000000