Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2020-06-29
Buyer: Jisc Services Ltd
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Open procedure
CPV classification: 48514000 | 72000000 | 72212514
Estimated value: 35000000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2020-07-24
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Υπηρεσίες τεχνολογίας των πληροφοριών: παροχή συμβουλών, ανάπτυξη λογισμικού, Διαδίκτυο και υποστήριξη
JSL is looking for suppliers who can provide solutions tailored to customers specific needs in the following areas:
A managed service providing secure and high-performance connectivity for education and research users accessing UK Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and other relevant content from China.
A managed service providing secure and high-performance connectivity for education and research users accessing UK Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) and other relevant content from any remote location.
JSL wishes to put in place a framework that runs for an initial 2 years with the possibility of two extensions for a further year each (I.E. 2 + 1 +1) subject to requirements and performance review.
This framework agreement is being placed to support JSL’s customers and other users in purchasing a range of tools and services that support remote users to carry out research and online education at their parent organisation. These organisations will primarily be members of Jisc and/or those providing or supporting education, research or culture in the UK.The Janet Network Connection Policy outlines the types of organisation that are eligible to use the Janet network and its associated services. These can be summarised as:
Local government authorities where these are providing broadband ICT services to schools, or commissioning these services from third parties;
‘Regional Broadband Consortia’ (RBCs) and any other vehicles created by local government authorities in England to aggregate the provision of broadband ICT services to schools, the equivalent bodies in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland providing broadband ICT services to schools;
Many of the above bodies are also members of higher and further education purchasing consortia. These are independent organisations that provide a wide range of collaborative purchase agreements to member institutions through consensus and the common desire to maximise their purchasing power in the market.
Any member of one of these consortia will be eligible to access many of JSL’s services by virtue of its membership, as will members of any other similar purchasing consortium in higher or further education that might be formed during the lifetime of the hosting arrangement.
These organisations may also at their own discretion use JSL services in support of their outreach, technology transfer and associated activities in support of their missions commonly referred to as ‘business and community engagement’.
Under the Janet Network Connection Policy, services may also be provided to the wider public sector and associated bodies whom are providing public services other than those relating to education or research, e.g. blue light services, Courts etc. At present these include local government authorities in England and Northern Ireland, Education Scotland, the Welsh Assembly Government and (to a limited extent) the NHS in England and Scotland.
The services are also available for use by any National Research and Education Network (NREN) and the community it serves where the NREN has either a direct connection to Janet or the NREN is a member at any time during the period of this framework of the consortium that operates GÉANT. GÉANT is the pan-European research and education network that interconnects Europe’s NRENs. A list of members of the GÉANT consortium (GÉANT Partners) may be found at the URL below. GÉANT may also use this framework. As HEAnet, the NREN of the Republic of Ireland, is connected both to Janet and is a member of the GÉANT consortium, the framework is available for use by HEAnet, its subsidiaries, member institutions and customers to include schools serviced by the HEAnet school’s network.
Initial term is 2 years with two subsequent extensions of 1 year each, up to a maximum framework term of 4 years.
This framework agreement is being placed to support JSL’s customers and other users in purchasing a range of tools and services that support remote users to carry out research and online education at their parent organisation. These organisations will primarily be members of Jisc and/or those providing or supporting education, research or culture in the UK.The Janet Network Connection Policy outlines the types of organisation that are eligible to use the Janet network and its associated services. These can be summarised as:


Award value: 35000000