A draft service definition is under discussion. Students will be able to access it from Lewis Workroom 3 while further investigations are done. On hold until Autumn. Cabling is underway at DMS Watson, and 3 floors of the Christopher Ingold building will be recabled. Other cabling projects are Hillel House for the Dept. of Laws and Physiology in the Medical Science building.
Negotiations are still in progress with Cisco on prices of low-end switches.
The E.C. Procurement for a new agreement for the supply of backbone, LAN and distribution switches is in progress. The entry for the Official Journal of the EC was faxed on 20 th July and to date 23 companies have registered an interest in bidding. The Invitation to Tender is available on-line. The date for receipt of tenders is 13 th September, with one month for evaluation, the new framework agreement should be finalised by 1 st November. The base system and some additional components have been installed and are being evaluated.