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Speculative Notice

Denbighshire Schools’ Networks Contracts

  • First published: 08 June 2018
  • Last modified: 08 June 2018

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Contents

Summary

OCID:
ocds-kuma6s-082605
Published by:
Denbighshire County Council
Authority ID:
AA0280
Publication date:
08 June 2018
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Speculative Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

This notice at this stage is to purely gather market intelligence for the requirement detailed below. There is no guarantee that any competitive exercise will follow this exercise. Existing Denbighshire School Networks In Denbighshire the Schools’ ICT network is set up in the following way. Denbighshire Central ICT provide access to, and the monitoring of, the Internet to all schools. On each school site the ICT network is split into Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs, also referred to as networks)-:• Admin network for access to the corporate network and applications;•Curriculum network for school pupils to access Internet applications;•Higher Curriculum or Teacher network on some school sites for teachers who need to access both Admin and Curriculum networks.The Admin network is currently outsourced to a single third party provider under a managed service contract and is administered by the Local Authority. This contract is due to end on 31st August 2019. Schools individually contract a range of third party ICT providers for their Curriculum/Teachers networks and these contracts end on a range of dates between from now until 2022. Objectives The objectives at this stage are to consider innovative, cost effective solutions for the schools’ networks moving forward, in the provision of:•PSBA compliant access from schools to the Denbighshire County Council Corporate Network for some school users•a suitable infrastructure to support network access for teaching staff and pupils to a range of curriculum resources. Compliance with regulations on all networks will be managed by the Local Authority through a governance framework

Full notice text

Speculative Notice – NATIONAL

SUPPLIES

1 Authority Details

1.1

Authority Name and Address


Denbighshire County Council

Wynnstay Road,

Ruthin

LL15 1YN

UK

Jane A Hughes

+44 1824706256

jane.a.hughes@denbighshire.gov.uk

www.denbighshire.gov.uk

1.2

Address from which further information may be obtained


Denbighshire County Council

Wynnstay Road,

Ruthin

LL15 1YN

UK

Jane A Hughes

+44 1824706256

jane.a.hughes@denbighshire.gov.uk

www.denbighshire.gov.uk

2 Contract Details

2.1

Title

Denbighshire Schools’ Networks Contracts

2.2

Description of the goods or services required

This notice at this stage is to purely gather market intelligence for the requirement detailed below. There is no guarantee that any competitive exercise will follow this exercise.

Existing Denbighshire School Networks

In Denbighshire the Schools’ ICT network is set up in the following way. Denbighshire Central ICT provide access to, and the monitoring of, the Internet to all schools. On each school site the ICT network is split into Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs, also referred to as networks)-:• Admin network for access to the corporate network and applications;•Curriculum network for school pupils to access Internet applications;•Higher Curriculum or Teacher network on some school sites for teachers who need to access both Admin and Curriculum networks.The Admin network is currently outsourced to a single third party provider under a managed service contract and is administered by the Local Authority. This contract is due to end on 31st August 2019. Schools individually contract a range of third party ICT providers for their Curriculum/Teachers networks and these contracts end on a range of dates between from now until 2022.

Objectives

The objectives at this stage are to consider innovative, cost effective solutions for the schools’ networks moving forward, in the provision of:•PSBA compliant access from schools to the Denbighshire County Council Corporate Network for some school users•a suitable infrastructure to support network access for teaching staff and pupils to a range of curriculum resources. Compliance with regulations on all networks will be managed by the Local Authority through a governance framework

2.3

Notice Coding and Classification

30000000 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72700000 Computer network services
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire

3 Administrative Information

3.1

Reference number attributed to the notice by the contracting authority

N/a

3.2

Estimated Start of the Award Procedure

 30-11-2018

4 Other Information

4.1

Additional Information

We are looking to see if there are providers in the market with a proven track record of delivering services of this nature.

If you believe your organisation could provide this service please submit an email to jane.a.hughes@denbighshire.gov.uk detailing some evidence of past experience of contracts which are similar to the service described in this notice. Alternatively if you have any further questions please email Jane Hughes on the above address or tel 01824 706256

This is a time limited market testing exercise which will close on 15th June 2018.

(WA Ref:82605)

4.2

Download Additional Documentation

N/a

4.3

Publication date of this notice

 08-06-2018

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
72700000 Computer network services IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support Computer and Related Services
30000000 Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages Computer and Related Services

Delivery locations

ID Description
1013 Conwy and Denbighshire

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
jane.a.hughes@denbighshire.gov.uk
Admin contact:
jane.a.hughes@denbighshire.gov.uk
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

Further information

Date Details
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