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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

Southend-on-sea Borough Council

Further provision of High capacity, Resilient, Fibre internet connection via CCS RM1557.13 G-Cloud 13 framework Lot 1 Cloud Hosting

Communications EquipmentCPV 32000000 32400000 32410000 32412000 32420000 72000000 72400000 72410000
Value£71k
Awarded27 Aug 2024
Published25 Sept 2024
RegionNationwide
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£71ktotal contract value
median £101k
this tender£0£2.9m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Radio, TV & Communications Equipment band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 6,686 valued Radio, TV & Communications Equipment tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Southend-on-Sea City Council is seeking a contract for the continued provision of Fibre circuits that is currently provided by JISC on behalf of the East of England Broadband Network.

2 x 10GB uncontended fibres with: Microsoft ExpressRoute peering, BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) connection to Internet with Internet Service Provider routing.

Diverse routing presented at 2 separate Point of Presence Council sites connected to 2 geographically diverse locations.

Main link is Southend Civic Centre to London and failover is Tickfield to Chelmsford.

DDoS (Dynamic Denial of Service) attack protection.

CSIRT (Cyber Security Incident Support Team).

Security Standards: Crest Cyber Security Response Accredited.

NCSC Incident Response Level 2.

Uptime SLA 99.9% availability.

Support SLAs include 8 hour Resolution time.

Account Management meetings.

Provision of Service Monitoring Dashboard that Shows throughput and any issues on the fibres.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

CSIRT (Cyber Security Incident Support Team)

CSIRT (Cyber Security Incident Support Team).

02

Support SLAs include 8 hour Resolution time

Support SLAs include 8 hour Resolution time.

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The gates

What this notice demands of you

2 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Crown Commercial Service frameworkFrameworks & routes to market
Further provision of High capacity, Resilient, Fibre internet connection via CCS RM1557.13 G-Cloud 13 framework Lot 1 Cloud Hosting
G-Cloud / Digital MarketplaceFrameworks & routes to market
Further provision of High capacity, Resilient, Fibre internet connection via CCS RM1557.13 G-Cloud 13 framework Lot 1 Cloud Hosting

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Source & provenance
OCID
04a5c649-9e67-4b2a-809a-edd2787430ea
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
Contracts Finder
Buyer ref
DN740392
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