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External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)

Historical · ClosedNo open deadline

Historical: no longer open for bids.

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01/ The notice

Key facts

Value: £2,000,000Estimated value stated in the notice
Deadline (UK time): Fri 15 Sep 2023, 23:59 BSTA deadline does not apply to this historical notice. The source records Fri 15 Sep 2023, 23:59 BST, which is not an open deadline.
Published: 11 Aug 2023
Region: North East, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West

02/ The brief

What the notice says

Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.

Guinness require the provision of a contract for fixed line communications including:

• Data Centre Connectivity

• Wide Area Networking

• Internet Connectivity

A procurement strategy is currently being formulated with a view to the procurement of this service during 2023/24.This notice is a Prior Information Notice of a future contract opportunity. This is not a call for competition, or a request for you to express interest in bidding for work.

Organisations are invited to consider returning information as detailed in the Soft Market Testing attachment linked with this Notice. Whether or not an organisation chooses to return information will have no relevance or bearing on assessment of any future application to participate in a subsequent procurement process. Returning information will not be deemed by Guinness as a standing expression of interest for any future contract opportunity.

Organisations should continue to monitor the UK e-notification service Find a Tender Service for notices and the opportunity to submit an expression interest or tender for a notified contract opportunity.

03/ Classification

CPV codes

Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.

32000000 32400000
32430000

04/ History

Releases of this notice

One release held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.

11 Aug 2023
Notice
Notice published 11 August 2023.
Release fd8b489f-5bad-46fe-9704-addf3aad05ef
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05/ Limits

What the source does not tell us

Only one release is held, so there is no change history.

06/ Questions

About this notice

The Guinness Partnership Ltd published this notice.

Estimated value stated in the notice: £2,000,000.

07/ Related

Where to go next

These links follow a fixed rule applied to this notice’s buyer, text and CPV codes. They are not advice on whether to bid.

Reference: fd8b489f-5bad-46fe-9704-addf3aad05ef
Source: Contracts Finder
Stage: preprocurement · Closed
Last verified: Fri 10 Apr 2026, 17:47 BST
Read at: Sat 17 Oct 2026, 01:24 BST

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