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Manchester Metropolitan University

Mini Competition for the Provision of Cabling Maintenance Services - AWARD

Communications EquipmentCPV 32000000 32400000 32420000
Value£70k
Awarded11 Jul 2018
Published9 Oct 2018
RegionNorth West
Outcome — awarded

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

Contract value in context
£70ktotal 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

Through this mini competition, the University is seeking to appoint a supplier who will provide a combination of planned and reactive general maintenance to the University's data network infrastructure.

This will include (but is not limited to) Adds, moves and changes to structured data and fibre cabling and testing of same Testing and wiring, and all the necessary ancillary items, e.g. trunking, tray work, cable fixings, distribution points, sockets etc.

Connections between new cabling Connections between existing cabling Patching of data circuits Diagnosing and rectifying faults.

All cable systems, designs and installations must comply with the following standards BS 6701 Telecommunications equipment and telecommunications cabling. specification for installation, operation and maintenance BS 7671 Electrical cable Installations BS EN 50173 quality generic cabling systems BS EN 50174 installation and design.

All new cabling must meet the new CCA Fire Rating Standards to BS 6701.

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

All cable systems, designs and installations must

All cable systems, designs and installations must comply with the following standards.

02

All new cabling must meet the new

All new cabling must meet the new CCA Fire Rating Standards to BS 6701.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

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

BS 7671 (IET wiring regulations)Standards the work must meet
BS 7671 Electrical cable Installations

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Stage
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