External Connectivity (WAN & Internet Services)

Description

Guinness require 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 contract 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 completing and returning information indicted in the soft market testing document linked with this Notice. Whether or not an organisation chooses to return any 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. Lot 1: Guinness spend circa £360,000 +VAT per annum on Wide Area Networking and Internet Services. Guinness operates across the majority of England. Details of the connection sites can be found in the soft market testing document linked to this Notice. Guinness do not currently operate in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.