Wi-Fi Lanterns

Description

Wrexham Country Borough Council (WCBC) is looking to engage with the market to better understand the existing marketplace for Wi-Fi lanterns. The potential purchase of Wi-Fi lanterns forms part of a larger piece of work to regenerate Wrexham’s High Street to enhance its potential for events, street markets and cafe culture, while complementing the historic listed buildings in the area. The purpose of this market engagement exercise is to gather information on Wi-Fi lantern options available to WCBC, along with their capabilities, lead times and any potential challenges/opportunities that may exist. Currently the Council is looking to purchase products similar to the below: Lighting with built in Public Wi-Fi: • LED lanterns to be installed onto existing street light columns, matching existing luminaires. • The lanterns will provide free public Wi-Fi within the area. Ideally this will be run by the supplier for a period of 3 to 5 years • Each broadband luminaire needs to have associated access points mounted on lighting column and powered by POE from the broadband luminaire • Minimum requirements: o Wireless backhaul o Fibre point needs to be available to enable ISP connection o High level network design required – 1Gbps connectivity, latency <1ms. o 1 data /fibre POP o Utilise existing Cisco Meraki MR86 Aps & MR78 to enable broadband luminaire If any Supplier is interested and capable of providing Wi-Fi lanterns similar to the above, please email an overview of your offering to procurement@wrexham.gov.uk. Please include details of the styles, colours, indicative costs and any ongoing serving and maintenance requirements for your products/offering. Suppliers should note that the above is not a definitive list and the Council would welcome any innovative suggestions or Wi-Fi lantern offerings a Supplier can provide.