Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
General Medical Council (GMC)
3 Hardman Street
Manchester
M3 3AW
Contact
Christine Jack
Telephone
+44 1619236340
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://www.mytenders.co.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA19541
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
WAN (Internet & Switches)
Reference number
GMC1320
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72720000 - Wide area network services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The GMC’s current WAN/Internet access agreement comes to an end in January 2023. We are therefore inviting bids from suppliers who can meet the requirements.
There are currently 7 sites on the WAN solution with 4 of those sites offering full resiliency and 2 Internet Access circuits in the main Data Centres in Manchester and London.
The current GMC WAN adopts Ethernet technology and the strategic roadmap indicates that we do not currently intend to change this technology for the duration of this contract.
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2022/S 000-005993
Section seven. Changes
seven.1) Information to be changed or added
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV.2.2
Place of text to be modified
Time limit
Instead of
Date
7 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
8 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Section number
IV.2.7
Place of text to be modified
Conditions for opening of tenders
Instead of
Date
7 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
Read
Date
8 April 2022
Local time
12:00pm
seven.2) Other additional information
Delay in responding to questions by one day.