Contract

Provision of Mpls Wide Area Network Upgrade

  • Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2025/S 000-012097

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04c1eb (view related notices)

Published 31 March 2025, 5:05pm



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Myddelton House, Bulls Cross

Enfield

EN2 9HG

Contact

Alex Thompson

Email

lvrpaprocurement@leevalleypark.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI - London

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.leevalleypark.org.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Regional or local authority

one.5) Main activity

General public services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Provision of Mpls Wide Area Network Upgrade

Reference number

LVRPA2024/21

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 32430000 - Wide area network

two.1.3) Type of contract

Supplies

two.1.4) Short description

The Authority currently uses a MPLS WAN made up of fibre circuits (see Mpls Locations below) with varying bandwidths, ranging from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps on varying bearers. We require a /29 subnet at each site.The devices and systems within the internal LAN are a culmination of switches, computers, AP’s, Servers and some small scale CCTV systems. The number of devices connected will vary depending on the size of the site. The Head Office at Myddelton House will have the most with approx. 300 devices connected. Our current handoff is Ethernet. The Authority currently has an on-premise server estate spread across two locations (data centre and at Head Office). As part of this tender we want to move to a fully virtualised environment as this will provide improved resilience and reliability.We are now looking for a turnkey solution for a new secure Wide Area Network with and virtualising our server estate onto a hosted cloud platform.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)

Value excluding VAT: £377,522

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 32430000 - Wide area network

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKI - London

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

The Authority currently uses a MPLS WAN made up of fibre circuits (see Mpls Locations below) with varying bandwidths, ranging from 10Mbps to 1000Mbps on varying bearers. We require a /29 subnet at each site.The devices and systems within the internal LAN are a culmination of switches, computers, AP’s, Servers and some small scale CCTV systems. The number of devices connected will vary depending on the size of the site. The Head Office at Myddelton House will have the most with approx. 300 devices connected. Our current handoff is Ethernet. The Authority currently has an on-premise server estate spread across two locations (data centre and at Head Office). As part of this tender we want to move to a fully virtualised environment as this will provide improved resilience and reliability.We are now looking for a turnkey solution for a new secure Wide Area Network with and virtualising our server estate onto a hosted cloud platform.

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50%

Price - Weighting: 50%

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2024/S 000-038944


Section five. Award of contract

Contract No

LVRPA2024/21

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

28 March 2025

five.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 8

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 8

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 8

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

iQual Limited

Maidstone

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKJ45 - Mid Kent
The contractor is an SME

Yes

five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £400,000

Total value of the contract/lot: £377,522


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Lee Valley Regional Park Authority

Enfield

Email

lvrpaprocurement@leevalleypark.org.uk

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

https://leevalleypark.org.uk