- 1. Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
- 2. Antrim Newtownabbey Borough Council
- 3. Ards and North Down Borough Council
- 4. Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
- 5. Derry City and Strabane District Council
- 6. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
- 7. Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
- 8. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
- 9. Mid Ulster District Council
- 10. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Armagh City Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council
Craigavon Civic and Conference Centre PO Box 66 Lakeview Road
Craigavon
BT64 1AL
procurement@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Antrim Newtownabbey Borough Council
Antrim
procurement@antrimnewtownabbey.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://antrimandnewtownabbey.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Ards and North Down Borough Council
Bangor
procurement@ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.ardsandnorthdown.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Coleraine
procurement@causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Derry City and Strabane District Council
Derry
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.derrystrabane.com/
one.1) Name and addresses
Fermanagh and Omagh District Council
Fermanagh
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.fermanaghomagh.com/
one.1) Name and addresses
Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council
Lisburn
enquiries@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Mid and East Antrim Borough Council
Ballymena
procurement@midandeastantrim.gov.uk
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.midandeastantrim.gov.uk/
one.1) Name and addresses
Mid Ulster District Council
Dungannon
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.midulstercouncil.org/
one.1) Name and addresses
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council
Newry
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKN0 - Northern Ireland
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.newrymournedown.org/
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
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
Northern Ireland Councils Network Services Pre Market engagement
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 32000000 - Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment
two.1.3) Type of contract
Supplies
two.1.4) Short description
The delivery of managed Network Services for Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council and nine partner councils. Managed Network Services, including Wide Area Network connectivity, and related services, including network management services, content filtering, firewalls and internet services. The services will make use of new fibre infrastructure delivered with grant funding support from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport’s LFFN and RGC funds. This PIN concerns the pre market engagement for this procurement.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £7,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 32400000 - Networks
- 32410000 - Local area network
- 32420000 - Network equipment
- 32430000 - Wide area network
- 32500000 - Telecommunications equipment and supplies
- 32510000 - Wireless telecommunications system
- 32520000 - Telecommunications cable and equipment
- 32560000 - Fibre-optic materials
- 32570000 - Communications equipment
- 32580000 - Data equipment
- 45000000 - Construction work
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48200000 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package
- 50000000 - Repair and maintenance services
- 50330000 - Maintenance services of telecommunications equipment
- 51000000 - Installation services (except software)
- 51300000 - Installation services of communications equipment
- 64000000 - Postal and telecommunications services
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
- 72700000 - Computer network services
- 72720000 - Wide area network services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKN0 - Northern Ireland
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council plans to procure Network Services on behalf of itself and the nine other Northern Ireland councils outside Belfast for a period of up to 10 years.
The services will make use of new fibre infrastructure delivered with grant funding support from the Department for Digital, Culture Media and Sport’s LFFN and RGC funds through the Council’s contract with Eir and through the Full Fibre Northern Ireland contract with Fibrus. Full Fibre Northern Ireland is a consortium of the ten Northern Ireland councils outside Belfast.
two.2.14) Additional information
The councils are. Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council. Antrim & Newtownabbey Borough Council. Ards and North Down Borough Council. Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council. Derry City and Strabane District Council. Fermanagh and Omagh District Council. Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council. Mid and East Antrim Borough Council. Mid Ulster District Council. Newry, Mourne and Down District Council. The current expectation is that an OpenProcedure will be used to procure the services. The Council intends that each council will have a separate contract with the Network Services Supplier, but that the contracts will be almost identical. The councils plan to work together in a user group to ensure that a consistent approach is used wherever appropriate. The councils require a range of Network Services, including: Wide Area Network connectivity services. Provider management, so that the Supplier manages carriers, equipment suppliers and services suppliers to create a cohesive service. Carrier services and leased lines, providing the underlying physical infrastructure. Networking and other equipment. Service Management functions, including the full scope of ITIL. Ancillary services, such as content filtering, firewalls, home and remote working solutions, security services, and other services. These may be third party services. The Network Services service supplier must initially use the infrastructure currently being built by Eir, Fibrus and Openreach, and partly funded by DCMS (Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport).
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 August 2021
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
A more detailed information pack about the requirements is available on request by emailing procurement@armaghbanbridgecraigavon.gov.uk. A webinar to provide further details of the requirements is planned for 26th August 2021 subject to change for which details will follow on the eTendersNI portal