Award

Voluntary Ex ante transparency notice - Wide Area Network (WAN)

  • York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

F15: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice

Notice identifier: 2024/S 000-018607

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-04706f

Published 17 June 2024, 1:28pm



Section one: Contracting authority/entity

one.1) Name and addresses

York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority

County Hall, Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

DL7 8AD

Contact

Patricia Green

Email

Patricia.Green@northyorkshire.police.uk

Telephone

+44 7966432742

Country

United Kingdom

Region code

UKE2 - North Yorkshire

Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.northyorkshire.police.uk

one.4) Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law

one.5) Main activity

Public order and safety


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Voluntary Ex ante transparency notice - Wide Area Network (WAN)

Reference number

2223-0151

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 72720000 - Wide area network services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority formed on the 7th May 2024 acting as North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of a wholly owned Teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791), for the provision of their Wide Area Network Service.

Since the formation in 2019 of enableNY (being a collaboration between North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) many areas of the Estate are shared by both organisations. The vision is to have a collaborative arrangement which will deliver opportunities to reduce costs for multi occupancy buildings. Nynet provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire.

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: £3,895,190

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 32430000 - Wide area network

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

This is voluntary ex-ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that The York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of a wholly owned Teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791) for the provision of their Wide Area Network Service.

The deliverables from the service shall include network links for Police Force and the Fire and Rescue Service, supporting the current and future demand on network traffic,. This will be performed on a site-by-site basis defining the link size and link type required based on criticality of the services within the building. Link types include:

• Non-resilient where a single link is presented and should this fail, connectivity is lost

• Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations eventually being routed together to the same supplier exchange or where they exit the building in the same place bur are routed to the different BT exchanges.

• Fully Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations and are routed to separate exchanges powered by different sections of the national grid

• Technical requirements will be produced citing bandwidth, latency and jitter parameters that need to be met to support the growing use of voice and video technologies over the network links

Project implementation requirements will ensure that where downtime is required it is minimised and takes place during less busy periods.

Nynet Limited provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire. Objectives common to North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Mayoral Authority that will be achieved include but not limited to:

• Enables and enhances the ability to perform North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service roles as Category 1 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024

• To facilitate and achieve enhanced secure and resilient communications in an emergency.

• Provide day to day reliable access to the public, data and cloud hosted applications supporting all of the organisation's functions.

The procurement is to be awarded in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

The length of the contract is for an initial period of 60 months with an option to extend for 2 x 12 months

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: Yes

Description of options

Options to extend 2 x 12 months


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below

  • The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the regulations

Explanation:

This is a voluntary ex ante transparency (VEAT) notice. This notice is to indicate that the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority formed on the 7th May 2024 acting as North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority and acting on behalf of itself and the Chief Constable of North Yorkshire Police proposes to contract with North Yorkshire Council by virtue of a wholly owned Teckal company called Nynet Limited (company number 06069791), for the provision of their Wide Area Network Service.

Since the formation in 2019 of enableNY (North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service) many areas of the Estates are shared by both organisations, the vision is to have a collaborative arrangement which will deliver opportunities to reduce costs for multi occupancy buildings. Nynet provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire.

The deliverables from the service shall include network links for Police Force and the Fire and Rescue Service, supporting the current and future demand on network traffic,. This will be performed on a site-by-site basis defining the link size and link type required based on criticality of the services within the building. Link types include:

• Non-resilient where a single link is presented and should this fail, connectivity is lost

• Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations eventually being routed together to the same supplier exchange or where they exit the building in the same place bur are routed to the different BT exchanges.

• Fully Diverse Routed where two links are provided that exit the building at different locations and are routed to separate exchanges powered by different sections of the national grid

• Technical requirements will be produced citing bandwidth, latency and jitter parameters that need to be met to support the growing use of voice and video technologies over the network links

Project implementation requirements will ensure that where downtime is required it is minimised and takes place during less busy periods.

Nynet Limited provide broadband to businesses, communities and the public throughout North Yorkshire, all surpluses are re-invested to provide reliable networks across North Yorkshire. Objectives common to North Yorkshire Council and York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority that will be achieved include but not limited to:

• Enables and enhances the ability to perform North Yorkshire Police and North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service roles as Category 1 responders under the Civil Contingencies Act 2024

• To facilitate and achieve enhanced secure and resilient communications in an emergency.

• Provide day to day reliable access to the public, data and cloud hosted applications supporting all of the organisation's functions.

The procurement is to be awarded in accordance with the Public Contract Regulations 2015, under Regulation 12 (7), Contracts which establish or implement co-operation between contracting authorities. This award shall satisfy all requirements of Regulation 12(7) of the Public Contract Regulations 2015.

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

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes


Section five. Award of contract/concession

Contract No

2223-0151

Title

Wide Area Network

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

five.2) Award of contract/concession

five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

17 June 2024

five.2.2) Information about tenders

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

five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor/concessionaire

North Yorkshire Council

County Hall, Racecourse Lane

Northallerton

DL7 8AD

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code
  • UKE - Yorkshire and the Humber
Justification for not providing organisation identifier

Not on any register

The contractor/concessionaire is an SME

No

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

Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,895,190

Total value of the contract/lot/concession: £3,895,190


Section six. Complementary information

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

The High Court

Royal Court of Justice

Lon

WC2A 2LL

Country

United Kingdom