Tender

Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022

  • FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

F05: Contract notice – utilities

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-020192

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-035588

Published 25 July 2022, 3:45pm



Section one: Contracting entity

one.1) Name and addresses

FIRSTGROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

8th Floor, The Point,37 North Wharf Road

LONDON

W21AF

Contact

Ejaz Kamal

Email

IT.Tenders@firstrail.com

Telephone

+44 2072910505

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKI32 - Westminster

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.firstgroupplc.com/

one.3) Communication

Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/0dv5p

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

http://redirect.transaxions.com/events/0dv5p

one.6) Main activity

Urban railway, tramway, trolleybus or bus services


Section two: Object

two.1) Scope of the procurement

two.1.1) Title

Fully Managed SD WAN Services 2022

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 60210000 - Public transport services by railways

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

The progressive replacement of private data access circuits and where necessary Client Premise Equipment (CPE) supporting a current flat Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) Wide Area Network (WAN) and the migration/optimisation to Software Defined Wide Area Network (SD-WAN). This includes any SDWAN appliances/software and/or security appliances/software necessary to integrate to existing networking and security infrastructure. The replacement/upgrade of dedicated private access circuits for CCTV and where necessary the migration to IP CCTV.

The scope of this project is a Three Year Term and up to two years extensions (subject to DFT approval) with the overall purposes/objectives:

1. Improve network traffic management whilst reducing backhauled data centre traffic;

2. Improve network security & segmentation utilising core & edge security solutions;

3. Improve network bandwidth using multiple/different network transport types;

4. Design the cloud and on-premises solution which maximises existing investments;

5. Improve network insight (Monitoring/reporting);

6. Improve agility to change and service level agreements;

7. Improve network automation, orchestration and virtualisation;

8. Progressively migrate to SDWAN without business impact;

9. Demonstrate product roadmaps and innovation;

10. Progressively reduce network cost.

The governance for this project will be Two separate procurements on behalf of FirstGroup Holdings Ltd. (Known as FGH) and its two subsidiary companies, "South Western Railway (Known as SWR)" & "Great Western Railway (Known as GWR)". There will be two lots and each bidder may bid for one or both lots.

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: Yes

Tenders may be submitted for maximum number of lots
2

The contracting authority reserves the right to award contracts combining the following lots or groups of lots:

Following are the summary of lots available to bidders:

Lot - 1 Data Access Services Framework

DAC Framework Agreement including pricing for all types of circuits pertinent to this procurement and quality assessment of DAC services

(Contract 1).

Lot - 2 Fully Managed SDWAN.

Fully managed SDWAN design and implementation into service specific for GWR (Contract 2).

Fully managed SDWAN design and implementation into service specific for SWR (Contract 3).

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Data Access Services Framework

Lot No

1

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 64210000 - Telephone and data transmission services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

DAC Framework Agreement including pricing for all types of circuits pertinent to this procurement and quality assessment of DAC services (Contract 1).

At Preferred Bidder (PB) stage specific DAC Bill of Materials (BOM) will then be priced for SWR & GWR.

GWR 175 Dual Circuits - (2 HQ, 157 Stations, 5 Depots, 10 4G Portacabin).

SWR 179 Dual Circuits - yy HQ, yy Stations, yy Depots, yy 4G Portacabin

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The contract duration will be for 36months (i.e. up to 31/12/25 and presuming contract signature is Dec 2022) with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years subject to the approval.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2) Description

two.2.1) Title

Fully Managed SD WAN

Lot No

2

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 72720000 - Wide area network services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UK - United Kingdom

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

Supply and installation of a Fully Managed SD Wan solution including equipment and ongoing Support & Maintenance Service for Great Western Railways (GWR) and South Western Railways (SWR)

two.2.5) Award criteria

Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Duration in months

36

This contract is subject to renewal

Yes

Description of renewals

The contract duration will be for 36 months (i.e. up to 31/12/25 and presuming contract signature is Dec 2022) with the option to extend for up to a further 2 years subject to approval.

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: Yes

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Negotiated procedure with prior call for competition

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.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

24 August 2022

Local time

2:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

FirstGroup Holding Limited

8th Floor, The Point,37 North Wharf Road

London

W21AF

Email

IT.Tenders@firstrail.com

Telephone

+44 2072910505

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

http://www.firstgroupplc.com/