Section one: Contracting authority/entity
one.1) Name and addresses
Isle of Wight Council
County Hall, High Street
Newport
PO30 1UD
Contact
Mrs Lucy Chandler
Telephone
+44 1983821000
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKJ34 - Isle of Wight
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Wightfibre Circuits - County Hall Datacentre
Reference number
DN748850
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
2 x 500Mbps direct internet connections at County Hall datacentre
Section six. Complementary information
six.6) Original notice reference
Notice number: 2024/S 000-034608
Section seven. Changes
seven.1.2) Text to be corrected in the original notice
Section number
IV,1.1
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2 x 500Mbps direct internet connections at County Hall datacentre:
(i) July 2024 - 2025 (with 12m extension possible to July 2026)
(ii) December 2024 - 2025 (with 12m extension possible to December 2026). The services are split for additional resilience in the event of a problem arising. The supplier (Wight Fibre) has its own Island Infrastructure already in situ; any other supplier would depend on utilising BT Open Reach infrastructure to supply our requirements, which in itself carries a higher cost than is offered by Wight Fibre, whose infrastructure is already in place. A cost comparison was carried out and Wight Fibre were lowest cost, but with additional benefits such as monitoring of real time bandwidth and traffic usage. Wight Fibre’s offering also includes a large number of public IP addresses on two of the direct internet connections, upstream DNS mirroring, built in resilience, 24/7 365 days a year coverage for faults, monitoring, and reporting.
Continuity of supply of our connection(s) is of high importance and as well as the cost effectiveness mentioned.
The Isle of Wight Council will be observing a 10-day standstill period which will end at midnight on 04 November 2024.
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2 x 500Mbps direct internet connections at County Hall datacentre:
(i) July 2024 - 2025 (with 12m extension possible to July 2026)
(ii) December 2024 - 2025 (with 12m extension possible to December 2026). The services are split for additional resilience in the event of a problem arising. The supplier (Wight Fibre) has its own Island Infrastructure already in situ; any other supplier would depend on utilising Open Reach infrastructure to supply our requirements, which in itself carries a higher cost than is offered by Wight Fibre, whose infrastructure is already in place. A cost comparison with another provider was carried out with Wight Fibre as lowest cost, but with additional benefits such as monitoring of real time bandwidth and traffic usage. Wight Fibre’s offering also includes a large number of public IP addresses on two of the direct internet connections, upstream DNS mirroring, built in resilience, 24/7 365 days a year coverage for faults, monitoring, and reporting.
Continuity of supply of our connection(s) is of high importance and as well as the cost effectiveness mentioned.
The Isle of Wight Council will be observing a 10-day standstill period which will end at midnight on 04 November 2024.