Section one: Contracting authority
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
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
Wightfibre Circuits - direct internet connection at St Mary’s datacentre
Reference number
DN749397
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
1 x 500Mbps direct internet connection at St Mary’s datacentre
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: £12,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKJ34 - Isle of Wight
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
1 x 500Mbps direct internet connection at St Mary’s datacentre
May 2024 - April 2025 (with 12m extension possible to April 2026)
Cost includes whole life cost (12m + 12m).
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 50
Price - Weighting: 50
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
12m extension
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
1 x 500Mbps direct internet connection at St Mary’s datacentre, May 2024 - April 2025 (with 12m extension possible to April 2026).
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 observed a 10-day standstill period which ended at
midnight on 04 November 2024.
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
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
30 April 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Wight Fibre
Communications House 56 Love Lane
Cowes
PO31 7EU
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKJ34 - Isle of Wight
The contractor is an SME
Yes
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £12,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
Please note that a delay in the process has meant the award date was set after the contract start date (so award date has been stated here as being 31/04/2024).
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
The High Court of England and Wales
London
Country
United Kingdom