Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Ministry of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
evolve.portfolio@justice.gov.uk
Telephone
+44 02033343555
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UK - United Kingdom
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority
one.5) Main activity
Public order and safety
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
WAN Services
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 72720000 - Wide area network services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
Contract for provision of wide area network (WAN) services.
The WAN services will deliver secure connectivity for authorised devices at MoJ’s locations and those of its service recipients (over 1000 sites).
The Contract for WAN services has been entered into by MoJ. The services will be provided for the benefit not only of MoJ but also a range of service recipients (MoJ executive agencies, arms’ length bodies, government companies and other entities to whom MoJ provides services), which are listed in Schedule 33 (Service Recipients) of the Contract.
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: £163,000,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 30237110 - Network interfaces
- 32400000 - Networks
- 32412000 - Communications network
- 32412100 - Telecommunications network
- 32415000 - Ethernet network
- 32420000 - Network equipment
- 32424000 - Network infrastructure
- 32427000 - Network system
- 32428000 - Network upgrade
- 32430000 - Wide area network
- 50312310 - Maintenance of data network equipment
- 72315000 - Data network management and support services
- 72315100 - Data network support services
- 72315200 - Data network management services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The purpose of this Contract is the provision of WAN Services to the MoJ. The scope of the WAN services includes:
•Service Transition – Transition of services while maintaining service continuity;
•WAN Connectivity – Secure connectivity to corporate services;
•Gateway Services – Secure access to other network domains, cross-government services, and the Internet; and
•Core Network Services – Services required for the delivery of the end-to-end network services.
Service Transition includes:
•Continuing provision of the existing WAN services until the Authority’s sites cutover to the new WAN Services, to ensure service continuity;
•Mobilisation and planning for transition; and
•Design and delivery of the new WAN services.
WAN Connectivity includes:
•Provision of field services;
•Provision of Dedicated Internet Access circuits (including NTE) and enterprise grade broadband;
•Mobile Broadband services
Gateway Services includes:
• Management and maintenance of:
o MoJ’s network infrastructure that provides secure access to other network domains, cross-government services, and the Internet (MoJ’s ‘Gateway System’) ;
o data centre load balancers;
o the remote access solution utilised by the Authority to access the ViSOR application hosted by the Police; and
o a secure, resilient network-to-network interconnect gateway.
Core Network Services includes:
•Provision of a secure and authenticated master time reference service;
• Maintenance and management of a non-live environment for the Gateway System;
•Enforcing strong authentication and provision of a PAM service;
•Integration with MoJ’s IPAM and interfacing with the MoJ’s DNS.
In addition, there are Service Management, Social Value and Security obligations which the Supplier must comply with in the delivery of the WAN Services.
Optional Services have been included within the contract. While these Optional Services are not within the initial scope of the WAN Services at the start of the Contract, the MoJ may require the Supplier to provide any or all of the Optional Services at any time during the term of the Contract by giving notice to the Supplier.
The key Optional Services include:
•Mobile broadband airtime;
o Internet access provision at the MoJ data centre
•Provision of SASE services to support the MoJ’s SASE solution, including resale of additional SD-WAN hardware and service subscriptions, and provision of relevant professional services and field engineering services.
•Provision of IPAM services
two.2.5) Award criteria
Price
two.2.11) Information about options
Options: Yes
Description of options
Additional optional services may be purchased during the term of the Contract.
two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No
two.2.14) Additional information
Award Criteria in accordance with the procurement documentation issued to Tenderers
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Competitive dialogue
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes
four.2) Administrative information
four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number: 2023/S 000-014987
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
con_25452
Title
WAN Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
23 September 2025
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Vodafone Limited
The Connection, Vodafone House, Berkshire
Newbury
RG14 2FN
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UK - United Kingdom
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot: £163,000,000
five.2.5) Information about subcontracting
The contract is likely to be subcontracted
Short description of the part of the contract to be subcontracted
Transition, maintenance, and management of Gateway Services & Core Network Services requirements.
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Ministry Of Justice
102 Petty France
London
SW1H 9AJ
Country
United Kingdom