SPS-02215 Internet Connectivity

Description

The SPS is seeking to procure a managed active-active onward link from the Purchaser’s Primary Data Centre and Disaster Recovery Sites to the internet of a minimum 1Gbps to each Site with the option to increase up to 10Gbps to each Site in increments. The solution shall include all hardware and software components to provide a dedicated Internet link with dedicated public IP addresses SPS are also currently moving one data centre site (Saughton) to a new data centre (SPS property in Fauldhouse, West Lothian) in FY 2025/26. Therefore, it will be a requirement for the Supplier to provide internet connectivity services to Fauldhouse from early 2026 Lot 1: The SPS shall commence this procurement process in good faith and with the intention of awarding a contract. Following publication of the Contract Notice, an Invitation to Quotation (ITQ) will be published by SPS and will be made available to bidders on Public Contract Scotland – Tender (PCS-T). Tender responses will then be evaluated by the SPS in accordance with the ITT.