Expired contract

Network equipment

Details

Buyer
Jisc
Supplier(s)
Ciena Communications Inc
Value
£15,000,000
Duration
7 years
Topic
Network routers
Published
4 June 2018

Tender description

Jisc Services Ltd (JSL) has established a framework agreement for its own use to purchase metro Ethernet access and aggregation equipment, optical transmission equipment, associated professional services and a network management system to build an access infrastructure for the Janet network. The framework agreement will be used to provide Janet services to a range of organisations which are described in section 2 of the operational requirement document. Jisc Services Ltd (JSL) has established a framework agreement to purchase metro Ethernet access and aggregation equipment, optical transmission equipment and associated professional services. Network management system for the new Janet network access infrastructure.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published4 June 2018
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date4 June 2018
  3. Completed: Contract expiry date28 April 2025

About the buyer

Jisc provides digital, data and network services to UK higher and further education, and buys as a central body with its own commercial team. Frameworks and dynamic purchasing systems cover network equipment, cloud services and research systems. Member universities and colleges call off these agreements directly, without running their own tender. Regional partners including SUPC, APUC and HEPCW extend this buying power across the sector.

A procurement pipeline lists larger contracts expected over the next five years.

Over the past 5 years, most of Jisc's contract awards have been in education and training, IT services and software and information systems.

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