Expired contract

Computer network services

Details

Buyer: The University of Manchester
Supplier(s): Roc Technologies Ltd
Value: £34,000,000
Duration: 7 years
Topic: Networks
Published: 21 February 2019
Source: TedNotices

Tender description

University of Manchester is seeking to bring about the transformation of the current LAN and WLAN to deliver a cost effective and righted sized solution. There are options for on-going support for the transformed solution. To provide networking services including: — design of upgraded network to provide new functionality such as “software defined networking” along with higher resilience, — transformation and transition of the current network to the new design, — enhanced support to agreed service Levels and 24 x 7 cover, — move billing to a consumption basis allowing the University to only pay for consumed services which will vary monthly and take account of academic year and student needs, — flexibility to allow the University to offer to staff and students enhanced digital services and experience.

Timeline

Completed: Award date11 February 2019
Completed: Award published21 February 2019
Current notice
Completed: Contract expiry date5 January 2026

About the buyer

The University of Manchester is an education buyer in Manchester, with a Central Procurement Office on Oxford Road. The university says it no longer counts as a contracting authority, a status it lost from 1 August 2023. The university keeps no approved supplier list. Suppliers can also win work through frameworks let by purchasing consortia such as NWUPC, SUPC and APUC.

Over the past 5 years, most of The University of Manchester's contract awards have been in software and information systems, repair and maintenance and business services.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@the-university-of-manchester.gov