Awarded contract

TC1011 - Provision of Wider Area Network (WAN)

Details

Value
£4,702,683
Duration
6 years
Published
22 December 2020

Tender description

The WAN service is vital to support the day-to-day operation and delivery of business critical services, such as: telephony, email, contact centre services, SAP and Liquid Logic. In addition, it also allows the Council to share information and work in partnership with external partners such as NHS, GMP and MLCO.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published22 December 2020
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date1 January 2021
  3. Next: Contract expiry date31 December 2026in 3 months

About the buyer

Manchester City Council is the local authority for the city of Manchester, and buys through its Corporate Procurement Service. Category leads across the council handle procurement for their own areas of goods and services. Contract opportunities are advertised on The Chest, the North West's shared procurement portal for local authorities. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender, the UK's service for public procurement notices. A Professional Services Framework covers consultancy and professional services work for the council. Suppliers can register for free email alerts on The Chest when relevant opportunities are published.

UK local government drives £140bn in annual procurement, led by social protection (£66.6bn) and education (£57.1bn).

Over the past 5 years, most of Manchester City Council's contract awards have been in health and social work, construction work and transport equipment.

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