Provision of ICT Data Cabling and Maintenance Services

Tender description

This is a collaborative procurement exercise between King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation trust for the network cabling works and maintenance services.<br/><br/>3 year contract (with potential extensions of 1 + 1 year) Lot 1: This document forms the basis for KCH and GSTT/RBH to procure an agreement with a Supplier(s) for the supply of additional voice, data, and fibre cabling throughout KCH and GSTT/RBH, support the maintenance/repair of existing voice and data cables of both copper and fibre, and provide ancillary support for the technical spaces team.<br/><br/>The cabling services shall provide and maintain IT cabling services 24/7/365 and agree to undertake, provide and install cabling (fibre backbone / copper & bespoke) delivery to the specifications compliant with the Trust’s Capital, Estates & Facilities (CEF)’s quality standard, polices and procedure. <br/><br/>This will include Equipment, materials, labour and services to provide the infrastructure to support this involves, but not limited to:<br/><br/>• Horizontal infrastructure (Category 6A U/FTP or F/FTP);<br/>• Backbone infrastructure (Optical Fibre OS2 and/or OM4);<br/>• Equipment Cabinet, frames, racks and enclosures;<br/>• Intelligent PDUs (Power Distribution Units);<br/>• Termination frames and panels;<br/>• Multi-purpose telecommunication outlets;<br/>• Supply of drop cables to connect horizontal cabling to connect network services.<br/>• Generation of base line patching schedules;<br/>• Documentation and Submissions<br/><br/>Associated works by other include:<br/>• Horizontal and vertical containment “communication containment” (i.e. cable tray, trunking, conduits), together with floor boxes, wall and ceiling mounted back boxes, provided by the appointed Electrical Subcontractor.<br/>• Telecommunications grounding and bonding point, provided by appointed Electrical Subcontractor<br/>• Builder’s work in relation to the contract and works, includes removal and replacement of fire-stopping and/or fire compartmentation<br/>• Patching of users (ICT staff, CEF staff and various Trust’s care groups)<br/>• Provision of managed service for cabling system/infrastructure (for GSTT only)