Telecommunications equipment and supplies

Tender description

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (the Contracting Authority) is putting in place an agreement for mechanisms to access and gain network connectivity and telecommunication services including services over the Public Services Network (PSN) for use by or on behalf of the UK public sector bodies listed at I.2) (and any future successors to these organisations). For the avoidance of doubt, the framework agreement is open to those public sector bodies in Greater London (but excluding Government Departments) which are listed in the Contract Notice and any statutory successors to and organisations created, merged or absorbed as a result of re-organisation of or organisational changes affecting such bodies. The framework agreement will have an initial term of 4 years. The duration of call-off contracts placed under this framework agreement will be for a maximum of 7 years comprising an initial term of 4 years with an option to extend by 3 further periods of 1 year. Users of the Framework have a need for the provision of innovative network connectivity, telecommunications and other services, to facilitate inter-organisational collaboration. The services available under the Framework include data access services; local connectivity services; Traditional telephony services; inbound telephony services; IP-telephony solutions; mobile, voice and data services; paging services; video conferencing; audio conferencing; and integrated communications services; voice lines and minute bundles; mobile services including voice and data, pager services; email services; internet service provision, content filtering services and intruder detection systems; communication services including video and audio conferencing services, and unified communications; call centre services; and associated supporting services; innovation and exploitation of new and emerging technologies and products, management and support, agency and professional services.