Telecommunications services

Tender description

The framework agreement envisaged is for transmission services, including (but not limited to) leased circuits, dark fibre, wide area Ethernet and xDSL. Leased circuits and wide area Ethernet services are typically required at bandwidths of 10 Mbit/s and above. Organisations entitled to use the Framework may wish to procure circuits with a range of bandwidths including lower bandwidth circuits. Whilst bidders might be asked to supply lower bandwidth circuits on occasion entry to the framework will be limited to bidders that can supply a minimum of 10 Mbit/s circuits. Whilst JSL welcomes tenders from bidders that have an extensive UK wide coverage it does not exclude bidders that have presence in just one region. In Lot 1, JSL wishes to establish framework agreements with bidders that can supply managed transmission services. In Lot 2, JSL wishes to establish framework agreements with bidders that can supply dark fibre. Bidders responding to Lot 2 (Dark Fibre) must provide fibre spans compliant with the specifications in the tender documents.