Telecommunications services

Tender description

Portsmouth City Council (the 'Authority') have been successful in securing Wave 2 funding as part of the Full Fibre Network Programme (LFFN) operated by the Broadband Development UK (BDUK) programme within the Department for Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) to implement a Gigabit capable Full Fibre Network. The Authority is seeking expressions of interest from suitably experienced suppliers to provide a solution to future proof its network connectivity requirements for the next 10 to 20 years through the installation of gigabit capable network services through a Public Sector Anchor Tenancy (PSAT) model. Portsmouth City Council currently operates 4 different networks: Corporate Wide Area Network — providing remote access to the a centralised Data Centre. Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city Schools Wide Area Network — sites proving a filtered Internet through a managed service. The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue. A key element of the strategic plan to improve both the value and flexibility of Portsmouth City Council is to both consolidate the current network technologies into a single solution as well as removing any single points of failure by the procurement of infrastructure. The Authority is seeking to set up a Framework to deliver its requirement to Portsmouth Authority owned sites, and provision for Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council to deliver to their owned sites and any other sites from Public Sector Bodies subsequently making use of this framework A full list of PCC sites will be provided in the invitation to submit initial tenders indicating those Council sites to be connected as a minimum requirement and further sites to be connected within the available budget. Site lists — List 1 — List of approximately 213 PCC essential sites that must be connected within the budget — List 2 — List of PCC desirable sites e.g. Leigh Park, Paulsgrove, Wecock Farm housing offices etc. Aim to connect as many additional sites from within the budget. — List 3 — PCC CCTV assets which are not in the immediate scope of the procurement, which are due for retender from March 2019 — List 4 — List of Southampton sites for future call off. — List 5 — List of Gosport sites for future call off. Portsmouth City Council currently operates 4 different networks: Corporate Wide Area Network — providing remote access to the a centralised Data Centre. Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city. Schools Wide Area Network — sites proving a filtered Internet through a managed service. The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth. All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue. There is a strategic plan to improve both the value and flexibility of this arrangement through the procurement of infrastructure. This infrastructure will consist of ducting and Gigabit capable fibre optic cables connecting key Authority owned locations across the area that can then be made available to Portsmouth City Council via an Indefeasible right of use contract. Portsmouth City Council will also be seeking delivery partners to provide a network service across the fibre infrastructure, when and where required. This delivery partner will be require to install and operate the following networking components: Core WAN Infrastructure Routing/L3Switching Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) provide initial connectivity at 1Gbps to each site L2 LAN Switching/Wireless Internet Connectivity Expressroute access to Azure Health And Social Care Network The Authority is seeking to set up a Framework to deliver its requirement to Portsmouth Authority owned sites, and provision for Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council to deliver to their owned sites and any other sites from Public Sector Bodies subsequently making use of this framework. A full list of PCC sites will be provided in the invitation to submit initial tenders indicating those Council sites to be connected as a minimum requirement and further sites to be connected within the available budget. Site lists: — List 1 — List of approximately 213 PCC essential sites that must be connected within the budget. — List 2 — List of PCC desirable sites e.g. Leigh Park, Paulsgrove, Wecock Farm housing offices etc. Aim to connect as many additional sites from within the budget. — List 3 — PCC CCTV assets which are not in the immediate scope of the procurement, which are due for retender from March 2019. — List 4 — List of Southampton sites for future call off. — List 5 — List of Gosport sites for future call off. Portsmouth City Council currently operates 4 different networks: Corporate Wide Area Network — providing remote access to the a centralised Data Centre. Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city. Schools Wide Area Network — sites proving a filtered Internet through a managed service. The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth. All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue. There is a strategic plan to improve both the value and flexibility of this arrangement through the procurement of infrastructure. This infrastructure will consist of ducting and Gigabit capable fibre optic cables connecting key Authority owned locations across the area that can then be made available to Portsmouth City Council via an Indefeasible right of use contract. The Authority is seeking to set up a Framework to deliver its requirement to Portsmouth Authority owned sites, and provision for Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council to deliver to their owned sites and any other sites from Public Sector Bodies subsequently making use of this framework. A full list of PCC sites will be provided in the invitation to submit initial tenders indicating those Council sites to be connected as a minimum requirement and further sites to be connected within the available budget. Site lists — List 1 — List of approximately 213 PCC essential sites that must be connected within the budget — List 2 — List of PCC desirable sites e.g. Leigh Park, Paulsgrove, Wecock Farm housing offices etc. Aim to connect as many additional sites from within the budget. — List 3 — PCC CCTV assets which are not in the immediate scope of the procurement, which are due for retender from March 2019. — List 4 — List of Southampton sites for future call off. — List 5 — List of Gosport sites for future call off. Portsmouth City Council currently operates 4 different networks: Corporate Wide Area Network — providing remote access to the a centralised Data Centre. Super Connected Cities (Public WiFi) — Providing filtered Internet access through wireless access points devices to 80 locations across the city. Schools Wide Area Network — sites proving a filtered Internet through a managed service. The Peoples Network (TPN) — Providing connectivity to libraries, museums and other public access buildings within Portsmouth. All the above networks are operated out of the Portsmouth City Council Data Centre located in the Civic Offices, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth. The intention is to remove the dependency on the Authority's datacentre as a single point of failure, allowing the Authority to resolve a long standing Disaster Recovery issue. There is a strategic plan to improve both the value and flexibility of this arrangement through the procurement of infrastructure. This infrastructure will consist of ducting and Gigabit capable fibre optic cables connecting key Authority owned locations across the area that can then be made available to Portsmouth City Council via an Indefeasible right of use contract. Portsmouth City Council will also be seeking delivery partners to provide a network service across the fibre infrastructure, when and where required. This delivery partner will be require to install and operate the following networking components: Core WAN Infrastructure Routing/L3Switching Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) provide initial connectivity at 1Gbps to each site L2 LAN Switching/Wireless Internet Connectivity Expressroute access to Azure Health And Social Care Network The Authority is seeking to set up a Framework to deliver its requirement to Portsmouth Authority owned sites, and provision for Southampton City Council, Gosport Borough Council to deliver to their owned sites and any other sites from Public Sector Bodies subsequently making use of this framework. A full list of PCC sites will be provided in the invitation to submit initial tenders indicating those Council sites to be connected as a minimum requirement and further sites to be connected within the available budget. Site lists — List 1 — List of approximately 213 PCC essential sites that must be connected within the budget — List 2 — List of PCC desirable sites e.g. Leigh Park, Paulsgrove, Wecock Farm housing offices etc. Aim to connect as many additional sites from within the budget. — List 3 — PCC CCTV assets which are not in the immediate scope of the procurement, which are due for retender from March 2019. — List 4 — List of Southampton sites for future call off. — List 5 — List of Gosport sites for future call off.